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Aurora Health Care fact sheet

Aurora Health Care, a not-for-profit Wisconsin integrated health care provider, was created around a single idea: There is a better way to provide health care.

• A better way for people to get the care they need in settings that are convenient and comfortable
• A better way for families to receive the services and support they need to lead healthier lives
• A better way for physicians to offer the latest technology and treatment options to their patients
• A better way for talented people working in health care to fulfill their professional callings
• A better, more cost-effective way for employers to provide for the health care of their employees
• A better way to build healthy communities

Established in 1984, Aurora has become a nationally recognized leader in efforts to improve the quality of health care. Aurora has sites in more than 90 communities throughout eastern Wisconsin, including 13 hospitals, more than 100 clinics and over 130 community pharmacies. More than 3,400 physicians are affiliated with Aurora Health Care, including more than 700 who make up Aurora Medical Group.

• Aurora offers inpatient care at 12 acute-care hospitals and one psychiatric hospital. Our hospital services include some of the nation's most respected cardiac and cancer treatment programs. The Aurora hospitals are: Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center and St. Luke's South Shore, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Aurora West Allis Medical Center including the Aurora Women's Pavilion, Aurora Psychiatric Hospital, Aurora Medical Center in Hartford, Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Memorial Hospital of Burlington, Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn, Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers, Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, and Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay.

• Aurora, in partnership with the UW Medical School, operates community clinics in the Milwaukee area, most of them in under-served neighborhoods. The clinics emphasize prevention and wellness while providing a wide range of primary care. Aurora's community outreach efforts also include an extensive parish nursing program that serves more than 35 congregations.

• Aurora offers home care and hospice services through the Aurora Visiting Nurse Association of Wisconsin, family and social services through Aurora Family Service of Milwaukee, and behavioral health care through Aurora Behavioral Health Services.
   
• Aurora operates 20 Aurora QuickCare clinics throughout eastern Wisconsin. The convenience care clinics offer fast, convenient and affordable diagnostic services and treatment for common family illnesses. They are located in pharmacies, grocery stores, shopping malls and Wal-Mart stores.

• Aurora's array of services for employers includes Aurora Occupational Health Services and the Aurora Employee Assistance Program.

• Aurora Pharmacy operates more than 130 pharmacies in eastern Wisconsin. Aurora pharmacies include freestanding community drug stores as well as pharmacies within clinics, hospitals and grocery stores.

• Other Aurora facilities and services include: Aurora Sports Medicine Institute, Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinics, Aurora Vision Center, laboratory services and durable medical equipment.

Working together, the people of Aurora are determined not only to provide services of the highest quality, but also to make those services affordable and accessible to every person in every community we serve.