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

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located in

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and is a level II

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. 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 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, 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

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References

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