St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton, Wisconsin)

St. Elizabeth Hospital

Location
Address
Region	Appleton
State	Wisconsin
Country	United States
Coordinates	44.247748°-88.401943 {{{3}}}°{{{4}}}
Funding	Non-profit
Website	[www.affinityhealth.org/locations/St-Elizabeth-Hospital-Appleton.htm Official website]

St. Elizabeth Hospital, officially Ascension Northeast Wisconsin St. Elizabeth Hospital, is a hospital founded in 1899 that serves the south side of Appleton, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Its emergency department is a level III trauma center.

History

St. Elizabeth Hospital was founded in 1899 at the behest of Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer of Green Bay. Four women from the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in St. Louis came to Appleton. The hospital they founded began in an 11-room wooden house, but quickly outgrew that location. In 1900, a larger brick building was constructed on newly purchased land.

In January 2022, ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Appleton was granted a temporary injunction against St. Elizabeth and Ascension after it hired seven members of Theda's stroke care team who had applied to St. Elizabeth and been offered better pay and hours. Theda had declined to make matching offers, citing financial constraints. Theda sought a 90-day period before the workers could take their new jobs to prevent potential disruptions in stroke care in the Fox Valley region.

Affiliations

In 1995, St. Elizabeth Hospital associated with Oshkosh's Mercy Medical Center to form the Affinity Health System, which later incorporated Calumet Medical Center in 1998. The hospitals and clinics of Affinity Health System were absorbed by and began using the Ascension name starting from September 20, 2016.