Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is a not-for-profit, Catholic health care system and housing organization sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, of Wheaton, Illinois. The system became a subsidiary of Ascension Health when the two merged in 2015. It operates more than 100 health and shelter service organizations in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. [1] The system has 18 hospitals, three long-term care facilities, and 70 clinics. [2] Wheaton has 21,626 employees, including 3,543 physicians. [3] The company's registered name is Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc. [4]
In 2016, the southeast Wisconsin operations and facilities of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare became part of Ascension Health, Wisconsin. [5]
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