About Children's

Advanced Technology

The new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC incorporates an unprecedented level of technology to improve patient care, reduce human error, and improve patient, visitor and staff safety while providing operating efficiencies to manage costs effectively.

Our hospital is among the first fully digital hospitals in the country and is leading us into the future in many ways:

Infrastructure Services

Campus-wide wireless data network enables access to electronic health records, prescription writing and other clinical and non-clinical applications
Power service that cannot be interrupted
100 percent availability to Internet service
Secure access to the network from anywhere in the world

Telecommunications Services

Campus wide wireless phone system
Soft Phones
Centralized Call Center for billing inquiries, staff scheduling, patient inquiries, and more
Cell phone friendly campus

Applications and Equipment

Emergency Department and house-wide Patient Tracking and Child Abduction System
Provider (nurse) Call (inpatient and outpatient) integrated with patient equipment, monitors and patient and family communications. Calls go directly to care provider wireless phones to facilitate a more timely response.
Centralized electronic record storage and retrieval
Campus-wide paperless record management system for order entry and distribution, results reporting, imaging, and more
Online access to all images for diagnostic purposes from anywhere on the campus (radiology, cardiology, neurology, and others)
Campus-wide document imaging system is available house-wide
Automated medication and department-based supply control and dispensing systems are available in all clinical locations
Visitor tracking system with status, alerts and locally and centrally monitored video (real time and stored)
Videoconferencing - desktop and auditorium based to support continuing medical education, grand rounds, patient and clinician consultation and patient education
Delivery of patient education on demand at the bedside
All bedsides, lounges, and waiting rooms equipped with entertainment systems, including cable television (with VCR and DVD players) and video game systems
Pneumatic Tube service for quick delivery of information
Virtual library for patient/family health information