The Adventist Health System is a non-profit health care organization which operates facilities within the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States. It is run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
As of 2009, the system supports 43 hospitals, and claims to be "the largest not-for-profit Protestant healthcare provider in the nation."
Read more about Adventist Health System: History, Structure and Affiliation
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