Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a 333-bed community hospital located in Downers Grove, in the US state Illinois. The hospital opened in 1976, and operates the only Level I trauma center in the county of DuPage. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | |
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| Advocate Aurora Health | |
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 Main entrance to the hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Downers Grove, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°49′04.822″N 88°00′31.856″W / 41.81800611°N 88.00884889°W[1] |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | Community |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 333[2] |
| Helipad | FAA LID: 0IL4 |
| Public transit access |  Pace |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has earned a spot on the 100 Top Hospitals list five times.[3]
Services
editAdvocate Good Samaritan Hospital has 333 beds, and more than 1,000 physicians representing 63 specialties. There are 2,600 employees at the hospital, and services include: cardiology, orthopedic surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology, stroke care, obstetrics and gynecology, low dose diagnostic imaging, and a comprehensive breast center. The emergency department is the only Level I trauma center in DuPage County.[4]
The hospital has level III designation for obstetric, perinatal and neonatal services, which is the highest designation in the state.[5]
Awards and recognition
editAdvocate Good Samaritan Hospital is the only health care provider in Illinois to have earned the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the highest presidential honor for performance excellence.[6]
- 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks Study, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014[7]
- Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services, 2009–14[8]
- 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, 2011[3]
- Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois[3]
- Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence[3]
- Lincoln Gold Award for Achievement of Excellence, 2010[3]
- Practice Greenhealth Environmental Leadership Circle Award, 2012, 2013[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Samaritan Hospital
- ^ "Fact Sheet" (PDF). Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ a b c d e f "awards – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL – Western Suburbs". Advocate Health. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ "outpatient sites of care". Advocatehealth.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
- ^ "high-risk services – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL – Western Suburbs". Advocate Health. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ "Baldrige Award recipient". Advocate Health. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ Thomson Reuters Archived June 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nurses Credentialing Center Archived 2010-07-08 at the Wayback Machine