Based in Urbana, IL, The Carle Foundation is a vertically integrated health system with more than 7,000 employees in its hospitals, physician group, health plan and associated healthcare operations.
Serving a population of over 1.4 million people across 41 counties in Illinois and five in Indiana, Carle provides patient-focused, world-class care with a dedication to research and education.
The 413-bed Carle Foundation Hospital is the region’s only Level I Trauma Center and offers Level III perinatal services. Carle ranked in 2018 as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a Best Hospital by U.S. News and World Report and has achieved Magnet® designation, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. In addition, Carle secured Great Place to Work in Healthcare® honors in 2018. The system also includes the 24-bed critical-access Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center, the 134-bed Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, and Carle Physician Group with more than 500 doctors.
Carle’s Centers for Excellence include Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute, Carle Neuroscience Institute, Carle Digestive Health Institute and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute. Carle Illinois College of Medicine is the world’s first engineering-based college of medicine. And the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute enables clinicians and scientists to partner in solving some of today’s most pressing health issues.
Part of the Carle system, Health Alliance is a leading provider-driven health plan serving nearly a quarter-million members in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Washington. In 2017 and 2018, Health Alliance was awarded by J.D. Power for highest member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the Illinois and Indiana Region.