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- EIN 37-0618939
- (618) 457-5200
- Po Box 3988 Carbondale IL 62902-3988 USA
- www.sih.net
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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: Southern illinois hospital services (sihs) is dedicated to promoting the health and well being of all of the people in the communities we serve. Our mission is guided by our values: compassion, collaboration, quality, stewardship, integrity, accountability and respect. (continued in schedule o)
Programs: Southern illinois hospital services (sihs) provides quality health services to people throughout southern illinois regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. Through daily operations, sihs' hospitals provide significant amounts of uncompensated charity care, uncompensated government-sponsored health care, subsidized health services and medical education. The primary service area of sihs is a very rural seven-county region with a combined population of approximately 245,000. The residents of these counties' median household incomes are below the state average, plus the poverty rate is higher than the state average. (continued in schedule o)
southern illinois hospital services (sihs) has extended its services beyond hospital walls and into the neighborhoods where people live and work. The community benefits department of sihs was instituted in 1994 with an operating budget specifically allocated to bring health-related programs to the areas in which they were most needed. Community benefits has undertaken a wide variety of successful programs since its inception. (continued in schedule o)
southern illinois hospital services (sihs) provides programs to improve the health and well-being of the children and adolescents attending southern illinois schools. (continued in schedule o)