Premier Academic Medical Center is One of the Nation’s Leading Hospital Systems
The University of Kansas Hospital is one of the nation’s leading hospitals, delivering comprehensive care, surgery and diagnostics for people with the most complex conditions. As a premier academic medical center, the hospital serves as a resource for other hospitals and care providers throughout the Midwest and treats patients from across the country. Exceptional care is provided through collaboration among physicians who represent more than 200 specialties, as well as nurses, researchers and other professionals. Together, they deliver exciting discoveries and life-changing treatments.
The hospital’s work has consistently earned recognition in many areas: U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2015-16 named The University of Kansas Hospital among the nation’s 50 best for adult care in 12 data-driven medical and surgical specialties. The hospital is one of only 16 in the nation to achieve this status. It has also been ranked on the Best Hospitals list every year since 2007.
The hospital provides patient care for The University of Kansas Cancer Center, one of only 69 National Cancer Institutedesignated Cancer Centers nationwide. Patients have better access to clinical trials, the latest therapies and more personalized care closer to home in facilities throughout the region. Since 2006, the hospital has been designated as a Magnet facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The designation is awarded to only about 7 percent of U.S. hospitals.
The hospital is one of only 13 academic medical centers to receive the 2015 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award from University HealthSystem Consortium. The study is given to those who provide high-quality, safe, efficient, patient-centered, equitable care. For the fourth consecutive year, The University of Kansas Hospital earned the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award for Kansas City. The award recognizes a hospital’s overall quality, image and reputation, physicians and nurses. is one of the nation’s leading hospitals,delivering comprehensive care, surgery and diagnostics for people with the most complex conditions. As a premier academic medical center, the hospital serves as a resource for other hospitals and care providers throughout the Midwest and treats patients from across the country. Exceptional care is provided through collaboration among physicians who represent more than 200 specialties, as well as nurses, researchers and other professionals. Together, they deliver exciting discoveries and life-changing treatments.
The hospital’s work has consistently earned recognition in many areas: U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2015-16 named The University of Kansas Hospital among the nation’s 50 best for adult care in 12 data-driven medical and surgical specialties. The hospital is one of only 16 in the nation to achieve this status. It has also been ranked on the Best Hospitals list every year since 2007.
The hospital provides patient care for The University of Kansas Cancer Center, one of only 69 National Cancer Institutedesignated Cancer Centers nationwide. Patients have better access to clinical trials, the latest therapies and more personalized care closer to home in facilities throughout the region. Since 2006, the hospital has been designated as a Magnet facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The designation is awarded to only about 7 percent of U.S. hospitals.
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The hospital is one of only 13 academic medical centers to receive the 2015 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award from University HealthSystem Consortium. The study is given to those who provide high-quality, safe, efficient, patient-centered, equitable care. For the fourth consecutive year, The University of Kansas Hospital earned the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award for Kansas City. The award recognizes a hospital’s overall quality, image and reputation, physicians and nurses.
