Alegent Health Among Nation's Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks
For the seventh year in a row, Omaha's Alegent Health ranked in the top 100 on a survey of integrated healthcare networks across the country conducted by Verispan. According to the report in a February edition of Modern Healthcare magazine, Alegent Health ranked 17th out of all the integrated hospital systems in the nation. Last year, Alegent Health ranked 28th in the survey. Full story

Alegent Health Earns National Recognition as “Most Wired” Health System
For the third time in four years, Alegent Health has been named one of the nation's “Most Wired” hospital and health systems. The results released today are according to the 2005 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking study that measured the nation's healthcare systems on their use of information technologies for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues. Full story

alegent.com wins prestigious eHealthcare Leadership Award
Judged by an independent panel familiar with healthcare and the Internet, web sites were rated based on a standard of Internet excellence and how they compared with others in their group classification. The Alegent Health web site received the Gold Award for Best Health/Healthcare Content. Judging criteria for this award was based on how extensive, balanced, up-to-date, well-organized, and credible the information is on alegent.com. Full story

Alegent Health Receives Workforce Management's Prestigious Optimas Award
Alegent Health has received Workforce Management magazine's 2004 Optimas Award in the Financial Impact category for its success at recruiting and retaining key staff at a time when there is a critical shortage of healthcare workers. Alegent Health joins nine other award recipients from across the U.S. including Mattel Corporation, GM and Union Pacific Railroad. Full Story.    Read about Alegent Health in Workforce Management Magazine online.


National Health Information Center Honors Mental Health Section of Alegent Health Web Site
A national clearinghouse for consumer health information programs and materials has once again recognized Alegent Health's web site. The Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) honored Alegent Health's mental health section, www.Alegent.com/mentalhealth, with a Merit Award in the category of Health Promotion/Disease & Injury Prevention.   Full Story

Most Wired Healthcare System 2003
Alegent Health has once again been named one of the nation's "Most Wired" hospital and health systems. The fifth annual survey and benchmarking study measured the nation's healthcare systems on their use of Internet technologies to connect with patients, physicians and nurses, payors, health plans and employees. Healthcare has typically lagged behind other industries in the amount of resources and staff invested in information technology.Full Story



Bergan Mercy Among Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation
Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center was named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for the first time in a recent announcement by Modern Healthcare magazine.  Full Story

 Alegent.com wins Merit Award
A national clearinghouse for consumer health information programs and materials has recognized Omaha's Alegent Health for its innovative, service-oriented and educational Web site. The Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) honored www.Alegent.com with a Merit Award in the category of Health Promotion/Disease & Injury Prevention Information in the class of Hospital/Health Care Systems.  Full Story


Alegent.com wins ehealthcare Leadership Silver Award for Best Site Design
The eHealthcare Leadership Awards recognize the very best Web Sites of healthcare organizations, online health companies, pharmaceutical firms and business improvement initiatives. Sites receiving the awards were selected from more than 1,000 entries and were compared with each other by a panel of expert judges in the area of health care and the Internet. Full Story

Alegent Health Ranks in the List of "Most Wired" Healthcare Systems
Alegent Health has been named one of the nation's “Most Wired” hospital and health systems. The fourth annual survey and benchmarking study is awarded to technically savvy hospitals by Hospitals & Health Networks.  Full Story

Omaha's First Joint Replacement Center Wins National Award
Selected as a Distinguished Performer within the 2002 Premier Award for Quality, the Joint Replacement Center at Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center was singled out in the national competition for its exemplary approaches to high-quality, cost-effective outcomes for patients. Full Story

Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center named in top 15 "Hospitals With Heart"
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) named the top 15 “Hospitals With Heart” in the July/August 2001 issue of Modern Maturity.   Full Story

Alegent Health Ranks in Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks
On January 7, 2001, Alegent Health again finished among the nation's healthcare elite by ranking in the top 100 in a survey of integrated healthcare networks conducted by Modern Healthcare. The Omaha-based health system is the only Nebraska network to be listed in the magazine's top 100.  Full Story

Alegent Health Receives ASHRA's 2001 Communication Award for Electronic Media
Mark Thomas, VP of Human Resources for Alegent Health, has been selected to receive the 2001 Communication aw ard from ASHRA (American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration).  The award will be presented during ASHRA's 37th annual conference in Chicago in late July for the elecronic media "Compensation Program Communication - Alegent Health."

Criteria for the award include:

• clarity of purpose
• production and technical quality
• creativity and audience appeal
• universal interest