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CARE SYSTEM
PROFILE

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Children’s Rehabilitation Institute
of TeletonUSA

Internationally recognized pediatric model of rehabilitative care
opens first U.S. facility in San Antonio

By Ellie Leeper, CRIT USA Public Relations Manager

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the tenth article in a planned series of Care System Profiles, highlighting various
healthcare providers in Bexar County in the pages of San Antonio Medicine. The goal of the series is to in-
form BCMS members about the relationships that exist within and among various local institutions. Articles
will focus on what distinguishes one system from another, and what is unique about each organization.
Representatives of local healthcare delivery systems are being invited to submit an article describing their
institutional initiatives for publication in the series. Organizations are featured in the order in which their
articles are submitted and approved. Members of the BCMS Communications/Publications Committee
review articles before publication, and content may be edited for format, style and clarity. For guidelines
and more information, email editor@bcms.org. To read past articles, visit http://www.bcms.org/SAM.html.

Who are the legal owners of this institution? Who is served by this healthcare delivery system?
The Children’s Rehabilitation Institute of TeletonUSA (CRIT CRIT USA offers pediatric care for children ages newborn to 18

USA) is owned and operated by the TeletonUSA Foundation, a non- years old with neuromuscular and skeletal injuries or disorders. Our
profit organization established in 2011 that raises funds through an model of care also includes psychological and emotional support for
annual telethon to benefit children’s healthcare organizations. CRIT family members of patients, as they are incorporated into and
USA is the primary beneficiary of these funds; however, the Tele- coached through each child’s customized treatment plan. CRIT USA
tonUSA Foundation also has donated to organizations throughout has the capacity to treat 600 children and their family members an-
the United States that specialize in the fields of pediatric rehabilita- nually; offering between 80 and 100 services to patients, and is cur-
tion, cancer and autism. Our address is 10839 Quarry Park, San An- rently operating at full capacity. CRIT USA is treating patients from
tonio, TX 78233. We have only one clinic in the United States, San Antonio and throughout Texas, as well as patients from more
located here in San Antonio. than 40 U.S. states.

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