Program areas at University of Chicago Medical Center
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER ("UCMC") IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION. RENOWNED FOR TREATING SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX MEDICAL CASES, UCMC BRINGS THE VERY LATEST MEDICAL TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS IN CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN THIS WAY, UCMC FURTHERS ITS COMMITMENT TO PATIENT CARE, CLINICAL PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. UCMC PARTNERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PHYSICIANS AND THE PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. UCMC IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF COMPLEX CARE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND UCMC IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF MEDICAID SERVICES (BY ADMISSIONS AND PATIENT DAYS) ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. (continued on schedule o)
As a core component of the world-renowned UChicago Medicine, UChicago Medical Laboratories provides access to a full range of diagnostic services in clinical, anatomic, and genomic and molecular pathology, including specialized and esoteric testing. We also offer extensive consultation services through UChicago Medicine's clinical practices, which include more than 700 physicians and scientists. Our knowledgeable and highly professional staff serves UChicago Medicine entities, managed care organizations, non-affiliated hospitals, outpatient clinics, and private physicians' offices. We have a proven track record for quality testing with a quick turnaround time. UChicago Medical Laboratories provides COVID-19 testing services to a dozen providers who serve residents from underserved neighborhoods on Chicago's south side. These providers include community hospitals, nursing homes, and federally qualified health centers, all of which receive test results within 48 hours. Tests provided on behalf of these community providers made up over 25% of the total COVID-19 test volume at UChicago Medicine during FY 2022.
The pharmacy provides services to both our inpatients and outpatients, including employees and students of ucmc and the University of Chicago. The dcam outpatient pharmacy and specialty pharmacy is located in the duchossois Center for advanced medicine (dcam) and can be reached 24/7 via telephone. The pharmacy also provides adult infusion services at our four infusion Center locations. The inpatient pharmacy is open 24/7 and processes approximately 447,000 medication orders per month and makes approximately 17,000 interventions per month. The outpatient pharmacy processes approximately 31,000 medication orders per month and makes approximately 2,500 interventions per month. The specialty pharmacy made approximately 4,000 interventions during the fiscal year.
Other program services include food service, emergency transportation, Medical Center parking, and miscellaneous retail operations.