The Franciscan Health Heart & Vascular Institute Olympia Fields echocardiography lab has achieved accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (ICA) for adult transthoracic echocardiography. Echocardiography (also known...

Franciscan Health Family Birth Center Dyer nurse Cynthia Ippolito has helped deliver more babies than she can count, but one baby born this Valentine’s Day is a little girl she won’t soon forget. Ippolito assisted in the birth of Fletcher Lainey...

Franciscan Health Olympia Fields has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke Ready hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the hospital announced today. Acute Stroke Ready hospitals serve as the first stop for patients suspected of...

Franciscan Health Family Birth Center Dyer is aiming to improve maternal health outcomes with its new “I Gave Birth” initiative, which uses bracelets to help identify post-partum women. The program first launched in 2021 at the University of...

Andrea Ramirez-Justin was recently appointed the new chairwoman of the Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Board of Trustees. She first joined the Board of Trustees in 2022 and also serves as a board member of the Franciscan Health Foundation for South...

Franciscan WorkingWell Chicago Heights is moving to a new location effective Monday, Feb. 19. The existing location at 30 E. 15th St., Suite 100 in Chicago Heights will close effective Friday, Feb. 16. The new location will open on Monday, Feb....

LaPorte County high school seniors interested in healthcare careers can apply through March 1 The Franciscan Health Michigan City medical staff is accepting scholarship applications through March 1 from LaPorte County high school seniors interested...

Franciscan Health Crown Point opened to patients at its new location at 12750 Saint Francis Drive in Crown Point this morning. The hospital, which replaces the 50-year-old Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital at 1201 S. Main St., follows Franciscan...