ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND With its mission to serve through healing, education and discovery, the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) has a distinguished and extensive history of unwavering commitment to providing exceptional healthcare. As the region’s academic medical center, three-time Magnet® recognized hospital and Level I Trauma Center, UTMC serves as a major referral center for East Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina, and strives to transform the health of the community it serves. The 710-bed hospital also is home of the region’s only dedicated Heart Hospital, only transplant center, the region’s first certified comprehensive stroke center, a private-room Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit and serves as one of the regional p