Tucson Medical Center

Awards and recognition

• TMC is listed by Thomson Reuters as one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2011 – the only hospital in Southern Arizona to make the list.
• TMC earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for 2011.
• TMC’s electronic medical record is one of the few to reach the top level, Stage 7, on the HIMSS Analytics Database, which tracks hospital EMRs from Stages 0–7.
• TMC is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.
• TMC designated an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
• TMC’s support of breastfeeding is recognized with the IBCLC Care Award from the International Lactation Consultant Association.
• TMC is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Tucson named by U.S. News & World Report in its Best Hospitals Metro Area Rankings.
• TMC for Children is an associate member of the National Association of Children’s Hospital and Related Institutions.
• TMC Neurosciences holds NeuStrategy designation as a Neuroscience Center of Excellence.
• TMC has been chosen by Dartmouth College and the Brookings Institution for a national Accountable Care Organization pilot project.