# CommonSpirit Health **CommonSpirit Health** is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S., formed by the 2019 merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. It operates more than a hundred hospitals nationwide. As a major Catholic [[Nonprofit Hospital]] system, its scale and revenue rival the for-profit chains, illustrating the concentrated-nonprofit tier mapped in [[Healthcare Industry Ecosystem]]. > Stub — expand with the CHI–Dignity merger, religious-directive care restrictions, and financials.