Awards and Honors
2006
- America's Best Hospitals
For the thirteenth time, University Health Care is agained named one of America's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
2005
- America's Best Hospitals
- Golden Spike Award
- 100 Most-Improved Hospitals
- Radiology Ranked No. 1
- Stroke Center named Primary Stroke Center
It's an even dozen for University Health Care-named again this year as one of America's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
The University Health Care Website received the Golden Spike Award, Gold Award, recognizing the website as one of the best displays of interactive communication in the state of Utah.
Ongoing efforts to improve quality of care, operational efficiency, and financial performance earned University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics and its leadership team a spot on the annual roster of the country's 100 most-improved hospitals.
The University of Utah School of Medicine's residency program in diagnostic radiology was rated No. 1 among 190 programs in the United States and Canada for the five-year period 2000-2004, according to the rankings by the American Board of Radiology.
The University of Utah Hospital Stroke Center was named a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. This national certification is a first for any stroke program in the Intermountain West and one of only 80 recognized hospitals nation wide.
2004
- 100 Most Wired Health-Care Systems
- Family and Preventive Medicine Ranked No. 3
- The Best Doctors in America®
- U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals
- Good Housekeeping
- Radiology Ranked No. 1
Services such as the University of Utah's telemedicine program, datawarehousing, medical and clinical informatics and expanding wireless capabilities earned University Hospitals & Clinics a position among the nation's 100 Most Wired health-care systems for the fifth year.
The University of Utah School of Medicine's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine was the nation's No. 3 family medicine department in grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH).
One hundred thirty-four faculty members of the University of Utah School of Medicine were included on the 2003-2004 list of The Best Doctors in America®.
The University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics was named one of U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals for the 11th year--Utah's only health-care institution on the list.
Good Housekeeping ranked University Hospital among the best in the nation in caring for women's cardiac care.
The U's diagnostic radiology residency curriculum was ranked No. 1 out of 191 programs from 1999 through 2003 by the American Board of Radiology.
2003
- Organ Donation Ranked No. 7
- U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals
- Consumer Choice Award
- U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools
- Top 10 Family-Friendly Companies
- Intermountain Burn Center Receives National Verification
University of Utah Hospital ranked seventh highest in the country for its organ donation consent rate, according to the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. The hospital was one in only seven "A" ratings among 200 hospitals.
For the 10th straight year, University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics range and quality of care landed it on the U.S. News & World Report list of Americas Best Hospitals.
University Hospitals & Clinics won the Consumer Choice Award for the Salt Lake City metropolitan area for the fifth consecutive year-the only Utah hospital to receive the award for 2003.
Two HSC programs ranked among the top 10 in the country. The Utah Physician Assistant Program ranks 5th and the Community Health program ranks 6th, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report magazine's annual graduate school rankings. The U was ranked in six categories, more than any other Utah school.
University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics was ranked one of the top 10 family-friendly companies in Utah by the Utah Department of Workforce Services Office of Child Development.
Intermountain Burn Center was verified by a national review team representing the American College of Surgeons and the American Burn Association. Approximately 65 of the 130 burn centers in the country qualify for national verification.
2002
- 100 Most Wired Health-Care Systems
- U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals
- Consumer Choice Award
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Top Five
- The Best Doctors in America®
University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics was named one of the nations 100 Most Wired health-care systems for the fourth straight year by Hospitals & Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association.
University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics once again was ranked among America's Best Hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report's 13th annual survey of leading health-care institutions.
University Hospitals & Clinics was named a Consumer Choice Award Winner in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area for the fourth consecutive year.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah School of Medicine was recognized among the top five departments in the country in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
University of Utah School of Medicine faculty, 130 members, were included in the 2001-2002 list of The Best Doctors in America®.
2001
- Trauma Service Named First Level I Program
- Eccles Health Science Library Awarded
- Consumer Choice Award
- U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools
University of Utah Hospital's Trauma Service was nationally verified as the first Level I trauma program in the region by the American College of Surgeons.
The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library was awarded a $5.8 million, five-year contract to serve as a regional medical library in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The contract is one of eight awarded by the National Library of Medicine to competitively selected regional medical libraries.
University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics was named Consumer Choice Award winner in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area for the third year in a row. Top honors included best doctors; best overall quality; best image and reputation; and (tied) best nurses.
The University's Community Health graduate program received a third place national ranking in U.S. News and World Report. Other graduate programs ranked in the top 50 include medicine and nursing.
2000
- U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools
- College of Nursing No. 27
The Doctor of Pharmacy program ranked 16th nationally by U.S. News & World Report.
The College of Nursing ranked 27th out of 175 masters degree programs nationally.
1999
- Consumer Choice Award
- Intermountain Burn Trauma Center Receives Accreditation
UUHSC was awarded the 1999 Consumer Choice Award for the Salt Lake area, by the National Research Corporation, a leading health-care performance management firm.
The Intermountain Burn Center received three-year accreditation from American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons. The burn center is the only accredited burn center between Denver and the West Coast and received the maximum accreditation possible.
1997
- U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals
- Andrology/Embryology Laboratory Awarded Accreditation
The 8th annual U.S. News and World Report lists UUHSC among the leading centers for cardiology, gynecology, pulmonology, and orthopedics.
The hospital's Andrology/Embryology Laboratory is awarded the certificate of accreditation and is the only facility in the Intermountain West accredited for specialized reproductive testing and embryology work associated with in vitro fertilization.
1995
- U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals
UUHSC was named one of the nation's leading centers in the specialties of cardiology, geriatrics, gynecology, and rheumatology in the 6th annual listing of U.S. News and World Report.
