Children's Hospital of Orange County

Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Geography
Location	Orange, California, United States
Organization
Affiliated university	yes
Services
Beds	238
History
Founded	1964
Links
Website	http://www.choc.org/
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

This article is about Children's Hospital of Orange County. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).

Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is a children's hospital located in Orange County, California.

Its main hospital is located in the City of Orange and it operates the pediatric care at Mission Hospital (a hospital-within-a-hospital) in nearby Mission Viejo.

The combined operation of CHOC (Orange) and CHOC (Mission) ranks as the 15th busiest children’s hospital in the country. It also prides itself as having one of the busiest pediatrics residency programs in the region.

In 2011, Children’s Hospital of Orange County has been ranked in eight specialties in U.S. News Media Group’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Specifically, CHOC Children’s ranked 28th in cancer; 33rd in diabetes and endocrinology; 44th in gastroenterology; 39th in neonatology; 41st in neurology and neurosurgery; 45th in orthopedics; 43rd in pulmonology; and 48th in urology.^{[1] [2]}

Radio Lollipop

In 2006, CHOC (a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital) teamed with G.O.T. Toyota to create an in-house radio station in order to provide comfort and entertainment for the hospital’s increasing number of extended stay patients.^[3] Known as Radio Lollipop, the program allows children at the hospital to experience the fun and excitement of being on the air within hospital walls, and creates a unique interrelationship between patients.^[4]

Mobile Giving Campaign

In 2008, Ryan Seacrest of Los Angeles based radio station KIIS FM hosted a live fundraising event for Radio Lollipop, asking listeners to donate by sending a text message to the short code 90999 with the keyword CHOC.^[5] The station was flooded with mobile donations after G.O.T. Toyota President R.J. Romero told listeners that he would match donations up to $10,000. CHOC’s mobile donating campaign was created in partnership with the Mobile Giving Foundation and Mgive.^[6]

References

1. ^ www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals
2. ^ http://www.choc.org/pressroom/news.cfm?nid=580
3. ^ "G.O.T. Toyota Donates $20,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County"
4. ^ "G.O.T. Toyota Donates $20,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County"
5. ^ "G.O.T. Toyota Donates $20,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County"
6. ^ Mobile Giving Foundation- Charities

Coordinates: 33°46′53″N 117°51′55″W / 33.78139°N 117.86528°W / 33.78139; -117.86528