{{Use American English|date=October 2025}} {{Short description|International Catholic nonprofit health system}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = CHRISTUS Health | logo = | type = Private | industry = Health care | genre = | fate = | predecessor = Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Healthcare System | successor = | founder = | defunct = | area_served = United States, Chile, Mexico and Colombia | key_people = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | foundation = {{sda|1999}} | location_city = Irving, Texas | location_country = United States | locations = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.christushealth.org}} }} '''CHRISTUS Health''' is an international Catholic nonprofit health system based in Irving, Texas, United States.
== History == The present company was formed on January 28, 1999 by the merger of Houston's Sisters of Charity Health Care System and San Antonio's Incarnate Word Health System;<ref> {{cite journal |last=Saphir |first=Ann |date=1999-02-08 |title=Texas Hospitals Riding Tall: While Hospitals Post Robust Profit Margins, HMOs are Saddled with Mounting Losses |journal=Modern Healthcare |page=2}}</ref> however its history extends back to 1866, with the founding of St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston, Texas, by the Sisters of Charity religious institute.<ref name="firstcat">{{Cite web| title = The Christus legacy Answering the call | publisher= Christus Health | accessdate = 2012-06-11 | url =http://www.christushealth.org/body.cfm?id=116}}</ref>
Another significant merger came in 2016 when CHRISTUS merged with Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics (itself the product of a merger of two Catholic-based systems), giving it a major presence in East Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/trinity-mother-frances-hospitals-and-clinics-joins-christus-health-6-things-to-know.html|title=Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics joins Christus Health: 6 things to know|last=Gooch|first=Kelly|website=www.beckershospitalreview.com|access-date=2016-05-11}}</ref>
CHRISTUS Health services can be found in 60 cities in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico in the U.S.; also, in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Health Network in Santiago, Chile, and Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas in Mexico.<ref>Modern Healthcare - Volume 38, Issues 40-51 - Page 32 2008 - Irving, Texas-based Christus Health is the majority shareholder in a seven-hospital system in Mexico, Christus Muguerza.</ref><ref> {{cite web |title=Facility search: Find a Christus facility near you |url=https://www.christushealth.org/locations/ |accessdate=10 April 2026 |publisher=Christus Health}}</ref>
The system comprises almost 350 services and facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 175 clinics and outpatient centers and dozens of other health ministries and ventures. Its corporate headquarters are in Irving, Texas.<ref>{{cite web |date=2009-06-24 |title=Corporate Facilities |url=https://www.christushealth.org/connect/news/headquarters-in-irving |accessdate=10 April 2026 |publisher=Christus Health}}</ref> It employs approximately 30,000 people and has more than 9,500 physicians.
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== External links == * [http://www.christushealth.org CHRISTUS Health]
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