CHOP Connection

Shore Memorial Hospital is the only CHOP Newborn & Pediatric Care facility in South Jersey -- part of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Inpatient Network. The CHOP Newborn & Pediatric Care Program at Shore Memorial provides area families with the highly specialized inpatient care that The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is known for around the world, in the convenient and reassuring setting of your local community hospital.

Under this program, Children's Hospital-affiliated pediatricians offer 24-hour-a-day inpatient pediatric and newborn care at Shore Memorial. These physicians support Shore Memorial's pediatricians and obstetricians in the care of their patients and provide assistance for pediatric emergency cases.

Since 1999, Shore Memorial and Children's Hospital have collaborated in pediatric primary and secondary care, managed care, clinical and educational relationships, enabling Shore Memorial to provide area children with the highest level of 24-hour pediatric medical care in the region, including:

Inpatient pediatric program: Shore Memorial's Pediatric Care Center has CHOP pediatric physicians on site 24-hours a day, seven days a week, to admit, consult and provide ongoing care to children.

Newborn coverage: CHOP pediatric hospitalists and neonatologists trained and experienced in newborn resuscitation and stabilization, are available to support deliveries or act as consultants, as requested by a patient's pediatrician or family physician.

Protocols and consultations for pediatric emergencies: In cooperation with the medical director for emergency services at Shore Memorial, Children's Hospital physicians help to develop new protocols for management of common pediatric emergencies and are available for consultation with emergency physicians. Educational support for Shore Memorial's pediatric nurses: Shore Memorial's pediatric and maternity nurses, currently certified in their respective specialties as well as neonatal, pediatric and adult advanced life support, have access to the specialized educational services, programs and resources of the nursing education program at Children's Hospital.

The CHOP Newborn & Pediatric Care Program at Shore Memorial is supported in part by the Shore Memorial Leader's Alliance. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the nation's first hospital for children, is a world leader in patient care, education and research.