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In 1911, in response to a great need for healthcare services in Rockford, the city's growing Swedish community, under the leadership of Pehr August Peterson, decided to build a new hospital. [2] Swedish American Hospital, founded in 1911, opened its doors to its first patient on July 18, 1918 with the completion of a 55-bed, US$175,000 facility ...
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In 2012, Providence acquired Swedish Health Services in Seattle, Washington, [7] promoting Rod Hochman from C.E.O. of Swedish to President and C.E.O. of Providence in 2013. [8] In 2014, Providence entered a similar partnership with Pacific Medical Centers, which joined Swedish as part of Providence's Western HealthConnect division. [ 9 ]
Rockford Hospital opened in 1855 and was the city's first hospital. By 1913, the hospital outgrew its 11-patient capacity in a made-over home at South Court and Chestnut streets, and a 30-patient hospital was built, with the hospital's name being changed to Rockford Memorial Hospital in 1942.
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Dec. 4—Starting Tuesday, Dec. 5, Providence Swedish will require masks in all areas where patient care is administered. In a Monday announcement, the health care provider announced that due to a ...
Swedish Health Services (formerly Swedish Medical Center) is a nonprofit healthcare provider in the Seattle metropolitan area.It operates five hospital campuses (in the Seattle neighborhoods of First Hill, Cherry Hill and Ballard, and the cities of Edmonds and Issaquah), ambulatory care centers in the cities of Redmond and Mill Creek, and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 100 ...
The medical center also operates Rockford Cardiovascular Associates. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Illinois Neurosciences Institute is located at the medical center. [ 7 ] OSF SAMC surgeons perform 60% of open heart surgery cases in Rockford, making OSF SAMC the community leader in open heart surgery.