Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit health care provider that serves residents of eastern Wisconsin. It operates facilities in more than 80 communities throughout the region, including 12 acute care hospitals, one psychiatric hospital and more than 100 clinics and 140 pharmacies representing more than 3,400 physicians. Aurora Health Care was established in 1984 with the affiliation of two Milwaukee hospitals, St. Luke s Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center, and the later addition of Mount Sinai Medical Center. It is headquartered in Milwaukee and is a recipient of the American Medical Association s Acclaim Award, as well as honors from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and American Nurses Association.