Proposed Advocate Hospital-Lake County click to view or print brochure

Nationally recognized for the services it offers metropolitan Chicago, Advocate Health Care looks forward to providing more residents of Lake County with vital, high quality health care.

The proposed Advocate Hospital-Lake County responds to the county’s need for increased access to health care in the region.

• April 8, 2008 Update: Advocate hospital denied by the State (more info coming soon)
• Planned Hospital Services
• About Advocate
• Our Commitment

	Where:	At the southwest corner of the intersection of Route 120 and Wilson Road, across from Baxter in the Round Lake area
	Why:	Northwest Lake County is experiencing tremendous growth and does not have an acute care hospital or emergency facilities to meet the needs of the community
	When:	Planned opening - 2010

Planned Hospital Services

• Advocate Hospital-Lake County is designed to meet community expectations for access to vital, high quality health care. The hospital will include 144 single rooms to enhance patient safety, privacy and comfort.



• The hospital will have 108 medical-surgical beds, a 16-bed intensive care unit and 20 obstetrical beds. The obstetrical service also will include six labor/delivery-recovery rooms and a Level II newborn nursery.



• Pediatric services will be provided to the community at the hospital through its close affiliation with Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital.



• The hospital is designed to include a Level II trauma center, providing immediate access to emergency services for seriously injured patients, 24 hours a day, every day.



• All medical-surgical and obstetric patient rooms will be large enough to allow overnight accommodation of a family member or loved one. A separate family room for overnight stay will be included on the intensive care unit.



• Other hospital services will include eight surgery and procedure suites, a cardiac catheterization lab, gastroenterology/endoscopy, nuclear medicine, rehabilitation, MRI and a full array of diagnostic imaging.



• Designed as an environmentally sensitive “green” building, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification will be sought for the hospital from the U.S. Green Building Council.

• Advocate meets the health care needs of individuals and families as the largest health care provider in metropolitan Chicago and the State of Illinois.



• Advocate provides outstanding clinical care, and is recognized as one of the top health care systems in the country.



• Advocate is Chicago-based, and has long-served the city and neighboring counties, including Lake County, through its more than 200 sites of care for more than 100 years.



• Advocate has the strong financial resources needed to build and maintain a state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly hospital in a growing community.



• Advocate is a faith-based, nonprofit health care system, and is guided by a mission to serve the health care needs of the community regardless of ability to pay.



• Advocate helps Chicago area communities by providing jobs, training future doctors, purchasing supplies and equipment, contracting for construction services and supporting local businesses around Advocate sites.

Our Commitment

• Advocate serves the health care needs of 3.1 million patients annually, from infants to seniors, through 10 acute care hospitals, including two children’s hospitals and a specialty hospital for extended care needs, three large medical groups and comprehensive home health and hospice services.



• Advocate proposes to make a capital investment of more than $200 million in Lake County by building a new, full-service hospital.



• Advocate is a leader in providing emergency care through four Level I and one Level II trauma centers.



• Advocate has been ranked among the nation’s top 10 health care systems for ten consecutive years by Modern Healthcare. Advocate hospitals, including Advocate Good Shepherd in Barrington and Advocate Lutheran General in Park Ridge, are nationally recognized for their clinical excellence.



• Advocate has long-served Lake County through Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, based in Lake County for 28 years, and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital/Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, located in the nearby northern suburbs for 50 years.



• Advocate, a faith-based, nonprofit health care system, provided $286 million in community services and programs in 2005, including nearly $200 million in charity and unreimbursed care.



• Advocate employs nearly 25,000 individuals, including 7,000 nurses.



• Advocate trains 2,000 medical students, residents and fellows, nurses, medical technicians and other health care professionals at its three teaching hospitals.



• Advocate provides millions of dollars to businesses through supply and equipment purchases, construction projects and support to local shops and restaurants.