Magee Womens Hospital Case Study

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Magee-Womens Hospital (MWH) of UPMC first opened in 1911 caring for 14 women and infants (Magee-Womens Hospital, 2017), it has grown to a 383 bed acute-care womens teaching hospital located in Oakland serving the tri-state area (Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 2016). MWH delivers more than half of all babies born in Allegheny County (Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 2016), this comprises nearly 11,000 births annually. Additionally, the hospital houses the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania, which cares for more than 1,500 babies a year. However, MWH is not just for women and infants the hospital offers a full-service emergency department and services that include imaging, cardiology, orthopaedic, surgery, lupus, gastro-enterology, colorectal surgery, pulmonology, urology, and bariatric surgery. Not only does MWH serve the patients within the hospital, the facility also serves the community as an avid proponent of community health …show more content…
Accordingly, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is accredited by the Joint Commission and is a leading hospital in the nation for women’s healthcare, MWH has been ranked in the top 12 hospitals for gynecological care and as one of the first hospital’s to be recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a National Center of Excellence in Women’s

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