Children's Hospital Association (CHA)

What Children's Hospital Association (CHA) does

The Children's Hospital Association (CHA) is a national nonprofit membership association representing more than 200 children's hospitals, health systems, and related organizations across the United States. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas with a Washington, D.C. advocacy office, CHA functions as the collective voice for pediatric healthcare delivery, providing its members with federal and state policy advocacy, data and analytics infrastructure, workforce development resources, research collaboratives, and professional networking through three annual conferences.

CHA's core technology assets include the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS), a proprietary research database and analytics platform used for clinical benchmarking across member institutions, and the State of Children's Health, an interactive dashboard surfacing pediatric health indicators at the state and congressional-district level. The association also operates a Career Center integrated with the National Healthcare Career Network connecting more than 300 professional healthcare associations, supports research collaboratives such as CHARGE for pediatric firearm injury research, and has piloted a pharmaceutical supply chain data-sharing initiative under the Biden Cancer Moonshot.

CHA's revenue model is primarily membership-based, with recurring dues from children's hospitals and health systems providing the core funding stream, supplemented by transaction-fee revenue from Career Center job postings. The organization has recently expanded its programmatic scope with a new Population Health Department (March 2026) and a rebrand (November 2025), and it engages in strategic partnerships with organizations such as the American Medical Association, Ad Council, Healthcare Ready, and HRSA to advance initiatives in firearm injury prevention, supply chain resilience, and pediatric workforce development.

Name

Children's Hospital Association (CHA)

Legal name

Children's Hospital Association

Website

https://childrenshospitals.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Children's Hospital Association (CHA) is a national nonprofit membership association representing more than 200 children's hospitals and health systems, providing advocacy, data analytics, research, workforce development, and professional networking to advance pediatric healthcare delivery in the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Healthcare Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAI)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare advocacy
• Children's hospital membership
• Pediatric health data analytics
• Pediatric quality improvement
• Pediatric workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Wadsworth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: CHA generates revenue through membership dues from children's hospitals, health systems, and related organizations. CHA represents more than 200 children's hospitals nationally, with membership providing access to advocacy, programming, data services, and peer networking.
2. Career Center Services: The CHA Career Center offers job posting services for member hospitals and health care professionals, with integrated access to the National Healthcare Career Network. Employers pay discount rates for multiple ad purchases while job seekers can view positions and post resumes.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels15 records

Core offering

The Children's Hospital Association (CHA) is a national membership association representing more than 200 children's hospitals, delivering advocacy, policy representation, clinical benchmarking data through the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS), public-facing health data dashboards, research collaboratives (including CHARGE for firearm injury), workforce development resources, supply chain initiatives, and professional conferences. CHA also operates a Career Center job board integrated with the National Healthcare Career Network and produces educational resources for pediatric healthcare professionals.

Product overview

The Children's Hospital Association (CHA) operates as a membership organization rather than a single product company. Its offerings include the State of Children's Health Dashboard (an interactive data analytics platform for pediatric health indicators), the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) research database, the Career Center job board integrated with Google Jobs, and pilot programs addressing pediatric supply chain resilience. CHA also recently established a Population Health Department to support member hospitals in integrated care delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHA Membership Program National membership association providing U.S. children's hospitals with unified advocacy, policy representation, peer networking, programming, data services, and access to CHA research collaboratives and conferences. Members include children's hospitals, health systems, and related pediatric organizations.
• State of Children's Health Dashboard Interactive public dashboard providing national pediatric health data at state and congressional district levels, comparing indicators such as health insurance coverage, access to care, mental and behavioral health treatment access, child population size, household income, and poverty indicators against national averages. Used by policymakers, researchers, journalists, and member hospitals for advocacy and decision-making.
• Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) Proprietary research database and analytics platform aggregating data from member children's hospitals, used for clinical benchmarking, research, and trend analysis on pediatric mental health, ED visits, and inpatient cases. Available to member children's hospitals and researchers for benchmarking studies.
• CHA Career Center Online job board platform offering member hospitals and healthcare employers access to pediatric healthcare job postings and candidate resumes, integrated with the National Healthcare Career Network (linking 300+ professional healthcare associations) and Google Jobs. Employers pay per posting, with discount rates available for purchases of three or more ads, while job seekers access positions and post resumes free of charge.
• CHARGE Collaborative (Children's Hospital Association Research in Gun-Related Events) Multi-institutional research collaborative that brings together researchers and clinicians from member children's hospitals to generate evidence on pediatric firearm injuries, nonfatal injury tracking, mental health outcomes, health equity, and health care utilization. Open to member children's hospital researchers and clinicians as a CHA-sponsored research program.

Quantifiable outcome

• CHA member hospitals participating in workforce initiatives have achieved 43% reduction in turnover
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• End Drug Shortages Alliance (EDSA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026CHA partnered with EDSA as part of a six-month pilot under the Biden Cancer Moonshot to test a new model for sharing inventory data across the pharmaceutical supply chain. The pilot focused on cancer drugs and demonstrated unprecedented transparency across the supply system, enabling stakeholders to identify emerging risks sooner.
• Biden Cancer MoonshotflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026CHA participated in a Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative to transform the reactive pharmaceutical supply chain into a proactive system through data sharing pilots involving seven children's hospitals and national drug distributors.
• Seven Children's Hospitals (Pilot Participants)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Seven children's hospitals participated in the Biden Cancer Moonshot supply chain transparency pilot with CHA and EDSA, testing a new model for sharing inventory data across the pharmaceutical supply chain focused on cancer drugs.
• National Drug DistributorsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026National drug distributors participated in the Biden Cancer Moonshot pilot with CHA and EDSA to test pharmaceutical supply chain data sharing, enabling more proactive identification of drug shortages.
• American Medical Association (AMA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 October 2025AMA and CHA collaborate on firearm injury prevention initiatives, including the Agree to Agree campaign with the Ad Council. The partnership provides digital resource hubs and PSA campaigns to help clinicians discuss firearm injury prevention with patients, addressing the gap where 86% of adults report never being asked by a physician about firearms in the home.
• Ad CouncilcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025CHA partners with the Ad Council on the Agree to Agree campaign, a national nonpartisan initiative to reduce firearm injuries by emphasizing shared responsibility. The campaign provides 65+ vetted resources for healthcare professionals to discuss firearm safety with patients and families in clinically appropriate ways.
• Healthcare ReadycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 September 2025Healthcare Ready partnered with the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN) to serve as the network's supply chain task force. This initiative strengthens pediatric healthcare supply chain preparedness and resilience through supply chain assessments, policy analysis, virtual training, and a pediatric product shortage pilot across 13 children's hospital hub sites.
• Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 September 2025PPN operates as a network of children's hospitals working on pandemic preparedness. CHA supports PPN through the Healthcare Ready partnership, addressing supply chain vulnerabilities, staffing losses, and rising cyber threats in pediatric healthcare.
• Thirteen Children's Hospital Hub Sites (PPN Network)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 September 2025PPN's thirteen children's hospital hub sites participate in the pediatric product shortage pilot and supply chain assessments funded by HRSA, developing best practices for uninterrupted pediatric patient care during future crises.
• Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at VanderbiltcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVanderbilt's behavioral and mental health care model was recognized by CHA with an invitation to present at its Annual Leadership Conference, signaling potential for broader adoption across member hospitals.
• County of San Diego Behavioral Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRady Children's Enhanced Care Management program is funded in partnership with County of San Diego Behavioral Health Services, which supports the multidisciplinary staff and program expansion.
• Omaha Police DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's Nebraska partnered with Omaha Police Department to offer families secure firearm storage options outside the home, including firearm storage at the police facility and promotion of Firearm Amnesty Days.
• Local Shooting RangesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShooting ranges partner with Children's Nebraska to provide secure firearm storage options for families, offering free or low-cost storage for designated time periods.
• New Orleans Health Department's Office of Violence PreventionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerManning Family Children's partners with the Office of Violence Prevention for gun violence data-driven interventions and grassroots outreach to distribute biometric safes in high-violence neighborhoods.
• BeSMART CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple hospitals use BeSMART resources to promote responsible gun ownership. CHA member hospitals including St. Louis Children's, Children's of Alabama, and UPMC Children's use the campaign's educational materials for safe storage education.
• Sporting Goods Stores (King County)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeattle Children's partners with sporting goods stores for safe gun storage device distribution through the Lock It Up program, providing education and resources where firearm owners feel comfortable.
• University of Cincinnati HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCincinnati Children's partners with University of Cincinnati Health and the city to develop a violence intervention program connecting violence prevention experts with gun violence victims.
• Aurora@Home CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's Hospital Colorado's director serves on the board of Aurora@Home coalition providing rental assistance and case management to families with children experiencing homelessness.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Vizient: Vizient is a healthcare performance improvement company providing analytics, supply chain, and benchmarking services to hospitals and health systems. It overlaps with CHA's PHIS benchmarking, supply chain transparency pilots, and data-driven member services, though it is a for-profit commercial entity rather than an association.
• Premier Inc. Premier is a healthcare improvement and group purchasing organization serving hospitals with analytics, supply chain, and performance services. Its supply chain, benchmarking, and quality improvement offerings overlap with CHA's data infrastructure and supply chain initiatives.

Direct peers

• America's Essential Hospitals: America's Essential Hospitals is a membership association representing safety-net hospitals serving low-income and uninsured patients. It shares CHA's advocacy, data, and quality improvement model focused on a defined hospital segment, though its constituency differs from children's hospitals.
• American Academy of Pediatrics: The AAP is the professional association for pediatricians with 67,000+ members. It shares CHA's pediatric focus, advocacy voice, and member-driven governance model, and serves overlapping stakeholders (children's hospitals, pediatric clinicians) although its members are individuals rather than institutions.
• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: Children's Miracle Network is a nonprofit that raises funds for children's hospitals through corporate partnerships and media campaigns. It shares CHA's pediatric hospital constituency and national scope but focuses on fundraising rather than advocacy, data, or research.
• Catholic Health Association of the United States: CHA represents Catholic hospital systems through advocacy, mission integration, and leadership development. It is comparable to the Children's Hospital Association as a values-driven hospital membership association with similar advocacy and member-services structures.
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: NAPNAP is the professional association for pediatric nurse practitioners. It is a participating member of CHA's National Healthcare Career Network and shares the pediatric mission, though it represents individual clinicians rather than hospital systems.

Broad incumbents

• American Association of Medical Colleges: AAMC represents medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic health systems with research, advocacy, and workforce programs. It is comparable to CHA in advocacy and data orientation, though it focuses on academic medicine more broadly than pediatric specialty care.
• American Hospital Association: The American Hospital Association is the national trade association representing all U.S. hospitals and health systems. It is comparable to CHA as a hospital membership association with federal advocacy, data, and workforce programs, but covers a much broader scope beyond pediatric care.

Regional players

• Healthcare Financial Management Association: HFMA is a membership organization for healthcare finance professionals, providing education, certification, and resources. While it does not represent hospitals directly, it serves a stakeholder function adjacent to CHA's hospital finance, Medicaid reimbursement, and policy advocacy work.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/childrenshospitals
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/childrenshospitals
• Instagraminstagram.com/childrenshospitals

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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