Phoenix Children’s Hospital Recruits for Parent Action Committee

The Parent Action Committee keeps the Phoenix community informed of pending policies and what parents can do to promote and improve pediatric healthcare

PHOENIX, Ariz. – All across Arizona people have a vital interest in the future of Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Moms and dads. Former patients. Non-profit organizations that serve families of kids with special needs. Grandparents. And others who care about our community. Parents have asked us how they can help Phoenix Children’s stand up for better and more comprehensive pediatric healthcare.

Parents can help:   Join the Phoenix Children’s Parent Action Committee.

Since Phoenix Children’s opened in 1983, the hospital has existed for one reason: To provide the highest quality pediatric specialty care and related services to the children of Arizona.

The ability to provide the world-class services families have come to expect from Phoenix Children’s is impacted by policy decisions at the state and federal level. Sometimes the policies help us offer more and better services – but sometimes the policies interfere with your child getting the best pediatric healthcare available.

Time and again, lawmakers tell us a parent’s voice makes a real difference in what they decide to do. So we have created the Phoenix Children’s Parent Action Committee to keep parents informed on pending policies, and what parents can do to promote and improve pediatric healthcare and help reduce rising healthcare costs.

There’s no charge to join. There are no meetings. You don’t even have to be a parent. If you sign up for the Phoenix Children’s Parent Action Committee, you’ll get monthly updates on policy proposals, as well as occasional “action alerts” that ask for help, such as contacting your elected officials on a particular issue.  Register online at http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/advocacy/.

If you have any questions about the Phoenix Children’s Parent Action Committee, please e-mail pchpac@phoenixchildrens.com. Read recent newsletters on how you can help.

About Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix Children’s Hospital is Arizona’s only licensed children’s hospital, providing world-class care in more than 40 pediatric specialties to our state’s sickest kids. Though Phoenix Children’s is one of the ten largest freestanding children’s hospitals in the country, rapid population growth in Arizona means the Hospital must grow as well. Phoenix Children’s recently announced a $588 million expansion plan to bring its special brand of family-centered care to even more patients and families. The plan includes a significant upgrade of the Hospital’s current campus, an aggressive physician recruitment effort, and new satellite centers in high growth areas of the Valley. For more information, visit the Hospital’s Web site at http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/.

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