Presence Saint Francis Hospital

Presence Saint Francis Hospital (psfh), founded in 1901, is a 367-bed, full service medical facility. In addition to the Hospital and physician office center on the main campus, Presence Saint Francis Hospital operates comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services in virtually every health specialty including cardiology, oncology, nephrology, urology, and orthopedics. Dedicated to medical education, the Hospital offers outstanding residencies in internal medicine, radiology, transitional year, and obstetrics/gyneocology. For the calendar year ended december 2015, psfh provided patient care of 32,607 patient days and had 8,421 acute discharges. Emergency room visits totaled 35,927, surgeries totaled 5,163, and outpatient registrations totaled 86,796. Psfh is the only level 1 trauma center between evanston and the Wisconsin state line, despite the extraordinary expense of more than $1 million per year for specialized physicians, nurses, training and equipment to maintain this special state designation. Presence Saint Francis Hospital's paramedic training program has graduated 1,565 ems professionals since its inception in 1973 and provides monthlycontinuing education for more than 700 paramedics. Various other community benefits are provided including free blood pressure, melanoma and diabetes screenings; health fairs such as healthfest, and the summer safety fair; support groups for sleep disorders, breast cancer, bariatrics and diabetes; educational classes on nutrition, childbirth and cpr certification; and community partnerships through lifesource blood drives, car seat safety inspections, operation stars and stripes and meals on wheels.