Northwest Community Hospital | |
Org/Group: | NorthShore University HealthSystem |
Location: | 800 W. Central Road |
Region: | Arlington Heights |
State: | Illinois 60005 |
Country: | US |
Type: | Acute care |
Specialty: | Multispecialty |
Emergency: | Level 2 Trauma Center |
Affiliation: | None |
Coordinates: | 42.0684°N -87.9922°W |
Beds: | 489 |
Founded: | December 2, 1959 |
Northwest Community Hospital (NCH) is a 489-bed acute care hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1959, the hospital serves 200,000 outpatients and 20,000 inpatients annually. The hospital operates a Level 2 Trauma Center, Level III NICU, a pediatric emergency department and a Primary Stroke Center. NCH has four Immediate Care locations in the northwest suburbs and operates a walk-in clinic in Palatine.
NCH has a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians, which includes the board-certified primary care doctors and specialists of the NCH Medical Group.
Northwest Community Hospital was established in 1959.[1] In January 2021, NorthShore University HealthSystem acquired Northwest Community Hospital.[2] With the merger, Northwest Community Hospital became the sixth hospital in the NorthShore Health system.