Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Will Share Spotlight with AMERICAN IDOL on Wednesday Night’s Top Four Performance Show!

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Will Share Spotlight with AMERICAN IDOL on Wednesday Night’s Top Four Performance Show!

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AMERICAN IDOL viewers are in for a touching and heartfelt experience Wednesday night: An inside look at one of America’s top pediatric hospitals, . IDOL’s Top 4 finalistsCandice Glover, Kree Harrison, Amber Holcomb and Angie Miller visited Children’s Hospital Monday and the fantastic four tugged at heart strings as they inspired young patients with bedside visits and a private concert! They also did arts and crafts with the kids in the , read to patients in the hospital’s and participated in supervised music therapy treatment with our tiniest patients in the hospital’s . They also met with the extraordinary doctors and nurses who provide the highest quality of healthcare for children in Southern California and beyond.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children’s hospital in California and among the top five in the nation for clinical excellence with its recent selection to the prestigious Honor Roll of best children’s hospitals. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States. The hospital is also ranked among the country’s premier teaching hospitals, and has been affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1932.

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles is a nonprofit, academic, pediatric medical center. We provide the highest quality healthcare for children in our region and beyond.

Each year, we provide more than 97,000 children with pediatric health care in a setting designed just for their needs.

We are a research hospital and believe that it is through research that we can improve the delivery of care to the children of the future.

Founded in 1901, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is the first and largest pediatric hospital in Southern California. The hospital is one of only 12 children’s hospitals in the nation – and the only one in California – ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties by . The U.S. News report also ranked Children’s Hospital Los Angeles among the top five children’s hospitals in the United States.

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More than 4,200 employees and 588 medical staff deliver care to patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Annual statistics log:

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