Welcome to UNM Hospitals

UNMH recognized:

• for being New Mexico's only Academic Medical Center
• for being the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center

• for it's Children's Hospital, the provider of 13 pediatric subspecialites, offering the highest level of intensive care for children and premature infants in the State.
• by University Health System Consortium (UHC) awards UNM Hospitals 4 of 5 stars on UHC 2011 scorecard! The UHC is an alliance of 115 academic medical centers (AMC) and 257 of their affiliated hospitals, representing nearly 90% of the nation's non-profit AMC's.
• by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association for achieving the highest levels of quality of care.

• and Certified by the Joint Commission as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center
• for being first in New Mexico to achieve Patient Centered Medical Home designation!
• for being a Pathway to Excellence® Hospital - the only one in the state!
• by the Department of Health as Best Hospital in Region for Vaccinating Newborns.
• for being one of the Most Wired Hospitals Nationally for 9th Year!
• by American College of Nurse-Midwives, Benchmarking as the Certified Nurse Midwife group practice with the lowest episiotomy rates and one of the top practices nationally for: highest total vaginal birth rate; highest spontaneous vaginal birth rate; lowest primary cesarean section rate; highest rate of 6 week post partum visit attendance; highest breast-feeding continuation rate; and lowest total cesarean section rate.