The Medical Center of Aurora

The Medical Center of Aurora
Hospital Corporation of America
Geography
Location	1501 S Potomac Street, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Coordinates	39°41′20″N 104°49′55″W / 39.68885°N 104.83202°W / 39.68885; -104.83202Coordinates: 39°41′20″N 104°49′55″W / 39.68885°N 104.83202°W / 39.68885; -104.83202
Organization
Care system	Private
Hospital type	General, medical and surgical^[1]
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma center
Beds	346
History
Founded	1974
Links
Website	http://www.auroramed.com/ Medical Center Of Aurora
Lists	Hospitals in Colorado

The Medical Center of Aurora ("TMCA") serves Aurora, Colorado and the eastern Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area (metro area) with three separate campuses providing a wide range of health care services. It was founded in 1974; it now employs more than 1,200 people and is part of HealthONE, the largest health care system in the metro area. Currently, there are more than 450 doctors on staff and 346 beds.

Services

Specialties for which The Medical Center of Aurora is best known locally and nationally include heart and vascular care, surgical services, women's services, cancer services, and neurosciences, including spine, brain and stroke care.

The center is the only hospital in Colorado with a Level 1 Cardiac Center, which includes a Cardiac Alert Program, designed to train and equip first responders to more quickly and accurately detect and treat heart attacks, and serves as a model for other hospitals throughout the U.S. These and other services have gained national respect and honors for outcomes and efficiencies^[2]

The center was the first health care organization in Colorado to offer Aquapheresis, a medical therapy that removes large volumes of excess fluid, designed to improve the quality of life for patients suffering from Congestive Heart Failure.^[3]

The center also offers robotic surgery using the Da Vinci Surgical System to perform a variety of minimally invasive surgeries.

Facilities

Main Campus, Aurora

North Campus, Aurora

Centennial Medical Plaza, Centennial

Awards

Ranked among the top 100 best place to work in the United States by Modern Healthcare.
Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credential Center, the highest nursing honor in the country.
The Alfred P. Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility (2007 & 2008).
Timberline Award from Colorado Performance Excellence.

References

↑ "USNews.com: Health: Directory of America's Hospitals: Medical Center of Aurora -- At a Glance". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved December 2007. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "TMCA Awards & Honors". The Medical Center of Aurora. Retrieved 2008-08. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Ultrafiltration Versus Intravenous Diuretics for Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure". The Journal of American College of Cardiology. January 2007. Retrieved August 2008. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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