- Northwest Community Hospital
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Northwest Community Hospital Geography Location 800 W. Central Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States Organization Hospital type Acute care Affiliated university None Services Emergency department Level 2 Trauma Center Beds 488 History Founded Dec. 2, 1959 Links Website http://www.nch.org Lists Hospitals in Illinois Northwest Community Hospital (NCH) uses technologies such as CyberKnife radiosurgery, daVinci robotic surgery and a dual-source CT scanner. Included among the services Northwest Community offers are breast care, cancer treatments, cardiac services, gastroenterology, prostate care, orthopedics and interventional neuroradiology.
The licensed 488-bed hospital serves 30,000 inpatients and 370,000 outpatients each year. NCH includes the Busse Center for Specialty Medicine, Day Surgery Center, Home Healthcare Services, Mobile Dental Clinic, Schaumburg Imaging Center, Wellness Center, Youth Center, three Treatment Centers and five physician office locations.
In September 2007, Northwest Community Hospital began to post all of its quality performance data on its website in the form of a Quality Report Card, which shows how NCH is performing compared to other hospitals in Illinois and around the country.
Northwest Community was ranked 77th among the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2009 by Fortune magazine[1], and has received the Magnet designation for nursing excellence.[2]
In July 2006 NCH announced plans to open an eight-story Patient Care Addition in May 2010 that will include 200 private rooms. An expanded Emergency Department and new Critical Care Unit also are part of the project. [3]
A book commemorating the organization's fifty-year history, Northwest Community Hospital: Rooted in Community, Reaching New Heights, was published by CorporateHistory.net in 2009. [4]
References
- ^ [1] Fortune Magazine website, showing article of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2009.
- ^ [2] American Nurses Credentialing Center website, showing a list of hospitals in Illinois that are Magnet-Recognized Organizations.
- ^ [3], Northwest Community Hospital website offering information on the future planned addition.
- ^ "History in the Making," Celebrating 50 Years (NICHE Publications, a division of the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL), Dec. 2, 2009, p. 5.
External links
Categories:- Hospitals established in 1959
- Hospitals in Illinois
- Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Hospitals in Cook County, Illinois
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