OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
OSF Healthcare System

2006 expansion (The Milestone Project), looking northwest (new ER and children's hospital 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 616
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 and in central Illinois, is designated by the state of Illinois as the Level I adult and pediatric regional trauma center for a 26-county region in mid-Illinois. OSF Saint Francis owns the Children's Hospital of Illinois (though the Hospital has its own President), the OSF Saint Francis Heart Hospital, the Illinois Neurological Institute, and the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, which are all located either in or near the Medical Center. The hospital is a clinical training hospital for many medical students, interns, residents, and fellows of the Peoria campus of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.[3][4][5][6]

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. It is the fourth largest hospital in all of Illinois.[7]

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 Chicago. The hospital offers intermediate burn care services for children and adults, and if need be, can transfer more severe cases to a burn unit in Springfield, Illinois, and less commonly, to Chicago or St. Louis.

The hospital made national and international headlines in the health care field on April 9, 2013, when a toddler, Hannah Warren, about 3, from South Korea (born to a Canadian father and South Korean mother) who was born without a trachea (a windpipe) received an artificial trachea that incorporated, with the plastic, her own living stem cells (the adult type), in the first bio-engineered transplant on a child in the U.S. and the first bio-engineered trachea transplant in the world. It is the first stem cell procedure of any kind at the Catholic medical center. The major 11-hour surgical procedure was led by Dr. Paolo Macchiarini of Sweden's Karolinska Institute, along with top surgical and medical officials from OSF.[8] However, she died three months later from complications.

Awards

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.[9]

The Center received a Lantern Award in 2013 for nursing care in the emergency department.[10] The Center is also the #1 hospital in the state of Illinois for organ recovery.

History

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.[11] 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 2006, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center developed a comprehensive program called "Save Our Skin" designed to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers. The key elements include upgrading mattresses, clarifying staff roles and protocols, and improving measurement and communication of pressure ulcer performance data. The program reduced the incidence of pressure ulcers from 9.4 percent in 2001 to 1.5 percent in 2006, well below the national average range of 7 to 10 percent, and yielded estimated cost savings of $3 million annually.[12]

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.

Organization

The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis (led by Sister Judith Ann Duvall, O.S.F.) 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. The religious order of nuns and the hospital is not considered a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria, but still works closely with it.[13] The System consists of 10 facilities in Illinois, including the Center, plus one in Escanaba, Michigan.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria - Residency Programs". University of Illinois. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  2. 1 2 "Facilities". OSF Healthcare System. 2008-05-23. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  3. ↑ http://www.childrenshospitalofil.org/about/default.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.sfmccon.edu/about/history.html
  5. ↑ https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=osf+saint+francis+medical+center&tbm=nws
  6. ↑ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=osf+saint+francis+medical+center&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C14&as_sdtp=
  7. ↑ http://www.pjstar.com/news/x459327007/Hospitals-share-good-news-at-community-forum
  8. ↑ http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1213307415/Toddler-youngest-in-world-to-get-lab-made-windpipe-in-Peoria-operation
  9. ↑ The Most Wired Team (2000). "2000 Most Wired Winners". Hospitals & Health Networks. Most Wired. Health Forum (published 2005-07-11). Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  10. ↑ "2013 Lantern Award Recipients: Nine U.S. Emergency Departments Recognized by Emergency Nurses Association for Supporting Excellence in Nursing Practice, Providing Exceptional Care". PR Newswire. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "History". OSF Healthcare System. 2008-01-28. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  12. ↑ "Comprehensive, Hospital-Based Program Significantly Reduces Pressure Ulcer Incidence and Associated Costs". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  13. ↑ "Who We Are". OSF Healthcare. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

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