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About Advocate Christ Medical Center

Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., is a 749-bed premier teaching institution with more than 1,500 . Advocate Christ is one of the major referral hospitals in the Midwest for a number of specialties, including cancer care; cardiovascular services; heart, kidney and lung transplantation; neurosciences, orthopedics; and women’s . The medical center provides emergency care for more than 105,000 patient visits annually and has one of the busiest Level I trauma centers in Illinois. Advocate Christ is part of Advocate Aurora Health, the 10th largest not-for-profit, integrated health system in the United States. We help people live well.

Overview*

749 Beds 44,279 Inpatient Admissions

1,500 Physicians – 83 Specialties 4,194 Deliveries – Birthing Center with all private 2,300 Nurses labor & delivery and post-delivery suites Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the state’s highest designation Oak Lawn’s Largest Employer 6,000 Team Members 365,004 Outpatient Visits Trained 549 Residents, 788 Medical Students and 1,168 Students 26,299 Surgeries

109,133 Emergency Visits Level I Trauma Center *all statistics based on 2017 figures Accolades

Named to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2017-2018” rankings for & Accredited by DNV GL Healthcare USA as a heart surgery for the sixth consecutive year and Comprehensive Stroke Center first time for & . Also ranked fourth overall among hospitals in Received the American Heart Assn/American the state of Illinois and the Chicago Metro area Stroke Assn. Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and Target: Third consecutive time recognized for excellence in Stroke Elite Honor Roll Award. nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing ® Center’s Magnet Recognition Program , 2005 to 2018 Received Energy to Care Award from the American Society for Healthcare Designated a Blue Distinction® Center+ for for reducing energy use by 10 percent or more cardiac care and spine surgery by Blue Cross Blue Shield Recognized on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 60 Greenest Hospitals in America list

Hospital fully accredited by DNV GL Healthcare USA Received the Practice Greenhealth Emerald Award for excellence and innovation in sustainability and the Circle of Excellence in Recognized on Becker's Hospital Review's 100 Green Building Award for demonstrating LEED Great Hospitals in America list for 2018 and other Green Building achievements

Awarded LEED® Gold Certification for its Outpatient Pavilion and East Tower by the U.S. Green Building Council

Call 1.800.3.ADVOCATE (1.800.323.8622) to make an appointment, or visit advocatehealth.com/cmc for more information. Advanced Technology

• Robotic da Vinci® Surgical System • Smart Room Technology

• TruBeam Radiosurgery • EP Lab with Stereotaxis

• MRI Caring Suites • eICU (electronic intensive care unit)

• Radiation Treatments: IMRT, IOERT, IGRT and • Abiomed Ventricular Assist Device console Brachytherapy • PACS (picture archiving and communication system) • Stryker Navigation Suite • Telemedicine • Advanced linear accelerators • Simulation Center • PET/CT

• w/SPECT CT

Clinical Excellence

• Recognized on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Hospitals and • Accredited by DNV GL Healthcare USA for implantation of Health Systems with Great Heart Programs specialized mechanical heart pumps (VADs)

• Offers outpatient services in one of the most advanced • Recognized as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the facilities in the Chicago area, providing easy access to a American College of wide range of specialists and services in one convenient • Accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast location. Parking garage with covered pedestrian skybridge Centers, a program of the American College of Surgeons • In 2016, the Cancer Institute’s cancer program granted • Recognized by the American College of Surgeons as an ACS three-year accreditation by the Commission on Cancer of NSQIP Meritorious Performing Hospital the American College of Surgeons • In 2018, the Medical Intensive Care Unit received a three- • One of the top hospitals nationally for ventricular assist year Silver Beacon Award for Excellence in critical care by device (VAD) surgeries and one of the first sites in the the American Association of Critical Care Nurses nation to achieve Joint Commission re-certification in the use of VADs • Home of Gilda’s Club support for cancer patients and their families • East Tower provides new Women and Infants Birthing Center and Lactation Center; additional medical and cardiac intensive care unit beds; Interfaith Chapel, Cafe 95 and parking garage with covered pedestrian skybridge.

Community Commitment

• Partnership with the Museum of Science and to • Trains more than 2,500 emergency medical technicians, offer “Live…from the Heart” – a video conference-based paramedics and other providers of emergency care each year cardiovascular education program for high school students through the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Academy – one of the largest EMS training programs in Illinois • Support of South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS) to address the health needs of the homeless • Regional Healthcare Coordination Center hospital for coordination of disaster communication/medical resources • Sponsorship of community outreach health and disease- for seven-county area; involvement in emergency prevention programs including health fairs and free health preparedness activities nationally and locally screenings, free medical clinics for under-served patients, support groups, homeless shelters and school-based • Partnership with Cure Violence, a Chicago-based violence health centers prevention outreach program

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