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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 2009
AWARD
Hospital ranks second among academic medical centers
UHC places hospital among top based on quality and safety
BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
The University of Kansas Hospital is on the heels of a number one national ranking.
According to a report by the University HealthSystem Consortium released Thursday, the hospital ranked second among 93 academic medical centers judged for quality and safety. According to its Web site, the UHC is an alliance of academic medical centers that works to improve performance among its members. The report measured statistics representing
the hospital's safety, effectiveness and efficiency, among other variables.
Chris Ruder, vice president of patient services at the KU Hospi-
ing recognized the hospital's focus on quality care and patient satisfaction.
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"This really underscores our mission to provide the best possible care to our patients." Ruder
said. "It puts a spot
edition, U.S. News and World Report ranked the hospital 36th for ear, nose and kidney programs; 39th for heart care and heart surgery; and 48th for
"This award certainly helps raise the profile of both of our institutions."
said. It puts a spotlight on the great work our teams do."
The recognition is the latest addition to a list of positive 2009 rankings for the hospital.
MARCIA NIELSEN
Vice chancellor for public policy and planning
KU Medical Center
Despite the successes, some KU medical students said they wouldn't be bragging about the rankings.
kidney disorders. The Report reviewed 4,861 hospitals for this edition.
In its 2009 "Best Hospitals"
Dave Harmon,
Overland Park
fourth-year medical
Harmon said the ranking represented efficient business management rather than educational improvement or better health services.
student, said people should keep in mind that rankings for the hospital were separate from rankings for the medical school. He said the two entities had both mutual and separate priorities.
Physicians and hospitals executives from the University of Kansas Hospital receive an award Thursday for being the second-ranked academic medical center in the country. Giving the award is Irene Thompson, president of the University HealthSystem Consortium.
"From a medical student perspective, it doesn't mean a whole lot," Harmon said. "The rankings are good for the hospital's business, but not necessarily the greater good of better health care."
Marcia Nielsen, a vice chancellor for public policy and planning at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said the high rankings would help with recruitment of medical students.
"This award certainly helps raise the profile of both of our institutions," Nielson said.
Ruder said current students could be proud to be partnered with the hospital.
"They can feel good that they are seeing some of the best of the
Awards to the top five academic medical centers were presented Friday at the ninth annual UHC Quality and Safety Fall Forum in
best," Ruger said.
Atlanta, Ga. Winners received engraved crystal awards, according to the release.
Edited by Lauren Cunningham
INTERNATIONAL
North Korea ready for disarmament talks
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong II told China's premier on Monday that the North was prepared to return to multination disarmament talks depending on progress in its two-way negotiations with the U.S.
Kim's comments, carried by official North Korean and Chinese media, were the clearest sign yet that Pyongyang was readying to resume the sixnation talks it withdrew from after conducting missile tests in April and a second nuclear test in May.
In their meeting late Monday, Kim said that North Korea "is willing to attend multilateral talks, including the six-party
talks, depending on the progress in its talks with the United States," China's Xinhua News Agency said in a report issued early Tuesday.
The North's Korean Central News Agency carried nearly identical comments.
In the KCNA report, Kim told Wen that denuclearization remained a goal and that historically hostile relations with the U.S. "should be converted into peaceful ties through bilateral talks without fail."
The wheels on the bus go ... uh-oh
North Korea has been moderating its tone in recent weeks, signaling its willingness to resume a dialogue with the U.S., China and other partners and backing away from the provocative behavior and rhetoric of the spring.
A campus blue 42 bus scraped by the cement surrounding a traffic booth at the intersection of Sunnyside Avenue and Sunflower Road, near the Hall Center for the Humanities, at 7.07 p.m. Monday. The bus made too sharp a turn, said Marvin Wiedeman, Jr., of Facilities Operations. Wiedeman said a few people were on the bus at the time of the accident. He also said trucks hit this particular booth "all the time" and that it was one of the most difficult intersections to pass through for KU buses. Wiedeman directed traffic after the accident until the bus was driven away at 8.08 p.m.
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