The Medical Center of Aurora

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Hospital in Colorado, United States

The Medical Center of Aurora

HealthONE Colorado

One of the medical center buildings.

Geography
Location| 1501 S Potomac Street, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Coordinates| 39°41′20″N 104°49′55″W﻿ / ﻿39.68885°N 104.83202°W﻿ / 39.68885; -104.83202
Organization
Care system| Private
Type| General, medical and surgical[1]
Services
Emergency department| II
Beds| 346
History
Opened| 1974
Links
Website| http://www.auroramed.com/

The Medical Center of Aurora ("TMCA") serves Aurora, Colorado and the eastern Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area (metro area) with four separate campuses providing a wide range of health care services. It was founded in 1974; it now employs more than 1,200 people and is part of HealthONE, the largest health care system in the metro area. Currently, there are more than 450 doctors on staff and 346 beds.

## Services

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Specialties for which The Medical Center of Aurora is best known locally and nationally include heart and vascular care, surgical services, women's services, cancer services, and neurosciences, including spine, brain and stroke care.

The center is the only hospital in Colorado with a Level 1 Cardiac Center, which includes a Cardiac Alert Program, designed to train and equip first responders to more quickly and accurately detect and treat heart attacks, and serves as a model for other hospitals throughout the U.S. These and other services have gained national respect and honors for outcomes and efficiencies[2]

The center was the first health care organization in Colorado to offer Aquapheresis, a medical therapy that removes large volumes of excess fluid, designed to improve the quality of life for patients with Congestive Heart Failure.[3]

The center also offers robotic surgery using the Da Vinci Surgical System to perform a variety of minimally invasive surgeries.

## Facilities

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Main Campus, Aurora

North Campus, Aurora

Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, Aurora

Centennial Medical Plaza, Centennial

## Awards

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* Ranked among the top 100 best place to work in the United States by Modern Healthcare.
* Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credential Center, the highest nursing honor in the country.
* The Alfred P. Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility (2007 & 2008).
* Timberline Award from Colorado Performance Excellence.

## Hospital rating data

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The HealthGrades website contains the clinical quality data for the Medical Center of Aurora, as of 2017. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: clinical quality ratings for thirty-three inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators and the percentage of patients giving the hospital as a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).

For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is:

* Worse than expected - 5
* As expected - 25
* Better than expected - 3

For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as:

* Worse than expected - 0
* As expected - 9
* Better than expected - 4

Percentage of patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 74% Percentage of patients who on average rank hospitals as a 9 or 10 - 69%[4]

## References

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1. ^ "USNews.com: Health: Directory of America's Hospitals: Medical Center of Aurora -- At a Glance". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
2. ^ "TMCA Awards & Honors". The Medical Center of Aurora. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
3. ^ "Ultrafiltration Versus Intravenous Diuretics for Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure". The Journal of American College of Cardiology. January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
4. ^ "The Medical Center of Aurora". HealthGrades.

## External links

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* The Medical Center of Aurora website
* Modern Healthcare Top 100
* Colorado Performance Excellence
* List of Magnet Organizations
* 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award Winners
* 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Award Winners
* Timberline Award Winners

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Colorado trauma centers

List of hospitals in Colorado

Level I|

* Denver Health Medical Center
* HCA Swedish Medical Center
* St. Anthony Hospital
* Medical Center of the Rockies
* UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central
* UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

Level II|

* Good Samaritan Medical Center Lafayette
* HCA Sky Ridge Medical Center
* HCA The Medical Center of Aurora
* Littleton Adventist Hospital
* North Colorado Medical Center
* Penrose Hospital
* Parker Adventist Hospital
* St. Mary's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Level III|

* AdventHealth Porter
* Poudre Valley Hospital
* Saint Joseph Hospital
* San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
* St. Francis Hospital
* UCHealth Parkview Medical Center
* UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center
* Vail Health Hospital

Pediatric Level 1|

* Children's Hospital Colorado

Pediatric Level 2|

* Denver Health Medical Center

Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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