AMITA Health

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AMITA Health
TypeJoint operating company
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2015; 7 years ago (2015)[1]
Headquarters
Lisle, Illinois
,
United States[2]
Area served
Chicago metropolitan area
Key people
Owners
[5]
Number of employees
17,260 (2018)[5]
Websitewww.amitahealth.org

AMITA Health is an interfaith health system, a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System and Presence Health (both part of Ascension) and Adventist Midwest Health (part of AdventHealth), as of 2021.[1] AMITA operates several hospitals and hundreds of medical offices, among other facilities, as of 2021.

History[]

AMITA Health was created in February 2015 as a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System (part of Ascension) and Adventist Midwest Health (part of AdventHealth).[1] In 2018, Ascension acquired Presence Health and merged it into AMITA Health.[6]

In September 2019, several executives left Amita Health, including original CEO Mark Frey.[7] In December, the company named Angela Campanile president and CEO.[3]

On October 21, 2021, the Ascension and AdventHealth groups announced that the joint venture would be dissolved in the future, with each member hospital remaining in one of those two groups. [8][9]

Religious heritage[]

The founders of the AMITA Health facilities are:[2]

All of the founders and of the acquired medical groups and centers, except for those of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Karp, Gregory (2015-04-13). "Amita Health is new name for hospital joint venture". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ^ a b "About AMITA Health". AMITA Health. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  3. ^ a b Stephanie, Goldberg (2019-12-23). "Amita names new CEO". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  4. ^ Vaidya, Anuja (2016-11-01). "Amita Health names G.Thor Thordarson COO & Dr. Stuart Marcus inaugural chief clinical officer". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  5. ^ a b "AMITA Health Stronger Together" (PDF). AMITA Health. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. ^ "Presence to join Amita Health". The Herald-News. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  7. ^ Goldberg, Stephanie (2019-09-16). "Top brass turnover comes at a bad time for Amita Health". Modern Healthcare. Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  8. ^ (2021-10-21). "After seven years, AMITA Health partnership breaking up". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  9. ^ a b (2021-10-21). "Amita Health splitting up, as organizations decide to go separate ways". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
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