Mission, Values and Philosophy

Advocate Health Care and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital are committed to serving the health needs of individuals and their families through a wholistic, faith-based philosophy. Customer service is our priority and we provide care based on equality, compassion, excellence, partnership and stewardship.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is a 609-bed teaching, research and referral hospital, Level I trauma center and is ranked among the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation. It is part of Advocate Health Care, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, which has been ranked as one of the nation's top health care systems for the past five years. Advocate has more than 24,500 employees, 4,600 affiliated physicians and 200 sites of care in metropolitan Chicago, including eight acute care hospitals and two children's hospitals. Advocate is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization related to both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ.