The Children’s Rehabilitative Services (CRS) clinic at St. Joseph’s Children’s Health Center (CHC) is committed to filling an important role in the medical community - providing patients quality care in a comprehensive clinic that offers diagnosis, treatment and management of complicated and disabling disorders.

The CRS mission is to provide medical treatment, rehabilitation and related sup- port services to medically qualified individuals - primarily children - who have certain medical, disabling or potentially disabling conditions and have the potential for functional improvement. CRS is an outpatient and managed care pediatric service that receives state and federal funding administered by the Arizona Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, a division of the Arizona Department of Health Services.

The CRS Program at SJHMC has more than 12,500 patients enrolled. The patients range in age from birth to their 21st birthday. Patients receive a combination of outpatient clinic services, inpatient admissions, outpatient surgeries, plus a variety of ancillary services. There are nearly 600 pediatric specialty physicians that care for the patients.

Over 90 physician specialists provide over 32,000 visits a year in the 42 exam room clinic. The one-stop clinic services also include lab, pharmacy, and radiology services; psychology, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, audiology services, nutrition services, nursing, and social work support. The team members can meet with patients and families individually or participate in multidisciplinary planning clinics with the physician specialists.

Multidisciplinary Clinics

• Cystic fibrosis
• Cerebral palsy
• Cleft lip and palate
• Neurofibromatosis
• Scoliosis
• Sensory neural hearing loss
• Sickle cell
• Spina bifida
• Tuberous Sclerosis
• Feeding Clinic

Other Subspecialty Services

• Audiology
• Cardiology
• Ear nose and throat
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Genetics
• Hand clinic
• Hematology (Sickle Cell Disease)
• Metabolic Therapies
• Nephrology
• Neurogenetics
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Nutrition
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pediatric surgery
• Plastic surgery
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• Urology
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

In addition to clinical services, CRS provides patients and their families with support such as Child Life, case management, care coordination, and a Parent Action Council to enable parents to be involved in the development of programs and services. Patient care advocates help families navigate the health system and teach them how to advocate within other systems. The clinic also staffs bilingual representatives to assist with Spanish-speaking patients.