Presence Health was a health care system formed by the merger of two Chicago-area Catholic health care systems, Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health. At the time, Presence Health was the second-largest health care system in the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] Presence Health was acquired by Ascension in 2018 and was integrated into AMITA Health. [2] AMITA Health split up in 2022, and former Presence Health locations took on the Ascension name. [3]
Presence Health was formed in 2011 by the merger of two Chicago-area Catholic health care systems, Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health. [1] Sandra Bruce was named CEO of the company. She had been chief executive of Resurrection Health since 2008. [1] Bruce retired from the company in July 2015. [4] In October 2015, Michael Englehart became CEO and president of Presence. [5]
In 2018, Presence Health was acquired by Ascension and integrated into AMITA Health. [2] After the merger was announced, Presence's CEO Michael Englehart stepped down. [5]