Presence Health
Presence Health is a health care system formed by the merger of two Chicago-area Catholic health care systems, Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health. At the time, Presence Health was the second-largest health care system in the Chicago metropolitan area.[1] Presence Health was acquired by Ascension in 2018 and was integrated into AMITA Health.[2]
History
Presence Health was formed in 2011 by the merger of two Chicago-area Catholic health care systems, Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health.[1] Sandra Bruce was named CEO of the company. She had been chief executive of Resurrection Health since 2008.[1] Bruce retired from the company in July 2015.[3] In October 2015, Michael Englehart became CEO and president of Presence.[4]
In 2018, Presence Health was acquired by Ascension and integrated into AMITA Health.[2] After the merger was announced, Presence's CEO Michael Englehart stepped down.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Schorsch, Kristen (February 17, 2012). "Presence Health is new name of combined Provena-Resurrection". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ a b Schencker, Lisa (December 19, 2018). "Ten Presence hospitals getting a name change". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ Kapos, Shia (24 July 2015). "For retiring hospital CEO, uncertainty is part of the attraction". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Elejalde-Ruiz, Alexia (8 March 2018). "Presence Health CEO resigns a week after Amita merger". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
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