St. Luke's Children's Hospital

Caring for Children and Those Who Care for Them

As Idaho's only Children's Hospital, St. Luke's stands alone as the state's most experienced and dedicated hospital for children.

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital at our Boise facility is a hospital within a hospital—with a professional staff and services to care for the special needs of children. Our unique services include a pediatric emergency center designed and staffed just for kids, intensive care units for newborns and children, and child life specialists to help young patients adjust to the hospital. We also feature dedicated pediatric surgical suites and services, a child abuse and neglect center of excellence, and an outpatient specialty center to provide multidisciplinary services to children with special health care needs.

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital has brought together more than 150 pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists, addressing most disorders encountered at a major academic children's hospital. Our young patients are supported by more than 400 dedicated pediatric staff, including nursing and nearly a dozen other disciplines.

St. Luke’s Children’s Specialty Center, an outpatient clinical area where many of the pediatric subspecialists on St. Luke’s medical staff practice in close proximity, allows enhanced communication and ease of access for families.

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital has Idaho’s largest and most experienced Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit and the state’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit—and our downtown Boise medical center is home to Idaho’s largest dedicated Pediatrics Unit.

At St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, we believe there should be no barrier between children and their access to the highest quality health care services available, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We care for every child – regardless of a family's ability to pay.

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital has earned the trust and respect of thousands of children and their families, and we honor that trust as we help children heal. Every day our health care specialists renew their commitment to deliver the best, most compassionate care to all the children of our region.

What is a Children’s Hospital?

According to the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI):
Children's hospitals are well known as centers of excellence in pediatric care. Within their walls and outpatient clinics reside the world's finest practitioners of medicine, nursing, therapy, and social work, who are devoted to children with the most challenging needs.

Children's hospitals are expert in the most basic health care needs of all children. Because they are on the front lines of medical care, education, and research, they serve the majority of the nation's children with special needs. In most states, they serve a disproportionate share of children who are uninsured and those who rely on the Medicaid program to pay for their health care.

Like all children’s hospitals, St. Luke’s is committed to high quality, cost-effective clinical care, advocacy for children and families, education, and research. Through collaboration and benchmarking with our professional peers, including NACHRI and the American Academy of Pediatrics, we continue that commitment as we pursue our vision of a society in which all children and their families have access to a full continuum of health care services.