Adventist Glenoaks Hospital

THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A 143 BED HOSPITAL.

THE FILING ORGANIZATION DOES BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AMITA HEALTH ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER GLENOAKS (AMITA HEALTH GLENOAKS, OR THE HOSPITAL). THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS PART OF ADVENTHEALTH, IS A 143-BED ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL IN GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, THAT HAS SERVED THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE GLENDALE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS SINCE 1980. LOCATED AT 701 WINTHROP AVENUE, THE HOSPITAL IS A FULL-SERVICE HOSPITAL THAT INCLUDES THE LAGATTUTA CENTER FOR HEALTH (THE CENTER), A TWO-STORY FACILITY THAT PROVIDES OUTPATIENT AND ONCOLOGY SERVICES. THE CENTER HOUSES TIME-SHARE PHYSICIAN OFFICES, ALLOWING THE HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE SUBSPECIALTY CARE ON ITS CAMPUS. SPECIALTY CARE AND OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE HOSPITAL INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY/HEARTCARE, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, DIALYSIS, DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE, GASTROENTEROLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, LABORATORY, OBSTETRICS, OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPIES, ONCOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, OUTPATIENT PHARMACY, PAIN MANAGEMENT, PODIATRY AND SURGERY. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PT SOLUTIONS, THE HOSPITAL ALSO OPERATES THREE OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL REHABILITATION SITES IN BLOOMINGDALE, GLENDALE HEIGHTS AND WHEATON, ILLINOIS. IN 2018, THE HOSPITAL OPENED A HEPATITIS-C CLINIC DEDICATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE, WHICH KILLS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE A YEAR.FROM NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND AESTHETIC UPDATES TO ALL-PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS IN THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNITS, RECENT RENOVATIONS AT THE HOSPITAL HAVE PLACED WORLD-CLASS MEDICAL SERVICES IN AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO PATIENTS' COMFORT AND CARE. THE RENOVATIONS ALSO HAVE RAISED THE HOSPITAL'S RECOGNITION LEVEL IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE ENHANCED THE HOSPITAL'S ABILITY TO ATTRACT HIGH-QUALITY PHYSICIANS.THE HOSPITAL'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SERVING COMMUNITY NEEDS IS BEST EXEMPLIFIED BY ITS THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL (THE SCHOOL), WHICH WORKS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND THERAPIES AT TWO LOCATIONS (GLENDALE HEIGHTS AND NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS) FOR MORE THAN 200 THIRD- TO 12TH-GRADE STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DISORDERS. THE SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS A TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR ITS GRADUATES AS THEY PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR THE WORKFORCE. FOUNDED IN 1994, THE PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.THE MODERNIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF AMITA HEALTH GLENOAKS HAVE CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF HEALTHCARE AUTHORITIES WHO MEASURE HOSPITAL QUALITY AND SAFETY. THE HOSPITAL IS CERTIFIED AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION AND HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL QUALITY APPROVAL FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION. THE HOSPITAL ALSO HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A BLUE DISTINCTION CENTER+ BY THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION FOR DELIVERING SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY AND COST-EFFICIENT MATERNITY CARE. IN 2018, CRIBS FOR KIDS CERTIFIED THE HOSPITAL AS A GOLD SAFE SLEEP CHAMPION FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO REDUCING INFANT SLEEP-RELATED DEATHS THROUGH INFANT-SAFE-SLEEP BEST PRACTICES AND EDUCATION. ALSO IN 2018, AMINO, A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED HEALTHCARE DATA COMPANY, RANKED AMITA HEALTH GLENOAKS FOURTH IN THE COMPANY'S RANKINGS OF THE TOP FIVE LEAST-EXPENSIVE HOSPITALS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.IN 2021, THE HOSPITAL TREATED 5,154 INPATIENTS, PERFORMED 501 INPATIENT SURGERIES AND DELIVERED 266 BABIES. THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL STAFF INCLUDES OVER 300 PHYSICIANS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 27 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALTIES.THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES CARE FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, HOMELESS AND THOSE WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC AID. IN 2021, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED $2,480,843 OF CHARITY CARE AT COST. THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO $ 68,465 IN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICES.ABOUT ADVENTIST MIDWEST HEALTHTHE HOSPITAL IS A SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATION OF ADVENTIST MIDWEST HEALTH (AMH), A NETWORK OF FOUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS AND THEIR OUTPATIENT-BASED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN CHICAGO'S WESTERN SUBURBS. AMH TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WELLNESS, ADDRESSING THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. AMH'S HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE INTEGRAL TO THE FABRIC OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AMH PARTNERS WITH LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENTS AND PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK. AS PART OF ADVENTHEALTH, THE LARGEST, NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROTESTANT HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN THE NATION, AMH IS GROUNDED IN CHRISTIAN VALUES AND COMMITTED TO EXTENDING THE HEALING MINISTRY OF CHRIST. AMH WELCOMES PATIENTS FROM ANY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION AS WELL AS PATIENTS WHO DO NOT ASCRIBE TO ANY RELIGION.IN FEBRUARY 2015, AMH AND ALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM (ABHS) FORMED A JOINT OPERATING COMPANY (JOC). A JOC ALLOWS SEPARATE OWNERS TO INTEGRATE OPERATIONS TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL WHILE MAINTAINING SEPARATE OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS. IT ALSO ALLOWS AMH AND ABHS TO WORK IN UNISON WHILE PRESERVING THE ADVENTIST AND CATHOLIC IDENTITIES AND MISSION PRIORITIES THAT DEFINE AMH AND ABHS, RESPECTIVELY. IN APRIL 2015, ALEXIAN BROTHERS-AHS MIDWEST REGION HEALTH CO., D/B/A AMITA HEALTH, WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NEW NAME OF THE JOC. THE NAME AMITA IS INSPIRED BY THE MEANING IT HAS IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES -- FRIENDSHIP IN ITALIAN, HONESTY AND TRUTH IN HEBREW, AND SPIRITUAL LIGHT AND BOUNDLESSNESS IN HINDI. THE NAME REFLECTS AMITA HEALTH'S FAITH-BASED CALL TO HEALING, ITS CORE VALUES, AND THE COMPASSION AND DEDICATION THAT ITS CAREGIVERS SHOW EVERY DAY TO PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND EACH OTHER.AMITA HEALTH GLENOAKS SERVICES DIAGNOSTIC SERVICESAMITA HEALTH GLENOAKS' DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES INCLUDE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES, WHICH ARE ACCREDITED BY NATIONALLY AND STATE RECOGNIZED AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONS, SUCH AS THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS, THE CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS AND THE JOINT COMMISSION.DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES OFFERED INCLUDE:-- DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING (GENERAL X-RAY, CT, MRI, ULTRASOUND, NUCLEAR MEDICINE)-- BREAST-CARE SERVICES (SCREENING, BREAST BIOPSY ULTRASOUND, BONE DENSITOMETRY, AND GENETIC COUNSELING) -- CARDIOLOGY (CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS [EKGS], STRESS TESTING, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, HOLTER MONITORING OF ARRHYTHMIAS)-- PULMONARY DIAGNOSTICS (ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS)-- GASTROENTEROLOGY (COLONOSCOPY, BRONCHOSCOPY)-- LABORATORY/PATHOLOGY (CHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, CYTOLOGY, PHLEBOTOMY, TRANSFUSION SERVICES)EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTEMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE IS PROVIDED 24/7 FOR ALL AGES AND TYPES OF PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR SUCH SERVICES.OUTPATIENT SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2020: -- 1,366 OUTPATIENT SURGERIES-- 19,403 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS.