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1959 NE Pacific / Seattle, WA / 206-598-3300

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Congratulations to UW Medicine's Top Doctors 2008


U.S.News & World Report: UW Medical Center ranks 10th among America's Best Hospitals for 2008
Read the U.S. News articles on Best Hospitals.

"A great hospital is different because of an internal culture of excellence. Set at the top and embraced by caregivers, medical standards are high and emphasize not only doing well but striving to do better." --- U.S. News & World Report, July 21, 2008

Roseburg (Ore.) News-Review: Winston's Jay Starr shines after bilateral lung transplant

Queen Anne/Magnolia (Seattle) News: A different kind of mountain

Yakima (Wash.) Herald: On a mission to educate about adult stem cells


See the video: UW Medical Center takes part in World Health Organization surgical checklist initiative

New York Times: UW Medical Center one of eight hospitals worldwide to test World Health Organization's new checklist to make operations safer

Seattle Times: UW Medical Center using surgical checklist to improve safety

See a copy of the surgical safety checklist

Listen to an NPR segment taped in a UWMC operating room as the surgical team follows the safety checklist

UWMC Learning on the Web

Learn free online from a UWMC emergency physician how to do CPR and stop a choking 

Other News


Organ donation: It saved my life

How patient and family advisors improve quality

UW Medical Center ranks highest in patient satisfaction among all hospitals in King County









 


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