Why call a hospital or a medical center a University????

I remember when hospitals were just called that, a hospital. But now so many of them have changed there titile to university for example, Hackensack University Medical Center and Hoboken University Medical Center and others around the country. Whats the point of The University name? Theres no University in Hackensack or Hoboken. Whats the catch to that??Why call a hospital or a medical center a University????
They are usually partners with a University or medical school because people that go into a medical field get internships during college.An internship is where you go work in the profession just to practice, but you do get paid a small amount...
They are generally university medical centers--that is, they are associated with a university medical school. It could be associated with Rutgers or UMDNJ and since it is in Hackensack or Hoboken, it is Hackensack University Hospital. It is kind of misleading, isn't it?



So, Hackensack: "Hackensack University Medical Center, a 781-bed teaching and research hospital affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 鈥?New Jersey Medical School"Why call a hospital or a medical center a University????
I think they use that term in describing how big the hospital is because when people say university they think of some big place even though it's not always true.
Mickey D is right. They are department of a University, where students work and learn on-the-job. Over here in the UK they are called Teaching Hospitals and will be following a course set by the University they are attached to. University College Hospital is part of University College, London. Kings College Hospital the same. A number of the big hospitals in London are allied under a group 'London University' umbrella.