St. John's Hospital (Springfield, Illinois)

St. John's Hospital, founded in 1875 by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, has 457 licensed beds and is a primary teaching hospital for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU).

St. John's Hospital
Hospital Sisters Health System
Geography
Location	Springfield, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	39.8086°N 89.6546°W / 39.8086; -89.6546
Organization
Care system	US
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Community
Affiliated university	SIU School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	457[1]
Helipad	FAA LID: 97IS
Public transit access	SMTD
History
Opened	1875
Links
Website	www.st-johns.org
Lists	Hospitals in Illinois

Located in Springfield, Illinois, St. John's is a member of the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Roman Catholic healthcare mission founded to continue the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. It is sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis.^[2]

St. John's is one of two Level One Emergency Trauma Centers a distinction it shares with Memorial Medical Center (MMC) (Springfield, Illinois) and only Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center for the Springfield area.^[3][4] St. John's is the home to the Prairie Heart Institute and AthletiCare.