| OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | |
| OSF Healthcare System | |
|---|---|
| 2006 expansion, looking northwest (completed 2010) | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peoria, Illinois, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Charity (extensive source of area discounted or pro-bono care) |
| Affiliated university | Saint Francis College of Nursing, University of Illinois College of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center (adult and pediatric) |
| Beds | 551 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.osfsaintfrancis.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States, is a teaching hospital[1] for the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and part of the OSF Healthcare System.[2] The Center, which is the largest hospital in the Peoria metropolitan area, is the Level I adult and pediatric regional trauma center for a 26-county region in central Illinois and includes as part of its corporate structure and campus physical facility the Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the OSF Saint Francis Heart Hospital, the Illinois Neurological Institute, and the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing. The hospital is a clinical training hospital for many medical students, residents, and fellows of the Peoria campus of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.[3][4]
It is the largest Level I trauma center for adults and children between the Chicago and Rockford metropolitan areas and the St. Louis metropolitan area. Primarily according to the hospital's own web site and phone-based advertising statements, it is supposedly the fourth largest hospital in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (Chicagoland).
The hospital offers adult and pediatric renal transplantation and adult pancreatic transplantation; generally, adult and pediatric cardiac transplantation cases are referred to tertiary care academic medical transplantation centers in Chicagoland. The hospital offers basic and intermediate burn care; severe cases are transferred to the Springfield burn unit, and less commonly, to Chicago or St. Louis.
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In 2000, the Center was listed among the "Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" by Hospitals & Health Networks, an indicator of the degree to which information technology was used in the Center.[5]
The first hospital unit of what later became the Center was established in 1876 by a group of Franciscan Sisters who had been sent to Peoria, Illinois from a German expatriate group settled in Iowa City, Iowa.[6] In 1877, the Sisters who had migrated to Peoria were granted permission to form an independent religious community and became "The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois".
In 2009 and 2010, the Medical Center built a new emergency room. A new Children's Hospital of Illinois was built, with a new Level I pediatric and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit (the only one in Central Illinois) and emergency room. The Milestone Project was the largest expansion in the hospital's history. The hospital is now home to most pediatric and adult services.
The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis is established as a non-profit organization and is the parent company of OSF Healthcare, which in turn is the operator of the OSF Healthcare System.[7] The System consists of 10 facilities in Illinois, including the Center, plus one in Escanaba, Michigan.[2]