Quick Look at Advocate Health Care-- Our New Best Friend!

Advocate Health Care, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in metropolitan Chicago and the state of Illinois, and is recognized as one of the top health care systems in the country.

Related to both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate is a not-for-profit provider whose faith-based mission is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic approach to health care that provides quality care and service, and treats each patient with respect, integrity and dignity. To guide its relationships and actions, Advocate embraces the five values of compassion, equality, excellence, partnership and stewardship.

Overview

• Eight acute care and two children's hospitals with more than 3,500 licensed beds (*Level I Trauma Centers)
  • Advocate Bethany Hospital, Chicago
  • Advocate Christ Medical Center*, Oak Lawn
  • Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn
  • Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital*, Downers Grove
  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center*, Chicago
  • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital*, Park Ridge
  • Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Park Ridge
  • Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest
  • Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago
• More than 200 sites offering acute care, outpatient services, home health services, counseling, day care, physician services, skilled nursing care and health care education programs
• 4,600 affiliated physicians and four premier medical groups with more than 400 physicians
• Advocate Health Centers – 16 centers throughout Chicagoland
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Physician Group – 11 centers in northside Chicago
• Advocate Medical Group – 18 centers throughout the north suburbs
• Dreyer Medical Clinic – 11 centers throughout the Fox Valley Area
• 8 Physician-hospital Organizations — Advocate Health Partners — comprised of 2,700 multi-specialty physicians from across the system

Key System Accomplishments

• Top-ranked Illinois health system (2005 Verispan Top 100 Health Networks)
• Inpatient market share leader in Chicagoland
• Second largest private sector employer in metropolitan Chicago with more than 25,000 associates (employees)
• Affiliated with University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center, Advocate trains more primary care physicians than any non-university teaching hospital in the state of Illinois
• Operates a large, full-service home health care division
• Largest trauma network in the state

Clinical Excellence

• Recipient of the American Hospital Association’s 2004 Quest for Quality citation for Advocate’s systemwide approach to patient safety
• Holds the most disease-specific care certifications from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Chicagoland for program work in asthma, stroke and congestive heart failure

Community Commitment and Philanthropy

• More than 1 million people served through community benefit programs
• Provided nearly one-quarter billion dollars in community benefits in 2004 and more than $1 billion in community benefits and uncompensated services since 1995
• Community outreach programs include school-based health centers, parish nursing, children’s wellness programs, health fairs, clinics and special programs for low-income populations
• $22.26 million raised by the Advocate Charitable Foundation in 2004 from nearly 16,000 donors, which allows investments in advanced care, community programs and expanded clinical capabilities

Advanced Technology

• Eight acute care and two children's hospitals with more than 3,500 licensed beds
• Advocate makes significant investments in clinical excellence through advanced technology in diagnostic imaging and testing, surgery, pharmacy, medical records and patient monitoring to improve health outcomes and patient safety
• Advocate is one of only five hospital systems around the country using eICU® (electronic intensive care unit) technology, and has more electronically monitored beds than any other system in the nation
• Advocate’s CareConnection is an advanced information system that uses technology to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes through applications such as a data repository, electronic medication record and computerized provider order entry
• Advocate was named one of the nation’s “Most Wired” health care systems for the fourth consecutive year by the 2004 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Network’s survey and benchmarking study.