Shriners Hospital for Children

Best Hospital or Rehabilitation Facility

Received by: Dick Anderson, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Shriners Hospital for Children and A. James Spang, Administrator, Shriners Hospital for Children in Chicago and Sara Klass, Director of Care Coordination.
Presented by: Ken Ash, VP, Office Depot

For nearly 80 years, Shriners Hospital for Children has provided care for children with disabilities at no charge to the patients or parents, governments or insurers.  Shriners seeks to create higher expectations for children with disabilities and to provide medical, financial, educational, social, and psychological supports to make those expectations achievable.  The central mission of the hospital is to provide the highest quality of care to children with neuromusculoskeletal conditions and other special health care needs within a compassionate, family centered, and collaborative care environment.