Downers Grove, Ill- Recognized for delivering exceptional patient care, six Advocate Health Care hospitals have been named among the finest in Chicago and Illinois, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2016-2017 Best Hospitals list. The rankings were released today.
The sites listed among the top 20 hospitals in Illinois include Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Chicago’s North Side, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin and Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. All four sites plus two additional hospitals – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove and Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington – were named among the top 20 in the Chicago metro area.
Christ Medical Center ranked 4th overall in Illinois and ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation in two specialties – Cardiology & Heart Surgery and Gynecology. Lutheran General Hospital ranked 6th overall in Illinois and made the top 50 list nationally in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery and Gynecology.
“We’re proud to be named among the best providers in Illinois for doing what is most important—delivering exceptional care to our patients,” said Jim Skogsbergh, president and chief executive officer of Advocate Health Care. “This recognition is a direct reflection on the commitment of our physicians, nurses and associates to provide the best and safest care day in and day out to improve the overall health and well-being of the communities we serve.”
The U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 27th year, consider measures such as patient survival, the number of times a given procedure is performed, infection rates, adequacy of nurse staffing and more.
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About Advocate Health Care:
Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. A national leader in population health management, Advocate is one of the largest Accountable Care Organizations in the country. Advocate operates more than 400 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $686 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2015.