Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago). Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is an academic health system that includes seven hospitals and more than 100 ambulatory sites. The system's nearly 30,000 employees enjoy a robust benefits package and many additional perks such as free one-on-one educational and financial counseling from an adviser and child care scholarships. For staff providing direct patient care, Northwestern offers a self-scheduling system that allows individuals to choose their own schedule every six weeks. In 2016, Northwestern was named a "100 Best Company for Working Mothers" by Working Mother Magazine for the 17th consecutive year, and the National Association of Female Executives named Northwestern one of its "Top 10 Nonprofit Companies for Executive Women." Northwestern also received the 2016 Work-Life Seal of Distinction by the Alliance for Work-Life Progress of World at Work and was named a leader in LGBT healthcare according to the Healthcare Equality Index Report by the Human Rights Campaign.
