Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (formerly St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center) is the flagship

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

of a health system in the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area located in Evansville, Indiana and is a level II trauma center. The system was started in 1872 and was formerly known as St. Mary's Health. St. Mary's Health was integrated into

St. Vincent Health A member of Ascension Health, the USA’s largest not-for-profit and Catholic Healthcare System, St. Vincent Health contains 18 health ministries serving 45 counties in Indiana. Facilities Reducing disparities In 2001, St. Vincent Health impl ...

in 2012 to create one statewide, integrated healthcare ministry, with the name change effective in 2017. St. Vincent Health is a part of

Ascension Health Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by number of hospitals as of 2019. It was founded as a nonprofit Catholic healthcare network in 1999. By the end of 2021, Asc ...

, the nation's largest nonprofit health system and the world's largest Catholic health system.

Awards

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville has three times (2011, 2016 and 2021) received Magnet Designation from 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 ...

References

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