** About Us **
Welcome to Provena Saint Joseph Hospital - an extraordinary place of healing.
For over 100 years Provena Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin has been a leading care provider in the Fox River Valley. With more than 400 physicians on staff, 1,200 employees and 300 volunteers, Provena Saint Joseph Hospital is known for providing leading-edge care and technologies to the communities they serve.
Among the many advanced care services Provena Saint Joseph Hospital offers, the hospital provides advanced cardiac services, including nationally-recognized cardiovascular surgery. HealthGrades®, the nation's leading healthcare rating organization ranks Provena Saint Joseph Hospital Number One in the state of Illinois for cardiac surgery in 2009 and best in Elgin for the past four years in a row.
Topping the list of available high-tech cardiac care, Provena Saint Joseph's is the only hospital in the area to have a hybrid cath lab. Provena Saint Joseph Hospital's Heart & Vascular Institute also provides leading edge diagnostic and interventional catheterizations, electrophysiology laboratory, cardiac rehabilitation and cardiac diagnostics, including 64-slice CT.
When seconds count, the Elgin community counts on Provena Saint Joseph Hospital's Emergency Services, a state-designated Level II Trauma Center and a designated pediatric waiting area. And for minor emergencies, we offer ExpressCare - to get you home and healing faster.
And for advanced cancer care, the Elgin region has come to know The Bob & Edna Meadows Regional Cancer Care Center. The newly-built Center provides state-of-the-art cancer care collaboratively delivered by board-certified radiation oncologists, nurses, radiation therapists, physicists, social workers, nutritionists, hospice nurses and massage therapists.
Always growing to serve our community, Provena Saint Joseph Hospital recently completed an Expansion and Modernization Project which included a new four-story bed tower featuring all private rooms and patient-focused amenities.
** Our Mission **
Provena Saint Joseph Hospital builds communities of healing and hope by compassionately responding to human need in the spirit of Jesus Christ.
** Our Vision **
Provena Saint Joseph Hospital is known for clinical and service excellence, and is the preferred choice based on responsiveness to community needs, quality, value and innovation.
** Our Values **
Building on the faith and heritage of our founding religious congregations, we commit ourselves to these values that flow from our mission and our identity as a Catholic healthcare ministry.
* Respect
We affirm the individuality of each person through fairness, dignity, and compassion.
* Integrity
We demonstrate the courage to speak and act honestly to build trust.
* Stewardship
We use our human and economic resources responsibly with a special concern for the poor and vulnerable.
* Excellence
We achieve exceptional performance through continuous growth and development.
