OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
OSF Healthcare System
2006 expansion (The Milestone Project), looking northwest (new ER and children's hospital completed 2010)
Geography
LocationPeoria, Illinois, United States
Coordinates40°42′10″N 89°35′28″W / 40.70278°N 89.59111°W / 40.70278; -89.59111
Organization
Care systemCharity (extensive source of area discounted or pro-bono care)
TypeTeaching
Religious affiliationFranciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Affiliated universitySaint Francis College of Nursing, University of Illinois College of Medicine
PatronFranciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center (adult and pediatric)
Beds649
Public transit access CityLink
History
Opened1876
Links
Websitehttp://www.osfsaintfrancis.org/
ListsHospitals in Illinois

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States, is a teaching hospital for the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and part of the OSF Healthcare System. The center, which is the largest hospital in the Peoria metropolitan area and in central Illinois, is designated by the state of Illinois as the Level I adult and pediatric regional trauma center for a 26-county region in mid-Illinois.

OSF Saint Francis owns the Children's Hospital of Illinois (though the hospital has its own President), the OSF Saint Francis Heart Hospital, the Illinois Neurological Institute, and the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, which are all located either in or near the Medical Center. The hospital is a clinical training hospital for many medical students, interns, residents, and fellows of the Peoria campus of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

It is the largest Level I trauma center for adults and children between the Chicago, Rockford and St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the fourth largest hospital in all of Illinois.