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Carle Fact Sheet

Based in Urbana, Ill.,The Carle Foundation is the not-for-profit parent company of an integrated network of healthcare services. At its core are Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Physician Group and Health Alliance Medical Plans. The 325-bed regional care hospital has achieved Magnet® designation, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. The Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute bring additional advanced diagnostic and treatment options.

Carle Physician Group, the outpatient practice serving more than 200,000 unique patients annually, is comprised of more than 300 physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality care in 50 specialties located in nine communities across central Illinois. As an integrated system, Carle remains a committed partner in strengthening the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

Carle offers:

• The area's only Level I Trauma Center
• The area's only independent Level III Perinatal Service
• Top 100 Hospital in the nation
• Primary Stroke Center
• 11 regional clinic locations
• 25 departments including surgical, cardiovascular and neonatal ICUs
• The primary teaching hospital for the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign

View the complete list of 2010 operating statistics (PDF).

Accreditations

• Magnet Status for excellence in nursing care
• The Joint Commission Full Accreditation
• The Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Accreditation
• Re-designation as a Level I Trauma Center by the Illinois Department of Public Health
• Full accreditation for Inpatient Rehab, including Stroke Specialty, by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Accreditation as a Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
• Accreditation for AirLife by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems
• Certificate of Accreditation with commendations for the Carle Cancer Registry from the Commission on Cancer; Carle is a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program approved through 2011
• Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP)

Awards & Accomplishments

• Top 100 Hospital by Thomson Reuters
• #1 in the state for Cardiology Services in 2012 by HealthGrades
• #2 in the state for Coronary Interventional Procedures in 2012
• Top 5 percent nationally for cardiology services, stroke care, overall pulmonary services and critical care (two years in a row)
• Top 5 percent nationally for neurosciences, coronary interventional procedures and GI medical treatment in 2012
• Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ (three years in a row)
• Cardiac Care Excellence Award™, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™, Stroke Care Excellence Award™ and Critical Care Excellence Award™ (two years in a row)
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure (seven years in a row)
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Attack (four years in a row)
• Five-Star Rated for Cardiology Services (three years in a row)
• Five-Star Rated for Coronary Interventional Procedures (three years in a row)
• Five-Star Rated for Overall Pulmonary Services (three years in a row)
• Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award™
• Women's Health Excellence Award™
• Listed 4th in the state of Illinois for fastest door to dilation as reported in the Chicago Tribune using data from the government’s Medicare Compare website
• Consumer Choice Award from National Research Corporation

Carle History

For nearly a century, Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group have shared a vision for providing high-quality health care.

The history of these entities began in 1918 when Margaret Burt Carle Morris left $40,000 to the City of Urbana, Ill. for the purpose of starting a hospital. Her donation led to the creation of The Urbana Memorial Hospital Association. Her name – Carle – has been maintained, an enduring testimony to the roots of the organization.

In 1931, J.C. Thomas Rogers and Hugh L. Davison, two physicians from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, moved to Urbana and opened what was then called Carle Memorial Hospital and the Rogers-Davison Clinic. Housed in the abandoned Eastern Illinois Medical Sanitarium, the Clinic and 15-bed Hospital introduced the concept of multi-specialty group practice to the area.

Though the Clinic and Hospital were separated into two distinct organizations in 1946, they were reunited on April 1, 2010 and continue to provide high-quality health care and advancements in medical research.

Together known simply as Carle, Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group are proud of a long history bringing world-class health care to the residents of east central Illinois.

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