Ascension has renamed 15 Illinois hospitals after finalizing the unwinding of a joint venture with AdventHealth.
St. Louis-based Ascension and Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth on April 1 completed the unwinding of Amita Health, a joint venture providing healthcare services in the greater Chicago area. The same day, Ascension launched Ascension Illinois, the new brand for the system's 15 hospitals and hundreds of care sites in the Chicago area.
Here are the new Ascension Illinois hospital names:
- Ascension Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village
- Ascension Holy Family in Des Plaines
- Ascension Mercy in Aurora
- Ascension Resurrection in Chicago
- Ascension Saint Alexius in Hoffman Estates
- Ascension Saint Elizabeth in Chicago
- Ascension Saint Francis in Evanston
- Ascension Saint Joseph-Chicago
- Ascension Saint Joseph-Elgin
- Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet
- Ascension Saint Mary-Chicago
- Ascension Saint Mary-Kankakee
- Ascension Saint Alexius Women and Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates
- Ascension Alexian Brothers Rehabilitation Hospital in Elk Grove Village
- Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates
"Working together as part of Ascension will allow Ascension Illinois to bring the knowledge and resources of thousands of medical professionals across the country to our own physicians and caregivers in order to improve care," Keith Parrott, Ascension Illinois ministry market executive, said in an April 1 news release. "Adding the Ascension name to our own reflects the strength of bringing the expertise of our national healthcare ministry to those we are privileged to serve in Illinois."