Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, IL
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About Advocate Sherman Hospital
Advocate Sherman Hospital is an acute care hospital in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level II trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 255 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Saint Joseph Hospital-Elgin, about 1.4 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.00
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.25
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.21
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.90
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 0.00
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 1.05
71% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend75%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1073%
- Completed surveys1,346
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
42.05504, -88.33868
Nearby hospitals
- Saint Joseph Hospital-Elgin77 N Airlite Street, Elgin, IL · Level II traumaAcute care hospital1.4 mi
- Elgin Mental Health Center750 S State St, Elgin, IL · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital3.9 mi
- St Alexius Medical Center1555 N Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL · Level II traumaAcute care hospital10.0 mi
- Bhc Streamwood Hospital Inc1400 E Irving Park Road, Streamwood, ILPsychiatric hospital10 mi
- Alexian Brothers Behavioral Hlth Hosp1650 Moon Lake Blvd, Hoffman Estates, ILPsychiatric hospital10 mi
- Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital300 Randall Rd, Geneva, IL · Level II traumaAcute care hospital12 mi
- Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal La875 S Route 31, Crystal Lake, IL · Level III traumaAcute care hospital12 mi
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital450 IL 22, Barrington, IL · Level II traumaHospital13 mi
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital450 West Highway 22, Barrington, IL · Emergency roomAcute care hospital14 mi
- Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital3701 Doty Road, Woodstock, IL · Level II traumaHospital16 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Advocate Sherman Hospital located?
Advocate Sherman Hospital is at 1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL 60123 in Kane County.
Does Advocate Sherman Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Advocate Sherman Hospital reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 193 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Advocate Sherman Hospital?
Advocate Sherman Hospital has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Advocate Sherman Hospital a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level II trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date December 2023). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Illinois EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Advocate Sherman Hospital?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (847) 742-9800.
Would patients recommend Advocate Sherman Hospital?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (1,346 completed surveys), 75% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 73% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.