Ascension Health

Ascension Health

Type	Private Company
Industry	Healthcare
Founded	1999
Headquarters	St. Louis, MO, USA
Area served	United States
Key people	Anthony R. Tersigni, President/CEO Sr. Kathleen Kelly, CSJ, Chair Robert J. Henkel, COO
Services	Hospital management
Revenue	$14.28 billion USD (2009)
Employees	113,000 (2009)
Website	http://www.ascensionhealth.org/
References: 2009 Annual Report

Ascension Health is a non-profit company that operates a network of hospitals and related health facilities in the United States. It is the nation's largest Catholic and largest non-profit health system^[1].

Sponsors

Ascension Health is sponsored by six organizations^[2]. The sponsors are provinces of religious orders of the Catholic Church.

• Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, West Central Province — St. Louis, Missouri
• Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, East Central Province — Evansville, Indiana
• Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Northeast Province — Albany, New York
• Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Southeast Province — Emmitsburg, Maryland
• Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet — St. Louis, Missouri
• Congregation of St. Joseph — Nazareth, Michigan

History

Ascension Health was created on November 1, 1999 by the union of the Daughters of Charity National Health System based in St. Louis, Missouri and the Sisters of St. Joseph Health System based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In December 2002, Carondelet Health System based in Kansas City, Missouri merged with Ascension Health^[3].

Facilities

Ascension Health operates more than 500 locations in 20 states and the District of Columbia. In Fiscal Year 2009, Ascension Health managed a total of 17,928 available beds, 70 general acute care hospitals, 2 long-term acute care hospitals, 3 rehabilitation hospitals, and 4 psychiatric hospitals^[4][5].

Alabama

• Providence Hospital
• St. Vincent's Birmingham
• St. Vincent's East
• St. Vincent's Blount
• St. Vincent's St. Clair

Arizona

• Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital
• Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital
• Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital
• Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute

Connecticut

• St. Vincent's Health Services

District of Columbia

• Providence Hospital

Florida

• Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola
• Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast
• Sacred Heart Women's Hospital
• St. Vincent's Medical Center
• St. Luke's Hospital

Idaho

• St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Illinois

• Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
• St.Alexis Medical Center (Hoffman Estates Illinois)

Indiana

• St. Mary's Warrick Hospital
• St. Mary’s Medical Center
• Saint John's Health System
• St. Vincent Dunn Hospital
• St. Vincent Clay Hospital
• St. Vincent Carmel Hospital
• St. Vincent Mercy Hospital
• St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital
• St. Vincent Medical Center Northeast
• Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent
• St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
• St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
• St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital
• St. Vincent Women's Hospital
• St. Joseph Hospital
• St. Vincent Jennings Hospital
• St. Vincent Salem Hospital
• St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital
• St. Vincent Randolph Hospital

Maryland

• Saint Agnes Hospital

Michigan

• Borgess Health
  • Borgess Medical Center
  • Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital
  • Borgess-Pipp Hospital
  • Borgess at Woodbridge Hills
• Brighton Hospital
• St. John Hospital and Medical Center
• St. John River District Hospital
• St. John North Shores Hospital
• Providence Park Hospital
• Providence Hospital^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital
• Genesys Regional Medical Center at Health Park
• St. Joseph Hospital^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center
• St. Mary's of Michigan - Standish Hospital

Missouri

• St. Joseph Medical Center
• St. Mary’s Medical Center

New York

• Lourdes Hospital
• Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center
• St. Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam
• St. Mary's Hospital

Tennessee

• Baptist Hospital
• Hickman Community Hospital
• Middle Tennessee Medical Center
• Saint Thomas Hospital

Texas

• Seton Family of Hospitals - Locations
• University Medical Center at Brackenridge - Austin
• Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas - Austin
• Seton Medical Center Austin - Austin
• Seton Edgar B. Davis - Luling, TX
• Seton Highland Lakes - Burnet, TX
• Seton Northwest Hospital - Austin
• Seton Southwest Hospital - Austin
• Seton Shoal Creek Hospital - Austin
• Seton Medical Center Williamson - Round Rock
• Cedar Park Regional Medical Center - Cedar Park
• Seton Medical Center Hays - Kyle, TX
• Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital - Austin
• Providence Health Center - Waco

Washington

• Lourdes Medical Center — Pasco

Wisconsin

• Columbia St. Mary's Columbia — Milwaukee
• Columbia St. Mary's Milwaukee — Milwaukee
• Columbia St. Mary's Ozaukee — Mequon
• Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin — Glendale

External links

• Official Website

References

1. ^ Ascension Health: About Ascension Health
2. ^ Ascension Health: Sponsoring Organizations
3. ^ Ascension Health: Sponsorship and History
4. ^ Ascension Health: Ascension Health Statistics
5. ^ Ascension Health: Healthcare That Leaves No One Behind - Hospital Facilities List