Quality of Care
Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children provides comprehensive care for women, infants, and children across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region. It is the state’s only maternity, newborn, and pediatric specialty hospital, as well as a tertiary care, teaching, and research facility.
Specialty services include intensive care for infants and children, 24-hour emergency services for children and adults, critical care air transport, and care for high-risk pregnancies.
Highlights
- Hawaiʻi’s only full-service children’s specialty hospital.
- Only hospital in Hawaiʻi – and one of approximately 50 nationwide – to earn Level 1 Children’s Surgery Verification from the American College of Surgeons.
- Ranked in the top tier nationally for patient experience, including:
- Top 5% for pediatric patient experience.
- Top 10% for adult patient experience.
- Hawaiʻi’s largest and most advanced Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, caring for more than 1,000 infants annually.
- Hawaiʻi’s only pediatric bone marrow collection and transplant program, with approximately 95% of patients participating in clinical trials.
- Home to the state’s only dedicated breast health and gynecologic cancer centers.
- Women’s Center designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.
- First in Hawaiʻi to establish an Imaging Center of Excellence.
- Transplant program accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB).
- A leader in training Hawaiʻi’s pediatric, obstetric and gynecologic physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.
Awards & Affiliations
- Major teaching hospital for the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine pediatric and OB-GYN programs.
- Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, with Advanced Palliative Care Certification.
- Adult and pediatric cancer program accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
- Member of the NCI-sponsored Children’s Cancer Group.
- Participant in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).
- Member of the Children’s Hospital Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network.
- Partner with the Hawaiʻi Bone Marrow Donor Registry (HBMDR).
- Hawaiʻi’s only Children’s Miracle Network hospital since 1984.