The Medical Center of Aurora ("TMCA") serves Aurora, Colorado and the eastern Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area (metro area) with four 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.
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 with Congestive Heart Failure.
For this hospital the data for this category is: For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings.