Based in Urbana, Ill., The Carle Foundation is the not-for-profit parent company of an integrated network of healthcare services.
The 325-bed regional care hospital has achieved Magnet® designation, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care and was recently named to the 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters. It offers a more advanced level of clinical expertise and technology than any area hospital, housing the area's only Level I Trauma Center as well as Level III perinatal services. The Hospital admitted more than 19,900 patients and treated more than 56,700 patients in the emergency room during 2009. The Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute bring additional advanced diagnostic and treatment options.
Carle Physician Group, the outpatient practice serving more than 200,000 unique patients annually, is comprised of more than 300 physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality care in 50 specialties located in nine communities across central Illinois.
Together known simply as Carle, Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group are proud of a long history bringing world-class health care to the residents of east central Illinois.
History Of Carle Foundation Hospital
A Brief History of Carle
In 1918, Margaret B. Carle Morris left $40,000 to the city of Urbana to help establish a hospital. Others donated the land, time and energy to make her dream a reality. From that original gift of $40,000 over ninety years ago, Carle Foundation Hospital has grown to become one of the largest healthcare providers in Illinois. And we continue to grow as we serve the health care needs of communities throughout central Illinois and beyond.
Busey Family Homestead
Built in the 1860s, this property was donated by Simeon Busey and family on August 14, 1920 to the Urbana Memorial Hospital Association (later to become Carle Foundation Hospital). The building was demolished in 1975 to make way for the Rogers Building of Carle Foundation Hospital.
Carle Foundation Hospital Today
Carle Foundation Hospital is a 325-bed tertiary care facility comprised of more than 25 departments including surgical, cardiac and neurological intensive care units, Level III Perinatal Services and 25-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the region's only Level I Trauma Center and the Carle Heart and Vascular Institute.
