MacNeal Hospital is a 349-licensed-bed teaching hospital and a member of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health. The hospital has served the community for more than a century, is home to Illinois’ first family medicine residency program and serves as a designated primary stroke center. In August 2024, the hospital received Magnet with distinction designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, becoming the 11th hospital in the nation to earn that top honor. The hospital earned the “Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award” from the American Heart Association in 2025, received “Blue Distinction Center+” recognition from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for both maternal medicine and hip and knee replacement care, and was recognized as a “Meritorious Performer” by the American College of Surgeons national surgical quality improvement program in 2025, placing it among only 43 hospitals in the nation to achieve that distinction. In partnership with Housing Forward, the hospital launched Sojourner House, the first medical respite program in suburban Cook County. In fiscal year 2024, MacNeal Hospital discharged more than 9,600 patients and received more than 51,000 emergency room visits. In January 2026, the hospital opened its newly renovated pulmonary rehabilitation service line.
