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.

• The Alegent Health Orthopaedic Institute's Joint Replacement Center is unique in its approach to orthopaedic care, and was the first to offer the service in Omaha, opening in May 2000.
• The Joint Replacement Center has been recognized as a center of excellence and serves as a model for facilities across the country looking to establish a similar program.
• Our team of orthopaedic surgeons is regionally and nationally known as experts in the practice of orthopaedic medicine. Working together with an experienced staff of nurses, assistants and therapists, the Center's patients are ensured of a higher standard of patient care.
• While located on the fourth floor of Bergan Mercy Medical Center, stepping into the Joint Replacement Center is like stepping into a five-star hotel. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, the cuisine is first-rate, and the staff is extremely knowledgeable and highly experienced in the field of orthopaedics.
• All hip and knee replacement surgeries are done on the same day, giving patients the opportunity to progress through the stages of recovery together.
• Coaches aren't just for football teams and Lamaze classes anymore. Joint Replacement Center patients are encouraged to have a coach available to them during their hospital stay and recovery period at home.
• Hospital gowns are a thing of the past in the Joint Replacement Center. Patients are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes - it's just more fun to recover in a sweatshirt and sweatpants.

For more information or a tour of the award-winning Joint Replacement Center, call Alegent Health Public Relations at 398-5653.