Central Dupage Hospital

Description

About Us
Central DuPage Hospital is always thinking and always caring

An independent healthcare network committed to providing excellent and compassionate care for every patient every time With a continuum of healthcare resources Central DuPage Hospital is doing more to bring patients and their families the very best in healthcare services

More attention to patients needs Central DuPage Hospital with 313
licensed beds

More experience Providing healthcare for all ages from birth to old age

More expertise Central DuPage Physician Group A network of over 50 primary
care and specialty physicians practicing in 17 locations throughout DuPage
and Kane Counties

More options A multitude of health services and facilities including our
senior living campus home health services and communitybased convenient
care centers

Our Values and Pledge
Our Values
Delivering the best healthcare in the best way is the foundation of our commitment at Central DuPage Hospital Every employee here is driven by our quotI CAREquot shared values

Integrity We constantly strive to do the right thing

Compassion We care for and about you and about each other

Accountability We freely accept responsibility for our decisions and
actions

Respect We honor the dignity in you and we honor the dignity in each other

Excellence We pursue continuous improvement in everything we do

Our Pledge to Patients
Central DuPage Hospital is a community of caregivers committed to providing excellent and compassionate patient care each and every time

Our care will be
Safe
Avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them

Effective
Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit thereby avoiding underuse and overuse of valued resources

Patientcentered
Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences needs and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions

Timely
Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care

Efficient
Avoiding waste including waste of equipment supplies ideas and energy

Equitable
Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender ethnicity geographic location and socioeconomic status

History

Our History
A Rich History of Healthcare Service
Since opening in 1964 Central DuPage Hospital has provided comprehensive medical and surgical services The hospital has grown from a 113bed acute care hospital with 66 physicians in 1964 to a 313bed fullservice medical center with a medical staff of more than 800 physicians

Still our legacy of promoting the health and wellness of area residents reaches back over a century

18971908 The Roots of Health Service Begin
The site where Central DuPage Hospital currently stands has a centurylong history of health service In 1897 Winfield Illinois was selected as the site for a familyrun rest home near what is now the main entrance to Central DuPage Hospital The twostory frame building was set on a wooded hillside with grounds that reached to the DuPage River

After the owners death in 1908 the rest home was sold A year later it reopened as the ChicagoWinfield Tuberculosis Sanatorium which was operated by three Chicagoarea charitable organizations

19081962 Expanding for Growth
Over the years more land was acquired to the east The original building was destroyed by fire and a new sanitarium was rebuilt on the same site By the late 1950s most patients were being relocated to Chicago for care In 1958 a citizens group representing the communities of Glen Ellyn Lombard Wheaton Warrenville Winfield and West Chicago was incorporated as the Central DuPage Hospital Association Their purpose to establish a hospital in the area

A communitywide fundraising drive took place With philanthropic support from local citizens businesses and friends Central Dupage hospital Association purchased the sanitarium and its land from the Jewish Federation of Chicago in 1963 and then invested another 1 million in improvements and expansion to ready it for opening day

1962 Present A Hospital Takes Shape
On September 16 1964 Central DuPage Hospital opened its doors The new 113bed hospital was the achievement of seven years of careful planning and preparation

Under a longrange development plan the hospitals size more than doubled when a new pavilion was completed in 1970 Smaller additions were added in 197172 Stage II of the longrange plan called for a new fivestory patient tower and new surgery facilities which were completed in 1976 Stage III of the longrange plan added a new birthing wing and additional surgical facilities

Today Central DuPage Hospital has tripled its licensed beds and expanded its medical staff more than tenfold from its initial size The hospital is the hub of a network that include physician practices outpatient medical centers residential facilities for aging adults occupational health facilities and other resources Despite the expansion Central DuPage Hospital remains committed to a core goal to promote the health and wellbeing of the communities it serves

Milestones in Our History
1897 Familyrun rest home opens near the site of what is now Central DuPage
Hospitals main entrance

1908 Rest home is sold to charitable organizations after death of homes
owner

1909 Facility reopens as ChicagoWinfield Tuberculosis Sanitarium

1958 Central DuPage Hospital Association is established

1963 Rebuilt sanitarium building sold to Central DuPage Hospital Association

CDH Milestones
1960s
Central DuPage Hospital opened on September 16 1964 as a 113bed community
hospital

Laboratory received first of ongoing accreditations by the College of
American Pathologists

Intensive Care Unit opened

Medical Technology training program established

Laboratory services expanded to provide 24hour coverage daily

Ground broken on March 16 1969 for Stage I expansion program

Cardiac Care Unit initiated

1970s
Same Day surgery initiated the second in the state

Became clinical training area for the College of DuPages associate degree
of nursing program

A 120bed addition opened on December 13 1970 as part of Stage I expansion

The first corneal transplant performed at CDH first in the County

The first total hip replacement operation was performed first in the County

Department of Nuclear Medicine established

Kidney Dialysis Unit opened

Pharmacy converted to unit dose system

Intermediate Nursing Unit established

Cardiac Diagnostic Lab initiated

Medical Library created

Stage II expansion completed in December 1976 adding a fivestory 112bed
patient pavilion

Introduced all new Dietary facilities and innovative Materials Management
Division

First open heart surgery program is established first in the County

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opens in 1979 first in the County

1980s
CDH opened an alcoholic treatment unit first freestanding unit in the
County

New psychiatric unit opened

Fulltime chaplain appointed to direct new Pastoral Care Department

CDH responded to the need for immediate access to nonemergency medical care
services with the development of Urgent Care at Stratford

Major construction program undertaken concentrating on new birth wing

CDH became a Level II trauma center in 1988

East Surgery Wing opened to provide highly specialized environment for eye
plastic and gastrointestinal surgeries

Center for Digestive Disorders established

MRI capabilities added

1990s
Groundbreaking for CDHs stage V initiated the construction of new Intensive
Care Unit amp Critical Care Unit and new Emergency Care Center clinical
laboratory and other updated and expanded facilities

Surgeons from Neurospine Center performed the first free vascularized
fibulaprocedure in the United States

24hour mental health crisis unit opened in Emergency Care Center assisting
more than 150 patients per month

Fourth Convenient Care and medical office building opened at River North in
Naperville

CDH became the first hospital in the world to offer spinal fusions performed
laproscopically using a biogenetically engineered allnatural material

CDH is DuPage Countys only hospital to offer the Stealth System a
neurosurgical image guided system which greatly enhances removal of brain
tumors and assists in some spinal procedures

Electrophysiology lab opened

Breast Health Center opened

Cardiac Interventional Unit opened

CDH became one of the first hospitals in the Chicago area to perform open
heart surgery on a beating heart

In 1999 CDH became the first hospital in DuPage County to receive the
States top Level III designation for Obstetrical and Neonatal services

Emergency Department recognized by the state of Illinois as an ED Approved
for Pediatrics

2000s
CDH became the first west suburban hospital to utilize computer assisted
Landmar X ENT Image Guidance system to make sinus surgery safer and more
effective

Groundbreaking took place on October 1 2002 for a new construction project
that will realign the health systems services to be more patientcentered

CDH used filmless xrays and obtained diagnostic images on computer screen
in virtually real time

CDH is named on of the Most Wired hospitals and receives Innovator
award for work with wireless for laptop and phonePDA access to data
anytimeanywhere

Roboticassisted cardiac bypass surgery performed at CDH a first in
Illinois

Women and Childrens Pavilion opens

Ambulatory Services Pavilion opens

East Surgery Pavilion opens

CDH is rated as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the United States by
Thomson a national healthcare information company