Springfield Memorial Hospital (SMH) is a 500-bed non-profitteaching hospital located in Springfield, Illinois. Founded in 1897,[4] Springfield Memorial Hospital is one of two hospitals in the Springfield metropolitan area. It also is home to the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, a 72,000-square-foot educational learning center.[5] MMC is accredited by The Joint Commission and is recognized as a Magnet hospital.[2][6] In 2016, the hospital was the first within Illinois to be awarded the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality for leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety in patient care by the American Hospital Association.[7][8]
In the year 2015, Memorial Medical Center had 24,469 admissions, 65,821 emergency department visits, and 19,973 surgical procedures.[1][9] The Echocardiography and Vascular labs are Intersocietal Accreditation Commission accredited.[10] Inpatient rehabilitation programs at the hospital are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).[11]
The hospital originally opened on April 19, 1897, as Springfield Hospital and Training School with twelve patient beds at the corner of Fifth Street and North Grand Avenue.[4][15] The original hospital was affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, but in 1931 the church broke ties with the hospital. In 1941, the hospital was renamed to Memorial Hospital. A new building was erected in 1943 at its current campus location at First and Miller Streets with a patient capacity of 270.[16] The first kidney transplant in Springfield occurred at the hospital on October 21, 1970. The procedure lasted for five hours and the patient previously had a heart valve replaced just under nine months earlier.[17] In 1974, the hospital was renamed to Memorial Medical Center and in 2021 it was renamed to its current name, Springfield Memorial Hospital.[18]
