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Advocate Lutheran Gen Hosp |
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1775 Dempster Street |
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Park Ridge |
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Illinois |
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USA |
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60068 |
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847 723 2210 |
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AdvocateWeb@advocatehealth.com |
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Specialization Of Advocate Lutheran Gen Hosp
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Obestetrician/Gynecologist |
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About Advocate Lutheran Gen Hosp
** Mission, Values, and Philosophy **
Related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate's health and healing ministry began over one hundred years ago. A faith-based mission of caring has been the foundation of our heritage for over one hundred years.
** Mission **
"The mission of Advocate Health Care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of God."
** Values **
Advocate exists to serve. The core values of compassion, equality, excellence, partnership, and stewardship guide our actions as we work together to provide health services to others in our communities.
EQUALITY ** We affirm the worth and spiritual freedom of each person and treat all people with respect, integrity and dignity.
COMOASSION ** We embrace the whole person and respond to emotional, ethical and spiritual concerns, as well as physical needs in our commitment to unselfishly care for others.
EXCELLENCE ** We empower people to continually improve the outcomes of our service, to advance quality and to increase innovation and openness to new ideas.
PARTNERSHIP ** We collaborate as employees, physicians, volunteers and community leaders to utilize the talents and creativity of all persons.
STEWARDSHIP ** We are responsible and accountable for all that we are, have and do.
** Philosophy **
The care we provide is wholistic. This philosophy means we understand people have physical, emotional and spiritual needs and their relations to God, themselves, their families and society are vital to health and healing. Finally, we believe all people are created in the image of God. All human beings live under God's care and must be treated with dignity and respect.
The mission, values, and philosophy of Advocate are often referred to as the "MVP." By integrating them into every aspect of the organizations, these principles have strengthened the foundation of the Advocate culture in which we all work and serve.
** We believe each person is created in the image of God.
** We respect, include and serve people without regard to race, religion, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation or socio-economic status.
** We seek to assure the spiritual freedom of all persons.
** We extend our concern for the whole person to our patients, employees, physicians, volunteers, trustees and their families.
** We address clinical, business, corporate and social-ethical issues from a faith perspective and assist individuals, families and professions in the resolution of these issues.
** We are guided by the principles of justice in addressing our social responsibility as a corporate citizen in this society.
** We are responsible and accountable in the spirit of stewardship for all the resources under our management to assure the accomplishment of our Mission.
** We believe in effective collaboration with those individuals and entities interested in addressing the health care needs of our region
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History Of Advocate Lutheran Gen Hosp
** Lutheran General HealthSystem ("LGHS") **
Statement of Origin
Founded in 1897 by Norwegians who had settled on the Northwest Side of Chicago, LGHS originally was known as the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital. It carried on a broad community program of social work and care for court-adjudicated youths, as well as operating a hospital and a training school for nurses and deaconesses. In 1904, the organization came under the control of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America, which later evolved into the Evangelical Lutheran Church, The American Lutheran Church, and now the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The greatest period of growth for LGHS began in 1959 when Lutheran General Hospital was opened in Park Ridge, Illinois. At the same time, the Lutheran Institute of Human Ecology was formed to establish ministries in alcoholism and substance abuse, senior services, parish nursing, bio-ethics and medical education. LGHS grew into a vertically integrated service organization committed to providing a continuum of health care for its communities.
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