Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

500 Upper Chesapeake Drive
Bel Air, MD 21014
(443) 643-1000
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Upper Chesapeake Health (UCH) offer the residents of northeastern Maryland an unparalleled combination of clinical expertise, leading-edge technology, and an exceptional patient experience.

Our not-for-profit, community-based, two-hospital system demonstrates its dedication to the people in our communities by delivering Upper Chesapeake Health’s broad range of healthcare services, technology, and facilities. Our HealthLink program works within our communities to serve as a resource and champion for wellness and health education.

Today, UCH is the leading health care system and second largest private employer in Harford County. Our 2,700 Team Members and over 550 Medical Staff Physicians serve residents of Harford County, eastern Baltimore County, and western Cecil County.

Upper Chesapeake Health has provided northeastern Maryland with unparalleled, quality care for almost a century ensuring the community gets the needed healthcare services and advanced technology they deserve close to home. UCH cares for thousands of patients each year at its Hospitals, Emergency Departments, Family Birthplace, Home Care and Hospice, Upper Chesapeake Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, Primary Care Clinic, Ambulatory Care Center and Physician Pavilion II.

Hospital Features

Ownership Type

Voluntary Non-Profit - Other

Year Hospital Opened

2000

Accreditation

JCAHO

Teaching Hospital

Mission of Upper Chesapeake Medical Center: Mission
Upper Chesapeake Health is dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of the people in its communities through an integrated health delivery system that provides high quality care to all. Upper Chesapeake Health is committed to service excellence as it offers a broad range of healthcare services, technology and facilities. It will work collaboratively with its communities and other health organizations to serve as a resource for health promotion and education.

Vision
The Vision of Upper Chesapeake Health is to become the preferred, integrated healthcare system creating the healthiest community in Maryland.

Values
Excellence: We constantly pursue excellence and quality through teamwork, continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, innovation, education, and prudent resource management.

Compassion: People are the source of our strength and the focus of our mission. We will serve all people with compassion and dignity.

Integrity: We will conduct our work with integrity, honesty, and fairness. We will meet the highest ethical and professional standards.

Respect: We will respect the worth, quality, diversity, and importance of each person who works with or is served by Upper Chesapeake Health.

Responsibility: We take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable for the results and outcomes.

Trust: We will strive to be good citizens of the communities we serve and build trust and confidence in our ability to anticipate and respond to community and patient needs.

Procedures/Diagnoses at this Hospital Include: Heart Failure and Shock; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complicating Factors; Misc Digestive Disorders with Complicating Factors; Hardening of the Arteries; Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with Complicating Factors; Hip and Knee Replacement; Chest Pain; Abnormal Heart Rhythms with Complicating Factors; Temporary Paralysis

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Source for maternity care, bariatric surgery and appendectomy: Individual states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI) for years 2005 through 2007.
Source for all other procedures: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2006 through 2008.

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