OSF HealthCare history

On the wall near the start is a timeline of Catholic health care institutions in the diocese, ranging from the establishment of St Francis Hospital in Peoria in 1878 to the proposed $237 million OSF Cancer Care Center.

On January 2, 1880, the Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis not-for-profit corporation was incorporated.

In 1884, five sisters were sent to Escanaba, Michigan, to begin working at Delta County Hospital.

By then, the Sisters were already operating St Anthony Hospital, which they established in Rockford, Illinois, in 1899.

In 1915, the Sisters purchased that hospital and renamed it OSF St Francis Hospital.

In 1957, the Management Services and Materials Management, now known as Finance and Accounting, Materials Management and Supply Chain divisions, were established.

The hospital in Rockford moved in 1963 to a new facility as present day OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Later that year, St Joseph's Hospital in Bloomington, Illinois, was established, moving in 1968 to its present site today as OSF St Joseph Medical Center.

That same year, the Central Administration Office was established, renamed the Corporate Office in 1987 and today is known as Ministry Services.

In 1990, OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois was officially established within OSF Saint Francis Medical Center as a pediatric hospital.

On September 1, 2008, HeartCare Midwest, Ltd., was purchased by OSF Healthcare System.

In 2009, Cardiovascular Institute, an OSF LLC, was organized to provide professional services of cardiologists in the Rockford, Illinois, area.

In 2010, the OSF Multispecialty Group – Western Region, LLC, was organized for specialty physician services in the Galesburg, Illinois, area.

The Supportive Care and Employer Services divisions were established in 2011, as was Preferred Emergency Physicians of Illinois, LLC, which provides emergency medicine physician services to various Illinois hospitals.

In 2013, Jump Simulation was established in partnership with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.