| August 2006 |
UPH Retina Center opens at University Physicians Hospital and Outpatient Clinics. The renovated clinic houses over $300,000 of top-of-the-line equipment for diagnosis and treatment of retinal and vitreous diseases. |
| May 2006 |
$18 million in bonds approved by voters for a specialized psychiatric urgent care facility at University Physicians Hospital. |
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University Physicians Hospital introduces a new diagnostic imaging system, UltraClinicsTM, developed by DMetrix, Inc. The system allows a woman to receive her breast cancer biopsy test results in a few hours rather than weeks. |
| March 2006 |
University Physicians Hospital installs a new MRI with exclusive noise reduction technology and the world's shortest open gantry, increasing patient comfort levels during exams. |
| August 2005 |
UPH moves outpatient neurology services into its renovated clinic at University Physicians Hospital. The clinic also expands its programs and adds new physicians to offer the widest range of neurological services in the area. |
| July 2005 |
UPH assumes physician management of the emergency department and recruits additional emergency medicine physicians at University Physicians Hospital. An independent contractor had previously operated the emergency department. |
| May 2005 |
University Physicians Hospital installs the da Vinci Surgical System, an advanced minimally invasive surgical technology. The $1.5 million system is the first of its kind in Southern Arizona. The da Vinci Surgical System is used for the first robotic radical prostatectomy in Southern Arizona. |
| April 2005 |
University Physicians Healthcare provides physicians instant access to patient records through the TouchWorks™ Electronic Health Record system developed by Allscripts. The $3 million system allows physicians to view medical records, lab results, charts and other patient information anywhere, anytime through a secure web-based application. |
| December 2004 |
University Physicians Hospital opens its intensive care unit. The 13-bed unit is fully staffed by ICU nurses and uses the latest monitoring systems. |
| August 2004 |
UPH departments of surgery, urology and neurology open specialty clinics at University Physicians Hospital and provide surgical services for the 24-hour emergency department. |
| June 19, 2004 |
University Physicians Hospital earns full accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). |
| June 16, 2004 |
Pima County transfers complete management of the hospital to University Physicians, Inc. The name is changed to University Physicians Healthcare Hospital at Kino Campus (UPH Hospital). UPI also changes its name to University Physicians Healthcare (UPH). |
| April 2004 |
University Physicians, Inc. opens the only primary care medical clinic in Southern Arizona devoted exclusively to adolescents at the Kino Teen Center. |
| February 2004 |
University Physicians, Inc. enters into a management agreement to operate the hospital for Pima County. |
| July 2003 |
University Physicians, Inc. assumes management of all outpatient medical offices at Kino. |
| 2000 |
University Physicians, Inc. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology assumes management of the outpatient obstetrics and gynecological services at Kino Community Hospital and moves deliveries to University Medical Center. |
| 1977 |
Pima County opens Kino Community Hospital. The University of Arizona College of Medicine’s resident physicians utilize the hospital as an additional training site for many educational programs. |