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The University Hospital is Recognized as a Top 100 Hospital
Contact : Amy Bomar (513) 585-7200
Date: 05/26/2004The University Hospital has been named a top 100 hospital in the category of major teaching hospitals nationwide by Solucient. This is the fourth time that University Hospital has made the list. The University Hospital is the only Ohio hospital named within the major teaching hospital category.
"Being named a top 100 teaching hospital is a great honor for University Hospital and the UC Medical Center," says James Kingsbury, executive director of The University Hospital. "It further recognizes the terrific referral center University Hospital and its physicians offer to this region."
For 11 years, Solucients's 100 top Hospitals®: Benchmarks for Success program has been setting the standard for hospital performance by identifying the top achievers in the industry, using a national comparative balanced-scorecard approach. Solucient maintains the nation's largest health care database comprising more  than 22.6 million discharges per year from 2,900 hospitals, representing 77.5 percent of all discharges. To read about the awards, click icon.
"The recognition of University Hospital as one of the top 100 hospitals is well deserved and a tribute to all of the faculty and staff who work every day to see that those they treat receive the highest quality of care," says Jane Henney, senior vice president and provost of the UC Medical Center.
"The faculty at the College of Medicine are extremely proud that once again The University Hospital has been recognized as one of the best in the country," says William J. Martin II, M.D., Christian R. Homes Professor and Dean of the UC College of Medicine. "Cincinnati should see University Hospital as a regional resource for all of its complicated and life threatening care."
The University Hospital is part of the Health Alliance, an integrated health care delivery system that also includes The Christ Hospital, The St. Luke Hospitals, The Jewish Hospital, The Fort Hamilton Hospital and the physicians of Alliance Primary Care. To view other Health Alliance news releases, go to www.health-alliance.com/pressroom.
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