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U.S.News & World Report: UW Medical Center ranks 10th among America's Best Hospitals for 2008Read 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, 2008Queen Anne/Magnolia (Seattle) News: A different kind of mountainYakima (Wash.) Herald: On a mission to educate about adult stem cellsSee 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 saferSeattle Times: UW Medical Center using surgical checklist to improve safetySee a copy of the surgical safety checklistListen to an NPR segment taped in a UWMC operating room as the surgical team follows the safety checklist
UWMC vascular technologist Kari Olmsted receives award from Society for Diagnostic UltrasoundStrangers consider donating kidney to young girlThe New York Sun: Top medical centers spread well beyond the NortheastUW Medical Center received in May 2008 a second national Environmental Leadership Award from Practice GreenhealthUniversity Week: Nurse passes Japanese drumming to next generation
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Organ donation: It saved my lifeHow patient and family advisors improve qualityUW Medical Center ranks highest in patient satisfaction among all hospitals in King County
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