The National Committee for Quality Health Care has named the University of Pennsylvania Health System the winner of the 1998 National Quality Health Care Award . This award recognizes our commitment to quality at every level of our health system. Penn is the first and only health care system on the East Coast to receive this prestigious award. We are honored that our efforts have been recognized by national experts.
Quality demands intense commitment from every person in our health system.
It requires setting rigorous standards, meticulously monitoring performance, evaluating outcomes and creating continuous opportunities to improve even more. We are dedicated to the principle that quality improvement is a process that never ends.