Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
St. Vincent Health
Geography
LocationEvansville, Indiana, United States
Coordinates37°57′52.8″N 87°30′16.1″W / 37.964667°N 87.504472°W / 37.964667; -87.504472
Organization
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentLevel II trauma center
Public transit accessBus interchange METS
History
Former name(s)St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, St. Vincent Evansville
Links
Websitehealthcare.ascension.org/Locations/Indiana/INEVA/Evansville-Ascension-St-Vincent-Evansville/
ListsHospitals in Indiana

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (formerly St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center) is the flagship hospital of a health system in the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area located in Evansville, Indiana and is a level II trauma center. The system was started in 1872 and was formerly known as St. Mary's Health. St. Mary's Health was integrated into St. Vincent Health in 2012 to create one statewide, integrated healthcare ministry, with the name change effective in 2017.[1] St. Vincent Health is a part of Ascension Health, the nation's largest nonprofit health system and the world's largest Catholic health system.[2]

Awards

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville has three times (2011, 2016 and 2021) received Magnet Designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.[3]

References

  1. "St. Mary's Health to take on St. Vincent name". Courier & Press. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "About Our Healthcare Organization | Ascension". ascension.org. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  3. "St. Mary's receives Magnet status for second time". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 2017-07-03.


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