Advancing health without compromise through service, scholarship, science and social responsibility.
Our mission
Our mission, vision and values
UW Health is part of a long tradition of excellence and innovation in the health sciences in both Illinois and Wisconsin.
Recognizing early a need for both healthcare education and patient care, we are proud to partner with the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Working together our physicians and researchers have pursued their fourfold mission with vision and vigor and have achieved numerous breakthroughs in medicine and health care. Their discoveries have helped extend the lives of people throughout the nation and the world.
UW Health through the years:
1918-with the leadership of Pehr August Peterson, SwedishAmerican Hospital opened in Rockford
1924-Wisconsin General Hospital opened in Madison
1925-A full four-year medical program was established at the University of Wisconsin
1979-University of Wisconsin Hospital is constructed
1995-Working with the City of Rockford, SwedishAmerican helped renovate and revitalize a neighborhood south of SwedishAmerican hospital
2006-SwedishAmerican Heart Hospital opened on the SwedishAmerican hospital campus
2007-American Family Children’s Hospital opened in Madison
2015-East Madison Hospital became the first new hospital to open in Madison since 1979
2015-SwedishAmerican Health System merged with UW Health
2021-SwedishAmerican Health System rebranded UW Health
Our mission, vision and values
As a healthcare organization, we exist for only one reason: Our patients and their families. They are at the center of our work and our mission, values and our vision of remarkable healthcare reflect our promise to them.
Remarkable healthcare.
Excellence
Innovation
Compassion
Integrity
Respect
Accountability
Diversity
Our health system
Where serious conditions meet successful treatment
UW Health cares for more than 720,000 patients each year with 1,849 employed physicians and 22,000 employees at seven hospitals and more than 80 clinic locations.
UW Health cares for more than 720,000 patients each year with 1,849 employed physicians and 22,000 employees at seven hospitals and more than 80 clinic locations.
Governed by the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority in Wisconsin they partner with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to fulfill its patient care, research, education and community services missions.
In 2015, SwedishAmerican, a community health system based in Rockford, Ill., became part of UW Health and in 2021, the UW Health brand was introduced and began rolling out across Northern Illinois. Providers in Illinois engage in education, clinical care and community service missions in partnership with the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
Our health system
UW Health is a nationally recognized health system that includes:
A 505-bed regional referral center that is home to a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center, American College of Surgeons-verified Burn Center, one of the nation's largest organ transplant programs, one of the nation's first certified comprehensive stroke centers and the UW Carbone Cancer Center, one of 41 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive centers in the country.
A 56-bed, community-based health and wellness facility.
A 111-bed comprehensive pediatric medical and surgical center with pediatric and neonatal surgical intensive care units, Level I pediatric trauma unit, verified Burn Center and a pediatric hybrid catheterization/angiography suite.
This 448-bed community-based hospital provides a complete range of medical and surgical services. UnityPoint Health-Meriter joined UW Health in 2017.
A 50-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation facility for people who have experienced stroke, brain and spinal-cord injuries, amputations, complex orthopedic injuries and other conditions requiring inpatient rehabilitative services.
Serving greater Rockford, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, SwedishAmerican features a major 339-bed acute care hospital and free-standing outpatient cancer center in Rockford, a medical center in Belvidere, a network of 30 primary care and multi-specialty clinics and the region’s largest home healthcare agency. Learn more
An inpatient/outpatient medical center with 34 beds in Belvidere, Ill.
Beloit Hospital (Beloit, Wis.)
SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center (Rockford, Ill.)
UW Cancer Center at ProHealth Care (Pewaukee, Wis.)
UW Cancer Center Johnson Creek (Johnson Creek, Wis.)
UW Cancer Center Aspirus Riverview Hospital (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.)
The state’s second-largest medical practice group, representing the 1,785 clinical faculty physicians of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
A subsidiary health insurance provider with more than 350,000 members in a 35-county region in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa.
A not-for-profit membership corporation that facilitates clinical and contracting relationships with insurance companies and regional providers.
Generations Fertility Care
Madison Surgery Center
Transformations Surgery Center
UW Cancer Center Johnson Creek
UW Health Care Direct
Wisconsin Sleep
Awards
National recognition and awards
UW Health is recognized as one of the most progressive and prominent medical centers in the country. The quality of our work is often recognized by influential organizations and media institutions.
Leadership and outreach
A commitment to quality and equitable health care
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