AMITA Health

AMITA Health is an interfaith health system, a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System (part of Ascension) and Adventist Midwest Health (part of AdventHealth).[1] AMITA operates several hospitals and hundreds of medical offices, among other facilities.

AMITA Health
TypeJoint operating company
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2015 (2015)[1]
Headquarters,
Area served
Chicago metropolitan area
Key people
Owners[5]
Number of employees
17,260 (2018)[5]
Websitewww.amitahealth.org

History

AMITA Health was created in February 2015 as a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System (part of Ascension) and Adventist Midwest Health (part of AdventHealth).[1] Mark Frey was named CEO of the company.[6]

In 2018, Ascension acquired Presence Health and merged it into AMITA Health.[7]

In September 2019, several executives left the company, including CEO Mark Frey.[6] In December, the company named Keith Parrott president and CEO.[3]

References

  1. Karp, Gregory (2015-04-13). "Amita Health is new name for hospital joint venture". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. "About Us". AMITA Health. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. Stephanie, Goldberg (2019-12-23). "Amita names new CEO". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  4. Vaidya, Anuja (2016-11-01). "Amita Health names G.Thor Thordarson COO & Dr. Stuart Marcus inaugural chief clinical officer". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  5. "AMITA Health Stronger Together" (PDF). AMITA Health. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. Goldberg, Stephanie (16 September 2019). "Top brass turnover comes at a bad time for Amita Health". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  7. "Presence to join Amita Health". The Herald-News. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
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