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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....

Associated Pediatricians recently welcomed Dr. Aubrey Coleman, M.D., to its team of compassionate and experienced physicians. She joins after having spent the first years of her career serving children and families in Alabama, where she was...

As part of its month-long effort to draw extra attention to heart health, Community Healthcare System hosted its 19th annual Hearts of Hope ceremony. The event, which took place Feb. 8 at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, highlighted advances in...

Featured image: Terri Sakelaris, center, is surrounded by her Community Hospital Diabetes Center team, from left, James Strain, RN; Tina Campbell, RN; Julie Mantis, CNS; and Laila Khani, Operational Assistant. Terri Sakelaris, a registered dietitian...

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...

Northwest Health has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for its new internal medicine residency program which will help attract, train and retain physicians to the region. This internal medicine...

On Wednesday, January 31, Methodist Hospitals held free blood pressure screenings in the cafeteria of its Southlake Campus from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Employees, patients, visitors and the general public were invited to stop in for the screenings.. ...

Franciscan Health Crown Point is celebrating the first and last babies born at its Family Birth Center following Sunday’s move to the new hospital. Joey Lee Krygsheld was the last baby born at the now-former Franciscan Health Crown Point...