Kevin England, who assumed the title of Memorial Health president July 1, is stepping down from the role due to “an unexpected and recent health issue,” according to a statement from a Memorial spokesperson. “Ed Curtis will continue as Memorial Health president and CEO until a successor is named. Kevin will return to his prior […]
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SIU employee named Social Worker of the Year
Hannah Jacobs, a licensed clinical social worker at SIU Center for Family Medicine, has been named the 2024 Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, Illinois Chapter. Jacobs has worked at the SIU Center for Family Medicine, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving medically and socially complex patients, for […]
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Springfield Clinic to hold ribbon cutting for renovated facility
Springfield Clinic will hold a ribbon cutting at noon on Monday, June 24, to celebrate the relocation of the endocrinology and nephrology teams to a newly renovated facility at 401 E. Carpenter Street. After more than a year in the works, Springfield Clinic is ready to welcome patients to the renovated facility. Tours of the facility will […]
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Register for the Little Miracles 5K Walk/Run
HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital is encouraging people of any age or ability to participate in the Little Miracles 5K Walk/Run. All proceeds from this event will go towards the ongoing needs of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. John’s. “The Little Miracles 5K offers an opportunity for friends, families and colleagues to […]
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Free trauma-informed care training
Free training on trauma-informed care is available for people who work in community-based organizations, health care or education settings or who work closely with people in vulnerable populations. The training will be offered both virtually and in-person thanks to a partnership between Memorial Health, S. Consulting LLC and Heritage Behavioral Health. In Sangamon County, there […]
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OSF HealthCare expands women’s health care services
Women in the Lincoln, Decatur-Forsyth and Champaign-Urbana areas will soon have increased access to obstetrics care through a new collaboration on select services between OSF HealthCare and Advanced Women’s Healthcare in Bloomington. Clinics with Advanced Women’s Healthcare providers and OSF Mission Partners began serving patients in Forsyth, 845 US Route 51, in February, and anticipate […]
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HSHS awarded Healing Illinois grant
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) was recently awarded a Healing Illinois grant to foster discussion between central Illinois community members and health care professionals around equity in health care. Healing Illinois is an initiative led by the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Field Foundation of Illinois. Statewide, 184 recipients will receive $4.5 million […]
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Springfield doctors join push for statewide insurance reform
Two Springfield doctors are part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s push to reform what he called “predatory health insurance practices.” The Democratic governor’s proposed Healthcare Protection Act would ban “step therapy,” which can delay patients’ access to more-expensive medicines until cheaper medicines are tried first. House Bill 5395 also would ban prior authorization for inpatient admissions […]
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Memorial Health names new board members
Three new members have been named to the board of directors of Memorial Health. “We’re proud to have a board that brings together people with a wide range of expertise from across the region we serve,” said Ed Curtis, president and CEO of Memorial Health. “Each of these new members brings their own valuable perspective […]
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Women’s Power Lunch Against Cancer
Join Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine for the Women’s Power Lunch Against Cancer on Thursday, April 4. The event will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the President Abraham Lincoln Springfield Hotel and feature guest speaker Dr. Bertice Berry, who will share a message of resilience, kindness, humor and hope. The event is […]
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Prairie Heart Institute hosts heart walk and health fair
The Prairie Heart Foundation will host Powered by Prairie, a heart walk and health fair, on Feb. 24, 8-10:30 a.m., at Williamsville High School Fieldhouse, 900 S. Walnut St., Williamsville. All of the proceeds benefit local Prairie cardiac rehab services in Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, O’Fallon, Shelbyville and Springfield. Donations will support new […]
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HSHS donates 190 beds to Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) has donated 129 hospital beds to Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach as it standardize its beds across the health system. By the time the first project phase is finished, 190 beds taken out of service will be donated from five hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin, including HSHS St. John’s Hospital in […]