Sierra Providence Health Network has been named a Consumer Choice Award winner by the National Research Corporation. Sierra Providence was among the 187 hospitals in over 150 markets chosen as Consumer Choice Award winners. Every year, National Research Corporation (NRC) honors those hospitals whose consumers rate as having the best quality and image.

The NRC Healthcare Market Guide is a nationally syndicated study conducted annually to compile consumer assessments of health plans, physicians, local hospitals and health systems. More than 140,000 households responded to the 2004/2005 study. The study details performance specifics on more than 800 health plans and 3,000 hospitals and health systems by name. This award reflects the growing role of consumer choice in the healthcare field. This is the ninth year NRC has awarded hospitals whose consumers have recognized them for providing quality healthcare services.

Sierra Providence Health Network, part of Tenet Texas, consists of three hospitals located in El Paso, Texas: 351-bed Sierra Medical Center, located at 1625 Medical Center Drive, 508-bed Providence Memorial Hospital, located at 2001 N. Oregon, and a 72-bed physical rehabilitation hospital, Rio Vista, located at 1740 Curie. Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital are both acute care hospitals that offer a broad spectrum of medical and surgical services, including cardiac care and rehabilitation, cancer care and support services, women’s services and osteoporosis services. Other network clinical specialties include cardiac catheterization, kidney transplant, gamma knife radiosurgery and Pediatric Pavilion, health care services just for kids. Rio Vista Rehabilitation Hospital provides a broad spectrum of rehabilitation services and is equipped to handle brain injuries and other serious disorders.

Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital are accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. To learn more about Sierra Providence Health Network, visit www.sphn.com.