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OSF HealthCare is excited to announce the opening of its newest OSF Urgo. The new, modern urgent care clinic is located at 508 IAA Drive in Bloomington and opens to patients on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. OSF Urgo builds on current primary care ser...

Cold and flu season is underway, and with it, an increased volume of patients in hospital emergency rooms. The following are some recommendations from OSF HealthCare that can ease wait times and get patients to the appropriate site for care: Cal...

The OSF HealthCare Foundation based in Peoria, Illinois, has been included in the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) 2019 High Performer’s list. AHP recognized 74 U.S. and 10 Canadian philanthropic organizations as high-performing fundr...

OSF HealthCare's Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, Illinois and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group in Escanaba, Michigan have been recognized for quality and safety by once again making The Leapfrog Group’s Top Rural Hospital list.   The...

OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois cares for patients from throughout Illinois and annually recognizes those who are making a difference in the lives of children. The 29th annual Community Advocacy Awards were recently presented to the fo...

The Marketing and Communications team at OSF HealthCare has been recognized as an industry leader, recently receiving 11 awards for excellence and achievement in health care marketing and public relations. The Illinois Society for Healthcare Marke...

OSF HealthCare has donated a building to the Kewanee Historical Society which plans to re-locate its museum and offices to the two-and-half-story structure located at 125 N Tremont Street in the heart of downtown Kewanee.The building opened as Carps ...

Ty Hasselman, MD and Ugo Nwankwo, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Congenital Cardiologists with OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria have received certification in Adult Congenital Heart Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr....

The OB Unit and Birthing Center at OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center graciously accepts the donation of a Cuddle Cot from the Jack Pack Foundation, a non-profit organization with a goal of providing comfort to bereaved families. The Cudd...

OSF HealthCare is aware of Carle’s plans to develop a medical campus in Danville. Part of the proposed project seeks to close a portion of North Logan Avenue. This would significantly impact access to OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center and...

New Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades have been announced by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization for patient safety. Hospitals are assigned A, B, C, D and F letter grades in order to provide a complete picture of patient safety. Thi...

OSF HealthCare is proud to announce that OSF HealthCare Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Services Jerry Storm has been named the 2019 Illinois Health-System Pharmacist of the Year. The Pharmacist of the Year award is given annually to an individu...

OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center has named Lisa DeKezel, MJ, BSN, RN as its next president. DeKezel (pronounced dee-KEY-ZUHL) will be responsible for directing all internal operations and she’ll coordinate short-term tactics within long-term...

OSF HealthCare and Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers are continuing their journey toward becoming one organization. The organizations’ boards have adopted a definitive agreement and decided on a new name: OSF HealthCare Little C...

OSF HealthCare and Health Alliance are entering a unique partnership to offer new Medicare Advantage health plans for Medicare beneficiaries in 17 central and northern Illinois counties. These plans are designed to further elevate health care and cov...

OSF HealthCare has been recognized as one of the MOST WIRED in the country, according to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), with the added distinction of achieving Most Wired Certified Level 7 Special Recognition. Th...

Dr. Bob Smouse, an interventional radiologist from Dunlap, Illinois turned medical start-up CEO, says partnering with OSF Ventures helped him take an idea scrawled on a napkin to development of a device that will help patients across the globe with t...

Mike Wells has been named president of OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois. He has served as vice president since June 2018. Wells will be accountable for oversight of all internal operations of OSF Children’s Hospital, while developing...

Financial Advisor Mike Moeller lost his dad and many relatives to cancer so he has been alongside many friends and family during their cancer experience. At last night’s OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center Cancer Survivors’ Dinner at Lewis a...

Seconds count when someone is having a stroke and that has driven the Stroke Care Team at OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center to achieve the gold standard for treating patients immediately with the right care when it really matters. OSF S...

OSF HealthCare and Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers have entered into a period of exclusive negotiations, anticipating a full merger. The two organizations will spend the next several months finalizing agreements and seeking th...

OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular Institute is proud to welcome baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew to Peoria for an afternoon of family fun. The public is invited to this free event on Saturday, August 24 from 12:30-4:00 p.m. at the Louisville Slugger Spor...

OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center has named Jackie Kernan, RN, MSN, as its next president. Kernan will also continue to serve as president of OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee. Kernan will be responsible for directing all...

Wednesday OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center held a blessing and groundbreaking ceremony for a new chapel at the hospital. The $1.2 million chapel project has been funded entirely by the generous donors within the Bloomington-Normal communit...

Kids in central Illinois will have a chance to show off their athletic prowess and raise money for multiple sclerosis research and outreach at the same time. Tri 2 Beat MS is a triathlon created specifically for children, to foster a healthy lifes...

Galesburg, IL (May 17, 2019)-For the second time this month, OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center has received excellence in patient safety. The latest acknowledgement comes from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physi...

New Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades have been announced by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization for patient safety. Hospitals are assigned A, B, C, D and F letter grades in order to provide a complete picture of patient safety.   ...

Becker’s Hospital Review, a respected national health care industry publication, has named four OSF HealthCare hospitals to its list of 67 Critical Access Hospitals to Know in 2019. Critical access hospitals are in rural areas but offer 24/7 emerg...

OSF HealthCare has achieved international recognition for its leadership development program. At this year’s global conference of the Association of Internal Management Consultants (AIMC), the executive leadership development and succession team from...

Substance use disorders affect every community, neighborhood and income level. Addiction is a widely spreading epidemic across the nation. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosi...