Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a 333-bed community hospital located in Downers Grove, in the US state Illinois. The hospital opened in 1976, and operates the only Level I trauma center in the county of DuPage. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Advocate Aurora Health
Main entrance to the hospital
Geography
Location	Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41°49′04.822″N 88°00′31.856″W[1]
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Community
Affiliated university	None
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	333[3]
Helipad	FAA LID: 0IL4
Public transit access	Pace
History
Opened	1976
Links
Website	www.advocatehealth.com/gsam/
Lists	Hospitals in Illinois

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has earned a spot on the 100 Top Hospitals list five times.^[4]

Services

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has 333 beds, and more than 1,000 physicians representing 63 specialties. There are 2,600 employees at the hospital, and services include: cardiology, orthopedic surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology, stroke care, obstetrics and gynecology, low dose diagnostic imaging, and a comprehensive breast center. The emergency department is the only Level I trauma center in DuPage County.^[5]

The hospital has level III designation for obstetric, perinatal and neonatal services, which is the highest designation in the state.^[6]

Awards and recognition

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is the only health care provider in Illinois to have earned the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the highest presidential honor for performance excellence.^[7]

• 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks Study, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014^[8]
• Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services, 2009–14^[9]
• 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, 2011^[4]
• Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois^[4]
• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence^[4]
• Lincoln Gold Award for Achievement of Excellence, 2010^[4]
• Practice Greenhealth Environmental Leadership Circle Award, 2012, 2013^[4]

See also

• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
• Advocate Sherman Hospital

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Samaritan Hospital
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Samaritan Hospital
3. "Fact Sheet" (PDF). Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
4. "awards – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL – Western Suburbs". Advocate Health. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
5. "outpatient sites of care". Advocatehealth.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
6. "high-risk services – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL – Western Suburbs". Advocate Health. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
7. "Baldrige Award recipient". Advocate Health. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
8. Thomson Reuters Archived June 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
9. Nurses Credentialing Center Archived 2010-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website