OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
OSF Healthcare System
2006 expansion, looking northwest (completed 2010)
Geography
Location	Peoria, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	40°42′10″N 89°35′28″W / 40.70278°N 89.59111°W / 40.70278; -89.59111Coordinates: 40°42′10″N 89°35′28″W / 40.70278°N 89.59111°W / 40.70278; -89.59111
Organization
Care system	Charity (extensive source of area discounted or pro-bono care)
Affiliated university	Saint Francis College of Nursing, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center (adult and pediatric)
Beds	551
History
Founded	1876
Links
Website	http://www.osfsaintfrancis.org/
Lists	Hospitals in Illinois

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States, is a teaching hospital^[1] for the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and part of the OSF Healthcare System.^[2] The Center, which is the largest hospital in the Peoria metropolitan area, is the Level I adult and pediatric regional trauma center for a 26-county^{[according to whom?]} region in central Illinois and includes as part of its corporate structure and campus physical facility^{[clarification needed]} the Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the OSF Saint Francis Heart Hospital, the Illinois Neurological Institute, and the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing. The hospital is a clinical training hospital for many medical students, residents, and fellows of the Peoria campus of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.^[3][4]

It is the largest Level I trauma center for adults and children between the Chicago and Rockford metropolitan areas and the St. Louis metropolitan area. Primarily according to the hospital's own web site and phone-based advertising statements, it is supposedly the fourth largest hospital in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (Chicagoland).

The hospital offers adult and pediatric renal transplantation and adult pancreatic transplantation; generally, adult and pediatric cardiac transplantation cases are referred to tertiary care academic medical transplantation centers in Chicagoland. The hospital offers basic and intermediate burn care; severe cases are transferred to the Springfield burn unit, and less commonly, to Chicago or St. Louis.

Awards

In 2000, the Center was listed among the "Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" by Hospitals & Health Networks, an indicator of the degree to which information technology was used in the Center.^[5]

History

The first hospital unit of what later became the Center was established in 1876 by a group of Franciscan Sisters who had been sent to Peoria, Illinois from a German expatriate group settled in Iowa City, Iowa.^[6] In 1877, the Sisters who had migrated to Peoria were granted permission to form an independent religious community and became "The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois".

In 2009 and 2010, the Medical Center built a new emergency room. A new Children's Hospital of Illinois was built, with a new Level I pediatric and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit (the only one in Central Illinois) and emergency room. The Milestone Project was the largest expansion in the hospital's history. The hospital is now home to most pediatric and adult services.

Organization

The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis is established as a non-profit organization and is the parent company of OSF Healthcare, which in turn is the operator of the OSF Healthcare System.^[7] The System consists of 10 facilities in Illinois, including the Center, plus one in Escanaba, Michigan.^[2]

References

1. ^ "University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria - Residency Programs". University of Illinois. http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/GME/residencies/. Retrieved 2010-09-02. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Facilities". OSF Healthcare System. 2008-05-23. http://www.osfhealthcare.org/facilities.html. Retrieved 2008-08-11. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ http://www.childrenshospitalofil.org/about/default.htm
4. ^ http://www.sfmccon.edu/about/history.html
5. ^ The Most Wired Team (2000). "2000 Most Wired Winners". Hospitals & Health Networks (Health Forum). 2005-07-11. http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/hospitalconnect/search/article.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/PubsNewsArticle/data/backup/0507HHN_CoverStory_2000_Winners&domain=HHNMAG. Retrieved 2008-08-10 
6. ^ "History". OSF Healthcare System. 2008-01-28. http://www.osfhealthcare.org/history.html. Retrieved 2008-08-11. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "Who We Are". OSF Healthcare. 2008-05-06. http://www.osfhealthcare.org/whoweare.html. Retrieved 2008-08-11. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• OSF Saint Francis Medical Center — official site
• [1] — official site
• OSF HealthCare — official site
• OSF Saint Francis video

Further reading

• Health/Medical Writers (2000-06-13). "American Shared Hospital Services Announces New Gamma Knife Contract; At OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.". Business Wire: HealthWire (San Francisco: AccessMyLibrary). http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27930940_ITM. Retrieved 2008-08-10  Note: AccessMyLibrary requires registration to view full content; URL provided gives first paragraph of article.
• Staff (1998-07-13). "OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Selects HDI(R) 5000 Ultrasound Systems". PRNewswire (Bothell, Washington: HighBeam Research). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20891857.html. Retrieved 2008-08-10  Note: HighBeam Research requires subscription to view full content; URL provided gives first paragraph of article.