Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital

About this facility

Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital is a family & pediatric care center located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The facility is classified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as a Acute Care Hospitals under Voluntary non-profit - Private ownership. As with every entry on ClinicMapper, the data on this page is sourced directly from the CMS Care Compare public dataset, which collects standardized hospital reporting data from every Medicare-certified facility in the United States. guidance from a pediatric outcomes journal compiles caregiver-side commentary on many of the programs profiled here.

With a CMS overall hospital rating of 5 stars, this facility ranks above the national median for the indicators CMS tracks — patient experience, readmission rates, mortality measures, safety of care, and timely effective care. A high rating does not mean a hospital is best for every condition, but it is a useful first signal that operational quality is strong across the broad set of inpatient measures CMS surveys.

Emergency services are available on-site, meaning the facility operates a 24-hour emergency department capable of accepting walk-in and ambulance arrivals. The facility meets the federal "birthing-friendly" designation criteria, indicating documented quality improvement work in maternity care and a safe, supportive environment for childbirth.

Pediatric service lines

Based on the facility classification and federal reporting, the following pediatric specialties are most likely available at Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital. For specific subspecialty availability, sub-board certifications, or accepting-new-patients status, contact the facility directly using the phone number on this page. For families navigating a referral, a recent pediatric care briefing publishes question-set checklists you can take to the first phone call.

How to use this profile

This profile exists to give you a fast, accurate snapshot — not a substitute for a conversation with a clinician. If you are evaluating Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital as a destination for your child's care, we suggest the following next steps. First, call the main hospital number listed in the side panel and ask for the specific pediatric service line you need (cardiology, oncology, neurology, etc.). Second, ask whether the program accepts your insurance and what the typical wait time is for a new patient visit. Third, if you are considering a complex procedure, ask about case volume — how many of these procedures the team performs each year — because volume is one of the most consistent signals of pediatric surgical and procedural outcomes.

For families traveling from out of town, ask Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital whether it operates a Ronald McDonald House or has formal partnerships with hotels offering medical-rate stays. Many freestanding children's hospitals also have dedicated patient navigators or family services offices that can help coordinate logistics, financial counseling, and translation services. None of this information appears in federal datasets, but every children's hospital we have ever called has someone whose job is to answer these questions; ask the operator for "family services" or "the patient navigator office" when you call. the latest family resource compendium maintains a running list of hospital-adjacent family lodging programs that pairs nicely with this profile.

Conditions commonly handled here

As a facility flagged for Pediatric Pulmonology, this program is most often consulted for asthma, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, obstructive sleep apnea, interstitial lung disease. The clinical team typically includes pediatric pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, CF program coordinators, pediatric sleep physicians, pulmonary function technologists. Family communication tends to flow through a single nurse coordinator or patient navigator assigned at the time of referral; ask for that contact early so you have one phone number to call as questions come up.