National Recognition and Awards

9/23/2008

 

For the second straight year, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has received the prestigious honor of being named one of the nation's 100 best companies for working parents by Working Mother magazine. The hospital was the only Dane County company to receive the award and only one of three in Wisconsin to be honored. Read more

 

9/18/2008

 

A nationally recognized "scorecard" for measuring the quality of major teaching hospitals puts University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in the nation's top five best-performing institutions. The purpose of the annual assessment is to measure the performance of teaching hospitals in several areas known to be essential to delivering excellent care consistently across a wide variety of populations. This year, 88 academic medical centers were included in the analysis. Read more

 

9/12/2008

 

In its first year, American Family Children's Hospital has received numerous accolades for its building and interior design. The innovative features of the hospital bring kid-friendly elements, such as a town square lobby and floors that feature a different Wisconsin-based theme, together with top-of-the-line medical facilities, including one of only five lead-lined cancer treatment rooms in the nation. Read more

 

7/11/2008

 

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison was ranked among the top hospitals in America, according to survey results released from U.S. News & World Report for 2008. To be considered, a hospital had to meet at least one of three requirements: membership in the Council of Teaching Hospitals, affiliation with a medical school, or availability of at least six of 13 key technologies such as robotic surgery. This year, nearly two-thirds of all hospitals failed this first test. Read more

 

6/13/2008

 

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance as a winner of the Premier Award for Quality (AFQ). UW Hospital is one of 27 winners out of more than 3,800 eligible hospitals nationwide. The AFQ recognizes leading health care organizations that efficiently provide outstanding patient care and consistently set the standard in clinical excellence nationwide. Read more

 

4/14/2008

 

UW Health Pain Management, led by director Nathan Rudin, MD (pictured), is one of six organizations nationwide honored by the American Pain Society (APS) for achievements in pain management. The Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognize professionals and institutions who provide top-quality clinical care in pain management. Read more

 

3/18/2008

 

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics was recognized as a "Better Performer" organization in the 2008 Supply Chain Performance Excellence Collaborative by the University Healthcare Consortium (UHC). UW Hospital and Clinics is one of three academic medical centers to receive this recognition. Denver Health and University of Kentucky Hospital were also identified as better-performing organizations. Read more

 

3/07/2008

 

UW Hospital and Clinics ranked among the 100 most highly integrated health care networks according to Verispan, a health care data and consulting firm. The Verispan report, regarded as the nation's premier rating system, evaluates more than 580 local and regional health care systems to determine the most efficient and best performing integrated health care networks, or IHNs. The hospital ranked 46th in the nation. Read more

 

1/29/2008

 

UW Hospital and Clinics will receive the American Stroke Association’s "Get with the Guidelines" Silver Performance Achievement Award in February at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans. The award recognizes that UW Hospital consistently complied, for at least one year, with the guidelines program's requirements, including aggressive use of particular medications (tPA, anti-thrombotics, cholesterol-reducing drugs, etc.) and smoking cessation. Read more

 

11/28/2007

 

For the fourth time, UW Hospital and Clinics has been named one of the nation's 100 Top cardiovascular hospitals in the ninth annual benchmarking list compiled by Stamford, Connecticut-based Thomson Healthcare® (formerly Solucient). Read more

 

9/25/2007

 

UW Hospital and Clinics was chosen by Working Mother magazine as one of the nation's 100 Best Companies for working mothers. The only Madison-area organization to be recognized, UW Hospital was one of only three Wisconsin companies and among 18 health organizations nationwide to make the prestigious list. Read more