A partnership between Passavant Area Hospital, SIU School of Medicine and MacMurray College aims to increase access to health care using a holistic approach for vulnerable or at-risk residents of Jacksonville. Healthy Jacksonville, modeled after a highly-successful and award-winning community health worker (CHW) program in the Enos Park neighborhood in Springfield, will initiate engagement with [...]
The former AIG office building, located at 3051 Hollis Drive in Springfield, has recently undergone a major renovation in preparation for the newest tenant. Earlier this year, Founders Properties obtained commercial demolition and remodeling permits, with a total project value of $888,799. O’Shea Builders served as the general contractor. The space is now occupied by [...]
HSHS St. John’s Cancer Center, located at 301 N. 8th Street, has recently completed an extensive renovation and officially opened to patients on Aug. 6. The new center includes an infusion center, medical oncology physician clinics and radiation oncology as well as lab services, all inside the St. John’s Pavilion. This $3.9 million project will [...]
The American Hospital Association is recognizing Springfield’s two nonprofit hospitals for their collaborative effort to improve community health in Enos Park, a low-income neighborhood located between the hospitals. HSHS St. John’s Hospital and Memorial Medical Center will receive the NOVA Award at the AHA’s Leadership Summit in San Diego, California, on July 28. The hospitals [...]
The Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. John’s Hospital will open its new cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) on Monday, July 16. At a blessing ceremony on July 9, colleagues and visitors were given tours of the new space that will be dedicated to helping cardiac patients recover after open heart, cardiovascular, vascular and thoracic [...]
An architectural rendering of the new outpatient center. Image courtesy of HSHS St. John's Hospital. The installation of the HSHS St. John’s Hospital sky bridge over Ninth Street will begin at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11. Once complete, the sky bridge will connect HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital to the new outpatient [...]
HSHS Medical Group welcomes Erin Blackburn, MD, and Gopinathan Nambiar, MD, FAAP, to the Chatham community. Both pediatricians, these physicians offer patient-first care to patients from birth to 21 years of age. Blackburn earned her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree from Baker University in Kansas. She [...]
Implicit bias is the single most important determinant of health and health care disparities, argues author and lawyer Dayna Bowen Matthew. She will address questions of race, inequality and health care at the 2nd Annual Alonzo Homer Kenniebrew, MD, Presentation on Health Inequities and Disparities. The address is part of an annual discussion of health [...]
Memorial Medical Center, HSHS St. John’s Hospital and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health are once again collaborating on a project to assess the health needs of the residents of Sangamon county. As part of the assessment process, the two Springfield nonprofit hospitals and the county health department will ask all county residents to [...]
SIU Medicine has opened a new cosmetic clinic at 2201 W. White Oaks Dr. in Springfield. The building is also the location of Pure Synergy, which is made up of four separate businesses: Ahh Yoga, Body Symmetry, Physiotherapy Professionals and PureSynergy Massage. The SIU clinic will offer cash-based services, including wrinkle fillers, BOTOX® injections, spider [...]
