T​​he UPMC Difference

Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC is redefining health care by using innovative science, technology, and medicine to invent new models of accountable, cost-efficient, and patient-centered care.

Demonstrated Clinical Performance

Ranked among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside has renowned centers of excellence in:

• Cancer
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Ear, Nose & Throat
• Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology
• Rehabilitation
• Urology

See annual patient activity and other UPMC facts and figures.

Technology and Innovation

UPMC has:

• Invested more than $1 billion in information technology over the last five years to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care.
• Partnered with leading vendors, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cerner, and IBM, to develop technology solutions that will benefit health care providers and patients worldwide.
• Expanded its telehealth services, giving patients throughout the region and abroad access to world-class specialists.

About UPMC

A $21 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates 89,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 700 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, and a more than 3.7 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.2 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid $587 million in federal, state and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside on its annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals and ranks UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. For more information, go to UPMC.com.