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Dr. Asif Quyyum, colorectal surgeon, appeared on the WMBD-TV (Peoria, IL) morning show to discuss colorectal cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women combined in the United States.

Michelle Conger, the Chief Strategy Officer for OSF HealthCare, joins the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast to talk innovation. In this episode Sam Glick, Partner in the Health & Life Sciences practice at Oliver Wyman, chats with Conger about how a dual focus on virtual reality and medical training is shaping the future state of innovation.

This story from a professional journal outlines how OSF HealthCare has partnered with Cancer IQ, a company that offers user-friendly cancer screening tools to replace long paper forms and quickly identify patients eligible for genetic counseling or additional imaging or testing. This information came from a presentation at a recent annual meeting of Community Cancer Centers.

This story from a professional journal outlines how OSF HealthCare has partnered with Cancer IQ, a company that offers user-friendly cancer screening tools to replace long paper forms and quickly identify patients eligible for genetic counseling or additional imaging or testing. This information came from a presentation at a recent annual meeting of Community Cancer Centers.

WHOI-TV (Peoria) special report about Remi, a micro-preemie who was born at OSF Children's Hospital and has spent the majority of his life there fighting to overcome chronic lung disease and how doctors were willing to work with another hospital to drastically improve - perhaps save - Remi's life.

Peoria Journal Star story about the interactive coloring book developed for patients at OSF Children's Hospital through Jump Simulation, thanks to a grant from PNC.

WMBD-TV story about the Trost family and how having Almost Home Kids respite program available allowed them to leave their 5-year-old son with multiple, complex medical needs in the care of the AHK staff, which allowed the parents to focus solely their other children for a long weekend, something they never get to do.

Dr. Barry Clemson, OSF HealthCare Ministry Heart Failure Medical Director, appeared on WMBD This Morning to discuss the expansion of the heart failure program, and relaunch of doing heart transplants, at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill.

This PRISM takes a look at the design - and importance of that design - of the new Almost Home Kids at OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois.

OSF HealthCare has been recognized by Becker's Healthcare as a health system with a leading innovation program. Only 66 hospitals and health systems make up this list, all of which have committed to staying on the forefront of change in healthcare.

This WHOI-TV spot shows how two-year-old Adalie is already beating the odds, despite being born without a leg and part of her pelvis. Her OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois therapists play a big role in that.

Article in Healthcare Purchasing News ranks OSF HealthCare as one of the Supply Chain’s Elite 8.

The Monmouth-based newspaper, Daily Review Atlas, profiles OSF HealthCare Orthopedic Physician Dr. Peter Mulhern who sees patients in Galesburg, Monmouth and Kewanee. Mulhern also serves as the team doctor for the Monmouth College Football team.

OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center is marking October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month by hosting a “Pink Party” next week (RSVP’s are requested by Friday). Connie Wessels and Carrie McCance talk about breast cancer, and the upcoming Pink Party, with Will Stevenson on Galesburg’s Evening News.

OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center and its leaders are being recognized for offering exceptional, patient-centered healthcare services and for significantly contributing to the quality of life within the Riverbend region.

OSF HealthCare and United Methodist Village retirement community announce a partnership that has been two years in the making to bring primary care, education and other health services close to home for residents of the independent and assisted living facility in Godfrey, IL.

Dr. Dronacharya Lamichhane, neurologist with OSF Illinois Neurological Institute, appeared on WMBD-TV (Peoria, IL CBS affiliate) to talk about an upcoming symposium focusing on Huntington's.

OSF HealthCare Medical Group will host a ribbon cutting later this week to celebrate a partnership that will provide on-site care for residents of United Methodist Village which provides assisted and independent living options in Godfrey.

Patty Luker, President of OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, IL and Dawn Trompeter, President of OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center In Mendota, IL are among Becker's Hospital Review's 71 Critical Access Hospital "CEOs to Know."

OSF HealthCare is turning a shuttered hospital into an outpatient center, where providers address not only medical concerns but also social determinants of health.

The American Cancer Society is recognizing OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center with its Mission Award for support of the society’s fight against cancer. OSF Saint Anthony's President Ajay Pathak is featured in an interview with WGBZ Radio.

OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth and OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota were named among Becker's Hospital Review's "66 Critical Access Hospitals to Know."

In this in-depth interview, WGIL Host Will Stevenson talks with OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center President Jennifer Junis about her first eight months on the job, insights from her recent participation in a rural healthcare summit, construction to improve the patient experience at OSF Holy Family Medical Center and why she's looking forward to being in a dunk tank at the Quad Cities River Bandits baseball game.

OSF HealthCare's Children's Hospital of Illinois Genetic Counselor Jennifer Burton tells WMBD TV she is pleased Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a bill to help stop the leading genetic cause of infant deaths in Illinois. The legislation requires the Department of Public Health to provide screenings for SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy to all newborns by 2020. Burton is on the Illinois Department of Public Health's Newborn Screening Disorder Panel.