St. John's Visitor's Center

St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, was founded in 1875 by the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and is an affliate of Hospital Sisters Health System. As a regional healthcare center, we provide tertiary care for the residents of central and southern Illinois.

St. John's Prairie Heart Institute is recognized as a national leader in cardiac services and is home to the largest heart program in Illinois. Prairie Heart offers a wide range of specialized surgical procedures and sophisticated diagnostic services for cardiology and vascular patients.

St. John's Children's Hospital provides neonatal intensive care, a Level III Perinatal Center, pediatric critical care, pediatric inpatient services and pediatric rehabiltation.

Other specialty areas include adult intensive care, a comprehensive Cancer Institute, stroke center/neurosciences, a regional wound care center and orthopedic care, including the sports medicine program, AthletiCare. St. John's also offers adult day care, home health services and inpatient and home hospice care.

St. John's shares responsibility as the Level I Trauma Center in partnership with Memorial Medical Center and SIU School of Medicine. The two hospitals alternate responsibility for the trauma center annually. St. John's uses an air/ground transport program for critically ill patients.

As St. John's Hospital grows and moves into the future, staff remain committed to the Hospital Sisters' philosophy -- "To serve suffering humanity for his sake."

Campus Information

View our facilities and campus dining, get the phone number you need through Contact Info and make note of our visiting hours.

Patient Information

Review our pre-registration process, get questions answered about your bill and learn about our Pastoral Care services.

Travel Information

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For a list of other hotels and other area attractions,
please visit the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau web site
or call 217-789-2360