Annual Report 2023-2024

Shriners Children’s – Changing and Improving Lives

Shriners Children’s is a world-renowned healthcare system committed to providing exceptional care and support to children with complex medical conditions. With locations across North America and outreach clinics held around the world, Shriners Children’s provides excellent care to children regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Our three-part mission has one goal: to change and improve the lives of children. The experienced, compassionate teams at Shriners Children’s work collaboratively to treat patients with orthopedic conditions, burn injuries, spine conditions and spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate. At Shriners Children’s, our physicians include the patients, and their families, in the decision making process, ensuring that each patient’s care plan addresses their personal goals, needs and expectations. It’s our goal to provide patients with the treatments and services that will help them to overcome physical challenges and go on to have lives full of hope, confidence, promise and achievement. Our physicians and clinicians are committed to sharing their experience and knowledge with other medical professionals, both in the United States and internationally. Residencies and other programs help train the next generation of amazing specialists. Our clinicians also participate in outreach clinics that provide the opportunity to train and educate caregivers around the world, so that they may care for the children of their communities closer to home. Through innovative research, Shriners Children’s continually seeks to contribute meaningfully

to the world body of medical knowledge, thereby improving patient care and outcomes far into the future, possibly in ways we can’t even imagine today. OUR MISSION Shriners Children’s is committed to: » Providing the highest quality care to children with neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries and other special healthcare needs within a compassionate, family centered and collaborative care environment » Providing for the education of physicians knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families This mission is carried out without regard to race, color, creed, sex or sect, disability, national origin, or ability of a patient or family to pay. Our three-part mission has one goal: To change and improve the lives of children. and other healthcare professionals » C onducting research to discover new

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