Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Virginia's only freestanding full-service children's hospital and the core institution in the CHKD pediatric health system, serving southeastern Virginia and adjacent areas.
What They Do
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) is a Norfolk-based nonprofit pediatric hospital and regional health system serving southeastern Virginia, the Eastern Shore, and northeastern North Carolina. The institution operates hospital, specialty, surgery, urgent care, and pediatric practice infrastructure. For PHD, CHKD is a named example of how pediatric provider organizations operate inside Medicaid directed-payment structures, and is relevant to both the pediatric Medicaid financing story and as a potential partner or customer for pediatric digital health vendors.
Competitive Position
CHKD is less a direct competitor to venture-backed pediatric companies than a core regional delivery institution that startups may need to sell into, partner with, or route around. Its strategic importance in the vault is that it combines freestanding children's-hospital status with explicit Medicaid managed-care exposure, making it a useful marker for how financing rules hit real pediatric provider infrastructure outside the very largest national brands.
Funding Rounds
No funding rounds on record for this company.