Presence Health was a health care system formed by the merger of two
Chicago-area Catholic health care systems, Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health. At the time, Presence Health was the second-largest health care system in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Presence Health was acquired by
Ascension
Ascension or ascending may refer to:
Religion
* "Ascension", the belief in some religions that some individuals have ascended into Heaven without dying first. The Catholic concept of the Assumption of Mary leaves open the question of her deat ...
in 2018 and was integrated into
AMITA Health
AMITA Health was an interfaith health system formed as 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, AMITA operated 19 hosp ...
.
AMITA Health split up in 2022, and former Presence Health locations took on the Ascension name.
History
Presence Health was formed in 2011 by the merger of two
Chicago-area Catholic health care systems, Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health.
Sandra Bruce was named CEO of the company. She had been chief executive of Resurrection Health since 2008.
Bruce retired from the company in July 2015.
In October 2015, Michael Englehart became CEO and president of Presence.
In 2018, Presence Health was acquired by Ascension and integrated into AMITA Health.
After the merger was announced, Presence's CEO Michael Englehart stepped down.
References
External links
AMITA Health
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Healthcare in Chicago
Medical and health organizations based in Illinois
Catholic hospital networks in the United States