Swedish Covenant Hospital
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Swedish Covenant Hospital is an independent 332-bed hospital located in a highly diverse community Chicago's North Side. Swedish Covenant Hospital has been quick to adopt to the latest trends in technology, while keeping its compassionate touch. Hence the tagline, "Technology changes. Compassion does not."
Keeping to the mission of caring for the whole person — mind, body and spirit — the hospital offers services that meet the community’s changing needs. In addition to emergency treatment, family medicine, psychiatric services, rehabilitation, critical care, home care and more, the hospital features cardiac, obstetrical, surgical and advanced pediatric programs as Centers of Excellence.
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[edit] History of Swedish Covenant Hospital
In the 1880s, the Swedish Evangelical Covenant Mission Friends saw immigrants in need of care, and the group established the hospital's present-day site at Foster and California Avenues in Chicago to help. Called the "Home of Mercy," the care facility opened doors to patients on April 1, 1886. Original records of the Home of Mercy describe a hospital with 12 iron beds, two wooden wash stands, a bookcase, sofa, swing and a table with six chairs.
By 1890, 128 patients had been served, and Swedish Covenant Hospital began to expand. And by 1903, the erection of a full-scale 40 bed hospital facility was established, and Swedish Covenant Hospital began its continuous growth.
Throughout the next 100 years, the hospital underwent multiple transformations and expansions in response to the needs of the community.
Over the years, many changes have occurred, but the mission remains the same: commitment to caring for patients as whole persons in their uniqueness, with an atmosphere of professional excellence and human kindness. While offering comprehensive and technologically advanced health services, the tradition of compassionate care for patients continues today.
[edit] Affiliations
Swedish Covenant Hospital is owned by the Evangelical Covenant Church and affiliated with other church-owned organizations, including the Covenant Ministries of Benevolence, the Galter LifeCenter (a large medical fitness center next to the hospital), North Park University and Covenant Retirement Communities.
In 2004, Swedish Covenant Hospital became Chicago's first and only member of the Planetree Alliance for patient-centered care. The Planetree Alliance is a group of hospitals from across the country working together to improve the patient experience.
[edit] Awards & Distinctions
Swedish Covenant Hospital was the only hospital in Chicago to receive the 2005 Hospital of Choice Award by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. The hospital was also named one of America's Healthiest Workplaces (Gold Level Award) by the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA), and has won awards from the Planetree Alliance for two of its patient-centered initiatives.
In addition to a number of acceditations, Swedish Covenant Hospital was named a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer, the highest ranking possible for a community hospital cancer program.
American film star Harrison Ford was born at Swedish Covenant Hospital in 1942.
[edit] External links
- [1] - Swedish Covenant Hospital
