Saint Francis Hospital - Evanston
| Saint Francis Hospital - Evanston | |
|---|---|
 Saint Francis Hospital in 1922 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Evanston, Illinois, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Prime Healthcare |
| None | |
| Patron | None |
| Services | |
| 24 Hours | |
| Beds | 197 general Acute care beds |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Founded | Saint Francis Hospital. |
| Links | |
| Website | saintfrancisevanston |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Saint Francis Hospital is a hospital in Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago.[1] Its facilities include a Level 1 Trauma and Heart Center, and it has 270 general acute care beds.[2]
History
In 1900, Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston was founded by the pastor of the nearby St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church. In 1977, Resurrection Health Care took over Saint Francis Hospital. In 2011 Resurrection Health Care merged with Provena Health to form Presence Health, the hospital was renamed Presence St. Francis Hospital.[3] In 2017, he hospital was renamed AMITA Health St. Francis Hospital when Presence Health merged with AMITA Health.[4]
On October 21, 2021, AMITA Health announced that it would split up, [5][6] and later on April 1 it officially did.[7][8] In 2022, the hospital was renamed Ascension St. Francis Hospital.[9] In late July 2024, it was announced that Ascension would sell the hospital to Prime Healthcare.[9] On March 1, 2025, the sale of the Ascension St. Francis Hospital was finalized.[10]
References
- ↑ "Saint Francis Hospital – University Of Illinois". Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ↑ "Saint Francis Hospital – University Of Illinois". Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ↑ Gavin, Larry; Helt Gavin, Mary (2013). "Happy 150th Birthday Evanston: St. Francis Hospital" (PDF). Evanston Round Table. p. 33. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Financially struggling Presence Health to join Amita Health". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ↑ Farver, Lisa (October 21, 2021). "AMITA Health To Split After Nearly 7-year Partnership". Patch.com. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Esposito, Stefano (October 21, 2021). "After seven years, AMITA Health partnership breaking up". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Schencker, Lisa (April 1, 2022). "Amita Health officially splits up with hospitals getting new names". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Asplund, Jon (April 1, 2022). "After the Amita Health split, the former partners start rebranding". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- 1 2 Meadows, Jonah (July 25, 2024). "Ascension To Sell St. Francis Hospital In Evanston To Prime Healthcare". Patch.com. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Kacik, Alex (March 1, 2025). "Ascension, Prime Healthcare complete hospital deal". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved June 2, 2026.