Along with the nationally-ranked pediatric heart care and treatment you
expect at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center in Oklahoma
City, you also gain access to a wide range of services to support cardiac
kids and families.
With options designed to help everyone remain as engaged and optimistic
as possible throughout your healthcare journey, you can take advantage
of diverse patient and family support offerings such as:
Request an Appointment
Request an appointment or referral to find out more about diagnostic tests
and clinic visits for children's heart care at Oklahoma Children's Hospital.
Assists you and your doctor with the hospital discharge process to ensure
a timely, safe transition that addresses continuing-care needs and additional
resources for you and your family; provides trained social workers to
assist everyone with psychological and social problems that can arise
during a hospital stay with a chronically ill child.
Child Life Services
Uses therapeutic play to help your hospitalized child understand and remain
calm throughout necessary medical procedures; Oklahoma’s largest
program of its kind; Oklahoma Children's Hospital’s
Child Life specialists help you understand the steps of treatment, teach your child
therapeutic methods of play, offer support to keep spirits and hopes high
throughout hospitalization.
Nurse Navigation
Acts as your patient advocate to guide you and your family through processes
involved in diagnosis and treatment; serves as communication expert for
everyone involved to assure understanding for all aspects of care and
treatment; helps answer questions and foster collaboration as a team.
School Programs
Provides onsite academic services and liaison with your child’s school
during extended hospital stays to ensure no loss of valuable learning
time; sends letters of attendance, facilitates schoolwork collection,
offers tutoring; coordinates support and necessary accommodations when
your child returns to the classroom; for information, call (405) 271-4870.
Language Translation
Offers sincere, honest, culturally aware communication and interpretation
for Spanish, sign language and dozens of others in person and through
interpretation technology.
Financial Assistance Services
Provides expert counseling services for financial arrangements before surgery
or other procedures; experts available Monday through Friday 9 a.m. through
4 p.m.; learn more about OU Health’s
financial assistance programs.
Spiritual Care
Assists with stress and anxiety that often accompanies hospital admission
or healthcare employment; provided by a
Spiritual Care team of onsite chaplains; call (405) 271-5758 or after hours at (405) 271-5656.
Gift Shop
Offers everything from personal essentials to snacks and gifts for all
ages; operated by volunteers; proceeds benefit local nursing scholarships;
open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Read more about our Gift Shop.
Dining
Offers multiple onsite options at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart
Center for sit-down meals and to-go food selections; learn more about
Dining at OU Health.
Hearts at Home
Delivers follow-up care between the first and second surgeries for single
ventricle and other complex congenital cardiac anomalies.
Through the Hearts at Home program, specialists from Oklahoma Children’s
Hospital Heart Center teach you successful in-home parent-care strategies
that help you learn to watch, track, encourage and enjoy your child’s
growth and development during the extended treatment time.
Thanks to support from generous benefactors, parents of all children in
the single ventricle surgery process receive a digital scale and an oxygen
saturation monitor.
Request an Appointment
Find out more about heart patient and family support for cardiac kids and
adults born with congenital conditions when you request an appointment
or ask your doctor for a referral to the pediatric heart experts at The
Children's Hospital.
Call Oklahoma Children's Hospital's Heart Center
in Oklahoma City at
(405) 271-5530 or
OU Health Physicians Pediatric Cardiology
in Tulsa at
(918) 619-4400.
More Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Heart Center Services
While you’re here, take a few minutes to learn more about Oklahoma
Children’s Hospital Heart Center and:
Online Resources to Support Cardiac Kids & Parents
Explore information about congenital heart conditions and other aspects
of pediatric heart health to support your child and family as you live
well with your child’s heart condition. Take advantage of online
resources from across the nation, including:
March of Dimes – Works to prevent birth defects and infant mortality
Mended Little Hearts – Provides hope and support to children and families affected by
congenital heart disease
Children’s Heart Foundation – Brings health, hope and happiness to children affected by congenital
heart defects
Little Hearts, Inc. – Provides support, education, resources and networking through
a national organization for families and children living with congenital
heart defects
Kids with Heart – Offers information for parents of children with congenital heart
disorders, including specific conditions and links to more resources
CaringBridge – Provides free, personalized websites and online journals that
connect families and friends during a health event, making it easier to
share health updates and receive messages of love and support
Conquering CHD – Supports the mission of conquering congenital heart disease; formerly
known as Pediatric Congenital Heart Association
Linked by Heart – Offers regional and local support and resources to families affected
by hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
American Academy of Pediatrics – Presents information about a wide range of children’s health
conditions; includes links to AAP’s official parenting website
American College of Cardiology – Offers specialized information about congenital heart disease
from the nation’s pediatric cardiologists
American Heart Association – Provides helpful information about congenital heart defects from
the well-known U.S. heart health advocacy organization
Adult Congenital Heart Association – Offers extensive information, advocacy, research and support to
improve and extend the lives of millions born with heart defects
Your Child’s Pediatric Heart & Vascular Care Team
During the time you and your child spend at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital
Heart Center, you’ll work with a variety of talented, compassionate
and highly trained experts – doctors, nurses and staff who provide
specialized pediatric services to diagnose and treat your child’s
specific condition.
You benefit from collaborating with an experienced pediatric cardiovascular
team that directly involves you and your family in treatment decisions and:
Pays close attention to your family’s nonmedical needs with support from child life specialists, social workers, therapists and
other healthcare professionals from many disciplines
Performs
more than 450 complex cardiothoracic surgeries each year
Uses the
latest advanced technologies, including minimally invasive procedures that help speed healing and recovery
Brings together specialists from all departments to
coordinate and implement new and innovative treatments for children’s heart and vascular conditions
Cares for the tiniest hearts through our extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO) program, a
nationally designated ECMO Center of Excellence
Conducts
groundbreaking research on hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with nationally renowned colleagues from across the United States and
brings new methods for prevention, diagnosis and treatment to your care
through participation in locally available clinical trials
Teaches the physicians of tomorrow for the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, which also
gives you access to benchmark practice standards, innovative care and treatment
methods, advanced technology and world-class research
Puts smiles on the faces of children and families during
more than 10,000 outpatient visits each year
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