University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
in Chicago, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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1740 W Taylor St C100, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Print route »
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The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is a member of the Illinois Medical District, one of the largest urban healthcare, educational, research, and technology districts in the USA. The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System itself is composed of the 485-bed University of Illinois Hospital, outpatient diagnostic and specialty clinics, and two Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that serve as primary teaching facilities for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Health Science Colleges. The eight-story inpatient facility provides patient care services from primary care through and including transplantation, with a medical staff in a variety of specialties. In 1999, the 245,000-square-foot (22,800 m2) Outpatient Care Center (OCC) opened as a state-of-the-art facility with a fully computerized medical record system, allowing all patient records to be accessible electronically to care-givers in both inpatient and outpatient environments. The OCC houses all subspecialty and general medicine outpatient services and the Women's Health Center.The Hospital serves as a referral site for the seriously ill throughout the city, state and world. In fiscal year 2010, approximately 14,000 inpatient and outpatient surgeries were performed, over 57,000 patients visited the emergency department, and 20,000 patients were admitted to the hospital.Through its affiliation with UIC, the Health System has access to many additional healthcare resources. As the largest medical school in the country, the College of Medicine (COM) educates over 2,600 medical students and trainees. The community benefits from the collaborative relationships between the Medical Center and UIC’s Health Science Colleges, which includes the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Allied Health Professions, Nursing and the School of Public Health.
In addition, the UIC campus hosts the Lions of Illinois Eye Research Institute, the Light House for the Blind, and the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary (IEEI), making this a major statewide referral center for eye disease.
