St. Vincent will add Ascension to its name as part of a national effort to make it clearer and easier for patients to access the care they need and to navigate their health. In moving toward a unified name, St. Vincent will change its name to Ascension St. Vincent and adopt the Ascension logo.
By creating more consistent names for its facilities and services across the country, Ascension will better connect every aspect of care and innovation across its hospitals and other sites of care.
Since 1999, St. Vincent has been part of Ascension, the nation’s leading non-profit health system, with 2,600 sites of care and 34,000 providers in 21 states and Washington, D.C.
“We have established a strong reputation for exceptional care at St. Vincent and connecting our care across states allows us to think bigger and create a national reputation of excellence in the compassionate care we provide close to home,” said St. Vincent CEO and Ascension Indiana Ministry Market Executive Jonathan Nalli. “Adding the Ascension name to our own reflects the strength of being part of this national network.”
Patients will continue to see the doctor they know and trust, but that physician is connected to other experts and specialists across the state and across the country, all dedicated to providing care specific to their individual needs.
Innovations made possible through St. Vincent’s work as part of Ascension will enable patients and their families to connect with their caregivers when, where and how they need it. With Ascension, St. Vincent will also continue to develop ways to improve communication and convenient access to care through accessible locations as well as through phones and computers.
“The patients and families we serve have high expectations for excellent, personalized care delivered easily and conveniently,” said Ascension Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Nick Ragone. “By creating consistent names across Ascension facilities and services nationwide, we’re making it easier for patients to access the care they need and expanding our efforts to deliver high-quality, affordable care for everyone with special attention to those most in need.”
St. Vincent joins Ascension systems in three other states in beginning the move to a unified name, which will take place within the next year. Last October, Ascension’s sites of care in Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Florida and New York adopted the Ascension name.
About Ascension St. Vincent
In Indiana, Ascension St. Vincent operates 24 hospitals in addition to a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices and clinics serving central and southern Indiana and employs more than 15,000 associates. Across the state, St. Vincent provided more than $323 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in fiscal year 2017. Serving Indiana for 145 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 21 states and the District of Columbia. To learn more, visit stvincent.org.