Northwest Community Hospital
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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, and has received the Magnet designation for nursing excellence.
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.
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.
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
, prostate care, orthopedics
Orthopedics
Orthopedics is the study of the musculoskeletal system. The Greek word 'ortho' means straight or correct and 'pedics' comes from the Greek 'pais' meaning children. For many centuries, orthopedists have been involved in the treatment of crippled children...
and interventional neuroradiology
Interventional neuroradiology
Interventional Neuroradiology /Neurointerventional Surgery is an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited medical subspecialty specializing in minimally invasive image-based technologies and procedures used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the head, neck, and...
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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
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and around the country.
Northwest Community was ranked 77th among the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2009 by Fortune magazine, and has received the Magnet designation for nursing excellence.
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.
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.