Our Journey
Alverno Laboratories was established in 1999 as Alverno Clinical Laboratories, Inc. as an integrated laboratory network of six hospitals. In 2005, the joint venture between Franciscan Alliance and Provena Health established us as one of the first integrated networks serving two distinct healthcare systems with 18 hospitals, creating Alverno Clinical Laboratories, LLC. In 2008, Resurrection Healthcare joined the network to expand our coverage to 26 hospital laboratories, becoming Professional Clinical Laboratories, LLC. In 2011, Provena Health and Resurrection Healthcare joined to create Presence Health. In 2018 AMITA Health acquired Presence Health and so the AMITA Health hospital laboratories joined the Alverno network in August of 2019. As of 2023, we own or serve more than 30 hospital laboratories throughout the Franciscan Alliance and Ascension Illinois (formerly AMITA) health systems, along with other hospital laboratories.
Today we are known as Alverno Laboratories, returning to our Alverno faith-based heritage. After two decades we continue to adapt, grow, and achieve excellence. Our logo emphasizes the diverse and expert staff, without which we would not be the success we are today.
Core Principles
Our Guiding Principles
for Excellence
Our Journey
Under the banner of Alverno Laboratories, we return to our Alverno faith-based heritage, embracing over two decades of adaptation, growth, and excellence. Our emblem symbolizes the diversity and expertise of our staff, the cornerstone of our success.
- 1999: Alverno Laboratories was established as Alverno Clinical Laboratories, Inc., as an integrated laboratory network of six hospitals.
- 2005:Â The joint venture between Franciscan Alliance and Provena Health established us as one of the first integrated networks serving two distinct healthcare systems with 18 hospitals, creating Alverno Clinical Laboratories, LLC.
- 2008: Resurrection Healthcare joined the network to expand our coverage to 26 hospital laboratories, becoming Professional Clinical Laboratories, LLC.
- 2011: Provena Health and Resurrection Healthcare joined to create Presence Health.
- 2018: AMITA Health acquired Presence Health
- 2019: AMITA Health hospital laboratories joined the Alverno network
- 2023: We own or serve more than 30 hospital laboratories throughout the Franciscan Alliance and Ascension Illinois (formerly AMITA) health systems and other hospital laboratories.
Awards
Alverno is an award-winning laboratory. In 2014 we received the Chanute Prize for Team Innovation. We were also named Laboratory of the Year by ADVANCE Healthcare Network’s For the Laboratory magazine in 2016.
Services
We practice good diagnostic medicine and deliver high-quality, non-urgent testing services, including:
- Molecular Biology
- Hematology
- Serology
- Virology
- Digital Pathology
- Flow Cytometry
- Chemistry/Urinalysis
- Microbiology
- Next-Gen Sequencing
- Allergy Testing
- HIV
- Anatomic Pathology
- Hepatitis
- Pain Management
- Infectious Disease
- Women’s Health
For more information on our expanding list of services, as well as specimen collection guidelines, please visit:Â www.testmenu.com/alvernolabs/.
Accreditations
Recognized Quality
Professional Clinical Laboratories, LLC dba Alverno Laboratories is subject to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA-88) and maintains current CLIA licenses.
Alverno Laboratories is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). We are also ISO 15189 certified and a member of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).
For a printable copy of our CAP certificate or the CLIA certificate, please use the links provided below.
