*2022* Readers Choice Insights HEST OF THE BEST Northwest Suburban Residents Get Top-Notch Care at NCH ancillary services like genetic counseling and nutritionists under one roof to make receiving comprehensive care easier, Oryszczak explained. For more than 60 years, Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) has played an integral part in bringing exceptional, cutting edge health care to residents of the Northwest suburbs. Since the beginning, NCH's administration has worked to attract a wide range of specialists to accommodate the community's comprehensive health care needs and today includes 509 licensed beds and about 1,400 physicians on staft NCH is recognized by Healthgrades as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals. Despite its incredible credentials and highly qualified physicians, Northwest Community Hospital remains committed to local residents, so it should come as no surprise that it also earned a Best of the Best honor for Best Hospital in the Daily Herald Readers' Choice contest. In recent years, NCH has also made major investments in its cardiovascular program, Boler Center for Rehabilitation, Spine and Pain Clinic, comprehensive Women's Center, and Wellness Center. In addition, NCH recently partnered with a world-class neurology physician group that offers cutting edge, multimodal care for stroke patients, those with brain and spinal cord tumors, and other complex neurological conditions. And last March, NCH opened a pediatric acute care center adjacent to its emergency room, which offers 24/7 specialty care for children in partnership with Chicagoland Children's Health Alliance, In January 2021, NCH completed a merger with what is today known as NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health, which includes eight other hospitals throughout the Chicago area. *Joining in a partnership with North Shore created synergy and expanded our access to the medical trials conducted by North Shore's Research Institute. It gave us better access to dedicated resources we can deploy to treat our patients, Oryszczak explained. This past spring, NCH invested in its local community by renovating the Partners for Our Communities (POC) facility at 1585 N. Rand Road, Palatine. NCH works with POC to provide support services to underserved members of the community, including basic health care, navigation of health care, English classes, adult education, library services, employment counseling and a food pantry "Patients at NCH can sense that our providers-and our more than 800 volunteers, too-are focused on their health care experiences, Oryszczak explained. "They know that our care team members take pride in their work and in improving patients' health, lives and experiences, even during the very challenging COVID environment, so they intentionally choose to come to NCH for their care. "Our nurses and physicians provide an incredible level of personal service to every patient in their care, whether on our main Arlington Heights campus or in our more than 20 outpatient clinics that bring care closer to patients homes, explained Thomas Oryszczak, D.O., NCH Chief Medical Officer. "We aim to make treatment of disease as seamless as possible and easily navigable for our patients. For instance, NCH is raising funds to construct a world- class, $80 million cancer care center on the former Motorola property in Schaumburg. They expect to break ground in 2023. Our goal is to bring all of our cancer specialists and nch Presented by Northwest Community Healthcare Northwest Community Healthcare www.nch.org * 2022 * Readers Choice Insights HEST OF THE BEST Northwest Suburban Residents Get Top - Notch Care at NCH ancillary services like genetic counseling and nutritionists under one roof to make receiving comprehensive care easier , Oryszczak explained . For more than 60 years , Northwest Community Healthcare ( NCH ) has played an integral part in bringing exceptional , cutting edge health care to residents of the Northwest suburbs . Since the beginning , NCH's administration has worked to attract a wide range of specialists to accommodate the community's comprehensive health care needs and today includes 509 licensed beds and about 1,400 physicians on staft NCH is recognized by Healthgrades as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals . Despite its incredible credentials and highly qualified physicians , Northwest Community Hospital remains committed to local residents , so it should come as no surprise that it also earned a Best of the Best honor for Best Hospital in the Daily Herald Readers ' Choice contest . In recent years , NCH has also made major investments in its cardiovascular program , Boler Center for Rehabilitation , Spine and Pain Clinic , comprehensive Women's Center , and Wellness Center . In addition , NCH recently partnered with a world - class neurology physician group that offers cutting edge , multimodal care for stroke patients , those with brain and spinal cord tumors , and other complex neurological conditions . And last March , NCH opened a pediatric acute care center adjacent to its emergency room , which offers 24/7 specialty care for children in partnership with Chicagoland Children's Health Alliance , In January 2021 , NCH completed a merger with what is today known as NorthShore - Edward - Elmhurst Health , which includes eight other hospitals throughout the Chicago area . * Joining in a partnership with North Shore created synergy and expanded our access to the medical trials conducted by North Shore's Research Institute . It gave us better access to dedicated resources we can deploy to treat our patients , Oryszczak explained . This past spring , NCH invested in its local community by renovating the Partners for Our Communities ( POC ) facility at 1585 N. Rand Road , Palatine . NCH works with POC to provide support services to underserved members of the community , including basic health care , navigation of health care , English classes , adult education , library services , employment counseling and a food pantry " Patients at NCH can sense that our providers - and our more than 800 volunteers , too - are focused on their health care experiences , Oryszczak explained . " They know that our care team members take pride in their work and in improving patients ' health , lives and experiences , even during the very challenging COVID environment , so they intentionally choose to come to NCH for their care . " Our nurses and physicians provide an incredible level of personal service to every patient in their care , whether on our main Arlington Heights campus or in our more than 20 outpatient clinics that bring care closer to patients homes , explained Thomas Oryszczak , D.O. , NCH Chief Medical Officer . " We aim to make treatment of disease as seamless as possible and easily navigable for our patients . For instance , NCH is raising funds to construct a world class , $ 80 million cancer care center on the former Motorola property in Schaumburg . They expect to break ground in 2023 . Our goal is to bring all of our cancer specialists and nch Presented by Northwest Community Healthcare Northwest Community Healthcare www.nch.org