ChristianaCare patients will have access to CHOP\u2019s specialty programs including surgery, cardiology, neurology, radiology, ophthalmology and genetics, officials said.\n<\/p>\n
The health systems also intend to collaborate on research and educational initiatives.\n<\/p>\n
Dr. Janice Nevin, president and CEO of ChristianaCare, called it a \u201cdefining moment\u201d for pediatric care in Delaware.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough our affiliation with CHOP, we are combining strength with strength to deliver world class pediatric subspecialty care right here in our community,\u201d Nevin said in a statement. \u201cThis partnership is an important step forward to ensure that every child and every family have access to the exceptional care they deserve \u2014 when and where they need it.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
ChristianaCare operates three hospitals and outpatient health offices for adults and children in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. CHOP\u2019s network includes its flagship hospital in Philadelphia, another inpatient hospital in King of Prussia, as well as primary care offices and clinics across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ChristianaCare patients will have access to CHOP\u2019s specialty programs including surgery, cardiology, neurology, radiology, ophthalmology and genetics, officials…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69877,69878,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-153801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-childrens-hospital-of-philadelphia-chop","9":"tag-christianacare-health-system","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}