Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) in coordination with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will complete its wind-down of operations and permanently close HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire on March 22, 2024, the same day as HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls. 

HSHS is coordinating with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to ensure patient care transitions are well-planned and conducted safely. Staff, local fire and EMS and other acute-care facilities have been notified of the new timeline. 

Existing patients at Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s will receive care through March 22, 2024.

Prevea Health continues to wind-down its western Wisconsin operations with its last day of patient care to be on or before April 21, 2024, as previously announced; Prevea Western Wisconsin residency clinics and the UW-Stout location are anticipated to provide services through June 30, 2024.  

All HSHS impacted colleagues previously received legally required notices related to the ultimate closure of the facilities, and the change in timeline for the closure of Sacred Heart will not impact HSHS’ commitment to provide severance and career transition assistance. 

HSHS hospitals and Prevea Health centers in eastern Wisconsin, and HSHS operations in Illinois, are unaffected and operating as usual.