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University Healthsystem Consortium  

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  • Established in 1984, the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) is a nonprofit alliance of more than 100 academic medical centers and 170 of their affiliated hospitals, representing approximately 90% of the nation's nonprofit academic medical centers. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, the consortium offers its members specific programs and services to improve clinical, operational, financial, and patient safety performance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC)]

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