Welcome to Texas Children’s 2016 Annual Report. I’m Mark Wallace, President and CEO of Texas Children’s Hospital, and I’m pleased to share some of the amazing work that happened last year across the Texas Children’s system.

Here at Texas Children’s, we are so passionate about our work and our mission that it’s easy to get swept up in the incredible pace at which we move, build and expand. We get a lot done in the span of one short year, and 2016 was no different.

At the beginning of the fiscal year last fall, we began construction on our new Pediatric Tower. This space will help us provide advanced care and facilities for our most critically ill patients.

We also purchased two buildings in the Texas Medical Center right next door to our campus – another move to make sure we can grow when the time is right.

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands Outpatient Building opened this fall, and within just a few weeks of the opening, we already had more than 10,000 patient visits across all of our patient care facilities in The Woodlands.

But structure is not always bricks and mortar. More often it's collaboration, resourcefulness and innovation.

One of our brightest moments in fiscal year 2016 was our involvement in the launch of the state’s STAR Kids managed care program, which provides benefits to children and young adults who have special health care needs.

In 2016, we also partnered with Houston Methodist Hospital to develop the first hospital-based rapid test for Zika, and we opened a Zika clinic at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women.

We also expanded our community strategy with the opening of our sixth Texas Children’s Urgent Care. Providing pediatric urgent care throughout Greater Houston ensures children in our community receive convenient, appropriate care after hours.

And that's just a glimpse of 2016.

The little hospital that once had 1,400 staff and employees now has nearly 15,000 staff and employees delivering exceptional care to almost 10,000 children and women every day. That was more than 3.6 million patient encounters in fiscal year 2016.

Of course, none of this is possible without our people. Our people embrace excellence and constantly seek ways to make strides that improve our care, spark ideas and give our families hope.

This is the spirit of our culture, and it's why a single year at Texas Children’s looks like a decade.

Thank you for visiting our 2016 virtual annual report. As you will see, 2016 was a phenomenal year for Texas Children’s, and we’re not just getting bigger … we are getting even better every single day.

                                                         


                            

Mark A. Wallace
President and CEO, Texas Children’s Hospital

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