About Children’s Minnesota

At Children’s Minnesota, we get to see amazing every day. The fighting spirit of a 24-week-old preemie. The resilient five-year-old learning to walk again. And the sense of pure optimism we see in every child. We believe children are the most amazing people on Earth — and that drives us to do everything we can to live up to the privilege of caring for them.

Children’s Minnesota is:

One of the largest freestanding pediatric health systems in the United States — with two hospitals, nine primary care clinics, seven rehabilitation and nine specialty care sites.
The only health system and Level I Trauma Center in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children from before birth through young adulthood.
The first and only hospital system in Minnesota and the thirteenth center in the nation to be verified as a Level I Children’s Minnesota Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.
An award-winning health system, regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital.
An independent and not-for-profit system (since 1924).

Our history

Learn about our long history of serving patients and families in the Twin Cities metro, and how it impacts our future.

Quality of care

Find out about the metrics we use to report on the quality of care we provide to patients and the outcomes that matter to families.

Children’s Minnesota Research Institute

See how research conducted at Children’s Minnesota impacts kids across the country.

Clinical ethics

The clinical ethics department offers 24/7 clinical ethics consultations to assist in clarifying ethical dilemmas.

Our leadership

Meet our executive team, Hospital Board of Directors and Foundation Board of Directors.

Mission, vision and values

At Children’s Minnesota our mission is: We champion the health needs of children and families. We are committed to improving children’s health by providing the highest-quality, family-centered care, advanced through research and education.

Our vision

Our vision is to be every family’s essential partner in raising healthier children — not only during illnesses or injuries, but throughout childhood. As the health care industry faces a time of unprecedented change, we will continue our dedication to delivering an experience unlike any other, making access to health care easier and working with the community in innovative ways.

The Children’s Minnesota values

These values guide the way we engage with each other, our patients and our communities:

Kids first. We’re inspired by children — we channel their optimism, resiliency, courage and curiosity into everything we do.
Listen, really listen. Each person has a story to tell. We listen with compassion, ask meaningful questions and build relationships with individuals and communities.
Own outcomes. We are 200% accountable for providing extraordinary service. Tireless in our pursuit of excellence, we never stop learning or improving.
Join together. We are all caregivers. And, we are stronger when teamed with our patients, families, community and one another. Super teams trump superheroes.
Be remarkable. We are innovators, reimagining health care and going beyond what’s expected. After all, kids are counting on us.

Learn more about how we are bringing the values to life in our community:

Patient and family-centered care

At Children’s Minnesota, we practice a philosophy of care that respects the pivotal role of the family as the constant in a child’s life. We know families are the experts about their children, the primary caregivers and the child’s biggest source of support. As a result, we encourage families and patients to participate as active members of the health care team.