U.S.News & World Report
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the only central Ohio hospital listed in "America's Best Hospitals" rankings by U.S.News & World Report. Eleven Ohio State medical specialties are recognized for excellence in the magazine, deemed one of the country's leading consumer guides to top-performing hospitals.
The 2011 U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools" rankings place Ohio State's College of Medicine 27th among 126 accredited medical schools. Ohio State's College of Medicine ranked 11th among medical schools at public universities.
'Best Doctors in America'
On the national Best Doctors Inc.'s "Best Doctors in America" list for 2011-2012, 87 percent are Ohio State faculty. A total of 483 out of 558 local physicians on the list practice either at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's hospitals, Nationwide Children's Hospital, or as faculty members at other facilities. In fact, 65 more Ohio State-affiliated doctors made the list than last year.
ANCC Magnet Recognition
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is proud to have the first hospital in central Ohio to achieve Magnet Recognition, one of the highest possible honors awarded for nursing excellence. Currently, Ohio State's Ross Heart Hospital and University Hospital are designated Magnet hospitals.
To be awarded Magnet status, our hospitals went through an extensive review process and were found by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Recognition Program to meet rigorous standards of excellence in nursing and patient care.
Medical Center Among Best Places to Work
For the fifth year in a row, Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center has been named as a Best Place to Work in central Ohio by Business First. We were selected from more than 80 local companies who participated in the survey. Achieving this award is based solely on survey feedback from our own faculty and staff.
Top Performer Recognition
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of only five U.S. academic medical centers recognized as a "Top Performer" by the University HealthSystem Consortium. The Consortium, an alliance of 97 academic medical centers and 153 of their affiliated hospitals, singled out Ohio State's Medical Center for delivering high-quality, safe, effective and equitable care to patients.
Nursing Professionals Top 100 Hospitals to Work for 2009
Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center is ranked among the top 100 hospitals to work for by
Nursing Professionals magazine. The rankings were published in the Jan. 15, 2009 issue of
Nursing Professionals.
Distinguished Hospital Award
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center was honored as a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by HealthGrades Report, an independent healthcare ratings company. Critical care, pulmonary, stroke and vascular are the specialties Ohio State is singled out for. HealthGrades evaluated hospitals based on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' mortality and complication data.
Ohio State Workplace Honors
Ohio State was named one of the nation's top employers by The Chronicle of Higher Education's inaugural 2008 "Great Colleges to Work For" survey. OSU was recognized as a Top 5 employer for compensation and benefits, confidence in senior leaders, health insurance, housing assistance and life insurance. Ohio State was also recognized by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption as one of America's Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in 2010. Ohio State was also named among "Best Places to Work in Academia."according to the October issue of The Scientist magazine. Read more about these honors
Other Accolades and Achievements
Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center is proud of many more accolades and achievements, some of which include:
- The MICU in University Hospital received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence in 2012, recognizing it as one of the best critical care units in the nation. This honor, sponsored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, is presented for providing the highest quality outcomes and exceptional care to patients and their families.
- The 4 Ross Critical Care Unit in the Ross Heart Hospital also received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence in 2010 and 2011.
- The 8 Rhodes Progressive Care unit (8PCU) received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence in 2010.
- The cancer program is one of only 40 in the country to be designated a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. In its 2010 renewal review, Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center received the NCI's highest possible rating. View the full press release on the NCI's renewal review.
- One of the first five U.S. medical centers approved by the FDA to use robotics for general surgery in July 2000, Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center was also the first U.S. medical center approved by the FDA to use robotic surgery to perform heart bypass surgery.
Ohio State Among Top 10 in Nation for Quality Care
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of 10 academic medical centers in the nation delivering the highest quality of care based on results of a study commissioned by the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). In recognition, Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center is the recipient of the 2011 UHC Quality Leadership Award. The award is given to academic medical centers that demonstrate excellence in delivering high-quality care as measured by a Quality & Accountability Study, which UHC has commissioned annually since 2005. Ohio State ranked 9th nationwide in the 2011 survey.
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