WHO WE ARE
Crusader Community Health is a non-profit community health center that provides primary medical, dental, and behavioral health care for more than 61,000 people in northern Illinois.
We’re committed to making high-quality health care accessible to everyone. Our providers and support staff are both knowledgeable and compassionate, making sure everyone who walks through our doors feels comfortable and cared for.
OUR MISSION
Serve the Rock River Valley with quality primary health care for all people in need.
OUR VISION
Eliminate disparities in health care while building a collaborative system that champions the needs of the underserved, regardless of their ability to pay.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT/CEO
Crusader Community Health is known for providing high-quality care to anyone in need. Because of our employees’ outstanding professionalism and commitment to our patients, our community continues to choose and support Crusader – and that has allowed us to grow and serve more than 61,000 patients.
I am grateful to our dedicated employees for providing incredible care to our patients. Their commitment, skill and compassion are consistently acknowledged when we survey our patients and employees. I am delighted to share some of our recent results.
From our patients:
- 99% said our medical and dental support staff were helpful.
- 98% stated their provider took enough time with them and answered their questions.
- 93% of indicated they would refer a family member or friend to us for their own health care.
From our employees:
- 88% are satisfied or very satisfied with Crusader as an employer.
- 85% of employees would refer a friend to work with us.
- 87% of employees would refer a family member to us for their own health care.
I am proud to serve on this team, which has once again earned accreditation for Ambulatory Health Care and certification as a Primary Care Medical Home from The Joint Commission for complying with the highest national standards for safety and quality to best serve our patients.
I’m looking forward to continued growth, both in our reach and role in improving our community’s health.
Samuel G. Miller
President & CEO
Crusader Community Health
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HISTORY &
KEY DATES
Sister Catherine Francis established the first well-baby clinic in 1966 at St. Elizabeth’s social center in Rockford, in partnership with the Visiting Nurses Association. The clinic operated one day each month for just two hours.
In a few years, the need for preventative pediatric primary care grew. That’s where Crusader began. A professional board was established in 1969, and it was chartered as a nonprofit in 1970.
MORE ABOUT CRUSADER
Crusader is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).
Crusader receives HHS funding and has Federal PHS deemed status with respect to certain health or health related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
