Carle Foundation Hospital

Carle Foundation Hospital
Carle Hospital looking NE
Map
Geography
LocationUrbana, Illinois, United States
Services
Emergency departmentLevel 1 Trauma Center
Beds489
Public transit accessBus transport MTD
History
Opened1931 (1931)
Links
Websitewww.carle.org
ListsHospitals in Illinois

Carle Foundation Hospital is a 489-bed[1] regional care hospital in Urbana, Illinois, United States, that has achieved Magnet designation. It is owned by the not-for-profit (NFPO) Carle Foundation, which also consists of Carle Physician Group and Health Alliance Medical Plans. It is the region's only level-1 trauma center.[2]

The Carle Health system also includes Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Eureka Hospital, Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center, Carle Methodist Hospital, Carle Pekin Hospital, Carle Proctor Hospital, and Carle Richland Memorial Hospital.[3]

The hospital is part of a vertically integrated system[3] led by James Leonard, President and CEO since 2000. He has served Carle since the early 1980s.[4] It is the primary teaching hospital for the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, the medical school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  1. ^ "Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care". www.healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov. 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Foundation Hospital". Carle. September 4, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "About Us/History". Carle. 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Roney, Kathleen (May 3, 2012). "CEO Dr. James Leonard: Primary Care Past Leads Decision-Making for Carle Foundation Hospital". Becker's Hospital Review. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2019.