UCH Scores High in Academic Hospital
Quality Rankings

According to the latest clinical outcomes report from University HealthSystems Consortium, six "product lines" at University of Colorado Hospital ranked first in mortality rates among the academic hospitals reporting for the April-June 2008 quarter.

Rated number one in mortality rates - which translates to "patient survival rates" - for that quarter were UCH's gynecology, gynecology/oncology, kidney/pancreas transplant, liver transplant, lung transplant, and obstetrics services.

And there's more: data for the annual reporting period July 2007 to June 2008 shows that University of Colorado's gynecology, gynecology/oncology, kidney/pancreas transplant, obstetrics and trauma services ranked in the first percentile in mortality rates among the Consortium's reporting academic hospitals.

UCH services ranked number one in mortality rates
among University HealthSystems Consortium academic hospitals

University of Colorado Hospital also did well in "summary" data of the different kinds of care. On an annual basis, the hospital's post-surgical mortality rates ranked first among 98 hospitals reporting. It ranked fifth among the 98 reporting hospitals in both "quality and accountability aggregate" and "total inpatient" mortality rates.

Mortality rates: ranking of other UCH services (July 2007 to June 2008)

University HealthSystems Consortium (UHC) tracks clinical and organization performance benchmark data for its member academic hospitals. Hospitals use the data to form action plans to become stronger, and to compare themselves to peer organizations that have similarly difficult case mixes.

Other rankings data for University of Colorado Hospital

"Top Docs" rankings

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