The Circle of Excellence honors Tenet hospitals that have performed at the highest levels during the previous year in the areas of quality, service and operation performance.  Key elements of the awards process include patient, physician and employee satisfaction scores, clinical quality scores and financial performance. 

"The hard work and dedication of the employees at Hialeah Hospital made 2006 a great year for them,"said Stephen Newman, M.D., Tenet's chief operating officer.  "I'm proud of all that they accomplished and am thrilled to honor them with Tenetss Circle of Excellence Award."

Dr. Newman also praised the hospital executive team, led by Chief Executive Officer Ron Bierman for his leadership and commitment throughout the past year.  "Health care is a business that requires dedication, passion and strong leadership skills to achieve positive results.  The executive team at Hialeah Hospital performed incredibly well in 2006, and I congratulate them on their successes."

In addition to winning its fifth Tenet Circle of Excellence Award, Hialeah Hospital earned numerous third party recognitions in 2006, including being ranked in the Top 5% for Maternity Care (for the third year in a row) by HealthGrades; being named by CIGNA as a Center of Excellence for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and earning the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines award for heart failure and overall participation in the national program. 

Hialeah Hospital, part of Tenet's Miami-Dade/Broward Network, is a 378-bed acute care hospital located at 651 East 25th Street in Hialeah.  The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of central to north Miami-Dade County since 1951.  Hialeah Hospital offers a broad range of health care services, including 24-hour emergency care, cardiology, neurosurgery, obstetrics, a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, laboratory, a surgical weight loss program, a sleep disorders program, and a complement of imaging services. 

Hialeah Hospital has earned a five-star rating and is ranked among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for maternity care by HealthGrades, a health care quality ratings company.  Hialeah Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency