Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital - Features

The mission of Advocate Health Care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of God.

In fulfillment of the mission of teaching, lifelong learning and healing, Advocate sponsors and participates in undergraduate and graduate medical education programs at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.

Advocate Health Care is a faith-based, values-driven, integrated health care delivery system sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ.

Related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate's health and healing ministry began over one hundred years ago. A faith-based mission of caring has been the foundation of our heritage for over one hundred years.

Visitors may park in Lot B on the ground level in front of the hospital. Please do not park in the lot outside the emergency room unless emergency services are required. All parking is free.

Advocate Health Care, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, is the largest fully integrated not-for-profit health care delivery system in metropolitan Chicago and is recognized as one of the top 10 systems in the country.

Tracing its beginnings back 100 years, Advocate has eight hospitals with 3,500 beds and the state's largest privately held full-service home health care company among its more than 200 sites of care. More than 24,500 people work at Advocate, making it one of Chicagoland's 10 largest employers and the fourth largest in the private sector.

With more than 4,600 affiliated physicians, including almost 2,000 in physician hospital organizations (PHOs) and about 475 in three large medical groups, Advocate has Chicago's largest economically aligned physician network. Advocate's primary academic and teaching affiliation is with the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center.

Related to both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate's mission is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of God. To guide its relationships and actions, Advocate embraces the five values of compassion, equality, excellence, partnership and stewardship.

Much of Good Shepherd Hospital's success comes from the generosity of the people served within the community. The hospital is grateful to its volunteers who collectively give of themselves thousands of volunteer hours year after year. Good Shepherd Hospital offers numerous opportunities for adults and teens to use their skills and develop new ones. Volunteers are needed in many areas throughout the hospital. Joining the hospital's Auxiliary and assisting with fundraising initiatives are also ways one can help.

Good Shepherd Hospital, part of Advocate Health Care's network is located on Highway 22, west of Route 59 and north of Barrington, a northwest suburb of Chicago.

The Tri-State Tollway I-294 is east of the hospital. When approaching from the highway, exit on Half Day Road (Highway 22) and go west.
From Route 53, exit west on Lake-Cook Road and turn north on Rand Road (Route 12). Proceed to Highway 22 and turn west to the hospital.
From Rand Road proceed north to Highway 22 and then head west to the hospital.
From Northwest Highway (Route 14), proceed to Route 59 and go north to Highway 22, then west on Highway 22 to the hospital.
From Barrington, take Route 59 north to Highway 22 and go west.
From the suburbs of Cary, Fox River Grove and Crystal Lake, proceed south on Route 14 to Highway 22, then east on Highway 22 to the hospital.

As the philanthropic arm of Advocate Health Care, the Foundation's mission is to build relationships and partnerships across Chicagoland that will inspire charitable giving by individuals, foundations, corporations and organizations. These gifts help to support the mission of Advocate Health Care to improve the health status of the communities it serves. Advocate Charitable Foundation's philanthropic program focuses on attracting national, regional and local support for patient care, education, research and community-based health services across Advocate's more than 260 sites of care.

Advocate's hospitals, health centers, physician offices, and other sites of care are integral parts of the communities we are privileged to serve. Providing quality health care to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week tells only part of our story. Advocate provides critical community benefits - totaling more than $286.7 million in 2005 - including:

Charity care and other uncompensated care for qualified patients requiring our compassionate assistance
Subsidized services and programs to meet community health needs, including free health and wellness events
Education for future health care professionals Interpreter and translations services for patients and families
Volunteer services both in Advocate hospitals and out in the community
Donations to support community and religious organizations

As the number one health care network in the country, Advocate Health Care offers Chicago-area consumers a wide variety of health and wellness services. In addition to acute care and outpatient services at more than 200 sites of care, Advocate brings care to you at home through its home health services, gives you special attention through such programs as Senior Advocate and Baby Advocate, works with local employers to offer wellness and fitness programs to you at work, and provides personalized service through its HealthAdvisor (1.800.3ADVOCATE) physician referral and health information line.