OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center is a hospital located in
Rockford, Illinois, USA. The medical center is part of the
OSF Healthcare
OSF HealthCare is a not-for-profit Catholic health care organization that operates a medical group, hospital system, and other health care facilities in Illinois and Michigan. Headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, OSF HealthCare is owned and operate ...
System.
History
On July 1, 1899, six of the
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis
The Third Order of Saint Francis is a third order in the Franciscan tradition of Christianity, founded by the medieval Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi.
The preaching of Francis and his disciples caused many married men and women to w ...
moved to Rockford at the request of the citizens to open a hospital.
The order had previously moved to America from
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...
in 1875, when
Otto von Bismarck banned religious orders from the country.
With the help of the real estate agent William Crotty, the sisters were able to purchase a house on the corner of East State St. and Summit St. Community members donated the supplies and furniture for the first hospital.
Services
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center operates a
Level I trauma center
A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emergen ...
. OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center has the only trauma center verified by the
American College of Surgeons in Illinois outside of the
Chicago metropolitan area
The Chicago metropolitan area, also colloquially referred to as Chicagoland, is a metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States. Encompassing 10,286 sq mi (28,120 km2), the metropolitan area includes the city of Chicago, its suburbs and h ...
. The emergency department has 17 rooms with a total of 24 beds. Since 1981, the Lifeline Emergency Helicopter Service has been based at Saint Anthony. The medical center also operates Rockford Cardiovascular Associates. The Illinois Neurosciences Institute is located at the medical center. OSF SAMC surgeons perform 60% of open heart surgery cases in Rockford, making OSF SAMC the community leader in open heart surgery.
Awards
In 2005, the
American Nurses Credentialing Center
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the U ...
awarded OSF the center "Magnet" status,
the highest national recognition of nursing excellence that a hospital can receive.
References
External links
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center official websiteSaint Anthony College of NursingSisters of the Third Order of St. FrancisOSF HealthCare System
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Hospitals in Illinois
1899 establishments in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Rockford, Illinois
OSF HealthCare
Trauma centers