April 25, 2005 – Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., led by Chief Executive Officer Mike Halter and his administrative team, has been selected to the company’s 2005 Circle of Excellence.
Tenet’s annual Circle of Excellence award recognizes the winning hospitals’ accomplishments in a number of different areas and is intended to honor the teamwork, collaboration and cooperation that are required to operate a successful hospital. Hospitals are evaluated based on such factors as high ratings for patient, employee and physician satisfaction, consistency of the hospital leadership team, proven success at overcoming difficult challenges, and financial performance.
“Through the hard work and dedication of its leadership and staff, Hahnemann University Hospital has become a role model for other Tenet hospitals and an essential part of the health care community in the area it serves,” said Reynold Jennings, Tenet’s chief operating officer. “Under Mike’s leadership, Hahnemann strives to provide preeminent medical care for its patients, as well as excellent working conditions to attract and retain the best employees. Hahnemann University Hospital is thoroughly deserving of Tenet’s highest award.”
Halter, Chief Nursing Officer Stephanie Conners and the rest of the administrative team worked hard this year to enhance Hahnemann’s sterling reputation as an academic medical center. Under their leadership the hospital successfully completed the construction and opening of a new outpatient imaging service, as well as an emergency room expansion project.
Tenet’s regional executives nominate candidates for the Circle of Excellence from the hospitals they supervise. Winners are selected based on both objective criteria, such as patient, physician and employee satisfaction scores, and subjective evaluations.
Hahnemann University Hospital is a 618-bed academic medical center at Broad & Vine Streets in Philadelphia, Pa. The hospital is a tertiary care institution that specializes in cardiac services, heart failure and transplantation, OB/GYN, orthopedics, medical, surgical and radiation oncology, bone marrow transplantation, renal dialysis and kidney/pancreas/liver transplantation. The hospital performed the city’s first kidney transplant in 1963 and the first bone marrow transplant in 1976. In 1986, Hahnemann became Philadelphia’s first Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center for adults, and since then has been served by University MedEvac, an aeromedical transport program for critically ill patients. Hahnemann is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. An affiliate of Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital is part of Tenet Pennsylvania, which also includes Graduate Hospital, Roxborough Memorial Hospital, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Warminster Hospital. To learn more about Hahnemann, visit www.hahnemannhospital.com.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals and related health care services. Tenet’s hospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comes through their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service. Tenet can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenethealth.com.
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