Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a 333-bed

community hospital A community hospital can be purely a nominal designation or have a more specific meaning. When specific, it refers to a hospital that is accessible to the general public and provides a general or specific medical care which is usually short-term, i ...

located in

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, in the US state

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. The hospital opened in 1976, and operates the only

Level I trauma center A trauma center, or trauma centre, is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major trauma, major traumatic injuries such as Falling (accident), falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. The term "tra ...

in the county of DuPage. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a part of

Advocate Aurora Health Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) was a non-profit, faith-based hospital network with dual headquarters located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Downers Grove, Illinois. In 2021, the AAH system had 26 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care, with ...

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

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 Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

orthopedic surgery Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

general surgery General surgery is a Surgical specialties, surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and Abdomen, abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, Appendix (anatomy ...

gastroenterology Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- "belly", -énteron "intestine", and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract, sometime ...

, stroke care,

obstetrics and gynecology Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obst and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and t ...

, low dose diagnostic imaging, and a comprehensive breast center. The

emergency department An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the Acute (medicine), ...

is the only

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

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 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the highest formal recognition of the performance excellen ...

—the highest presidential honor for performance excellence. * 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks Study, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services, 2009–14Nurses Credentialing Center
* 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, 2011 * Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois * Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence * Lincoln Gold Award for Achievement of Excellence, 2010 * Practice Greenhealth Environmental Leadership Circle Award, 2012, 2013

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* {{authority control Hospital buildings completed in 1976 Downers Grove, Illinois Buildings and structures in DuPage County, Illinois Hospitals in Illinois Hospitals established in 1976 1976 establishments in Illinois Trauma centers

Services

Awards and recognition

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