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OSF HealthCare is pleased to welcome Mark Kleine to the OSF HealthCare Joint Board as a member of the Executive Committee of the OSF HealthCare Foundation.Kleine is the president of Kleine Companies, LLC., which is the parent company of Super Clean, ...

Three OSF HealthCare hospitals earn top A grades from The Leapfrog Group in its Spring 2022  patient safety rankings; four earned B rankings....

Patients in Alton and surrounding areas needing cardiovascular care can now benefit from a new strategic affiliation of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center and SLUCare Physician Group, in partnership with SSM Health.The affiliation better se...

From chemotherapy to radiation therapy, cancer care is complex, and technology and science are constantly trying to keep up to make things easier for the patient.At the OSF Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Care Center in Danville, Illinois, top-of-the l...

OSF HealthCare has earned the 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). This marks the tenth consecutive year OSF has achieved this honor.The CHIME Digital Health Most W...

The OSF HealthCare blog has been named to Feedspot’s “Top 100 Healthcare Blogs and Websites” list of health care blogs to follow in 2022. Feedspot is considered the largest human curated database of bloggers and podcasts.The OSF HealthCare blog recen...

Patients of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center in the greater Riverbend community will soon have access to a comprehensive network of specialty and subspecialty physicians through the formation of a new strategic affiliation with SSM Health...

OSF HealthCare is shaping the future of modern, on-demand care. We are excited to announce the addition of a new resource for the communities in and around Vermilion County – access to health care on wheels through the new OSF Care-a-Van.The OSF Care...

OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center has been awarded on Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2022. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awa...

Patients of OSF Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Care Center at OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville now have access to quicker and more precise radiation treatment.After a months-long process to get the technology installed, the TrueB...

OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center Moeller Cancer Center in Alton is looking for patient feedback about navigating cancer care through a newly announced clinical research program, commonly known as a clinical trial.The clinical trials are a...

Robert Sehring, Chief Executive Officer, OSF HealthCare, headquartered in Peoria, has been elected treasurer of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s (IHA) 2022 Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is the policymaking body for the Associ...

OSF HealthCare is not only dealing with a COVID-19 surge that is nearing, or surpassing, all previous surges of hospitalization, but in the western Illinois community of Galesburg, there’s a perfect storm of sorts.A neighboring hospital of OSF Health...

With the rise of COVID-19 infections primarily among the unvaccinated, OSF HealthCare is asking members of communities it serves to refrain from coming to their facilities for asymptomatic and close contact testing.Dr. Mike Cruz, MD, FACEP, chief ope...

OSF HealthCare is proud to partner with three well known student athletes in Urbana-Champaign to promote OSF OnCall Urgent Care and OSF HealthCare Medical Group - Pediatrics in Savoy.College basketball stars Kofi Cockburn and Da’Monte Williams teamed...

OSF HealthCare will be offering its nearly 24,000 Mission Partners (employees) coverage from Illinois’ largest homegrown health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) starting in January. This new agreement builds on the dedication ...

OSF Medical Group – Primary Care clinics were recently recognized as leaders in patient-centered care for the ninth year in a row. This year, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized a total of 62 OSF Medical Group – Primary Car...

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.This fa...

OSF HealthCare was one of the first organizations selected to participate as a Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In the decade since, the Peoria, Illinois-based health system has con...

OSF HealthCare has lost one of its most loyal and dedicated supporters in Charles “Chuck” Thomas, who passed away on October 8.Born and raised in Rockford, Thomas once aspired to be a Catholic priest but pursued a law career instead. During his notab...

As a health care Ministry, OSF HealthCare works to build strong relationships with like-minded health care providers, and is excited to announce that OSF HealthCare and Advanced Medical Transport (AMT) have entered into an agreement to transition all...

Renovation of the new OSF HealthCare Ministry Headquarters building in downtown Peoria is nearing completion. Members of the media were invited to see construction progress on October 5.Built in 1905, it was most recently known as the former Chase bu...

Kindred Healthcare, LLC (Kindred) and OSF HealthCare have received approval from state regulators to jointly own the Greater Peoria Specialty Hospital, which will now be known as the OSF HealthCare Transitional Care Hospital, located in Peoria, Illin...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that OSF HealthCare is the recipient of $943,644 in grant money through Round 2 of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program. This funding is part of more than $41 million in grant money awarded today b...

OSF HealthCare, along with many community leaders, officially welcomed OSF Life Flight to its new hangar at Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) in Bloomington with a ribbon cutting and blessing on Thursday, September 9.The new hangar provides a ...

OSF HealthCare continues to follow the science on COVID-19 vaccines and assess the pandemic situation overall. Based on this information and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we have thoughtfully made the decision to...

As both an employer and a Ministry of Catholic health care, OSF HealthCare is called to be socially just and recognize the personal worth and dignity of every person served – including its own Mission Partners (employees).Effective in September, OSF ...

OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois has been recognized as a Best Children’s Hospital for 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report.OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois was recognized among the top three children’s hospital in Illinois...

OSF Innovation and its partners at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) and Illinois State University (ISU) in Normal, Illinois, have received a federal Human Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant of $10,000 to co...

The Illinois Department of Health and Family Services (HFS) has announced that $750 million in funding is being made available over a five year period to focus on community needs, with an emphasis on addressing social and structural determinants of h...