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Through the invention of its own saliva-based PCR COVID-19 test and digital infrastructure, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been able to keep its campus open to students and the COVID-19 positivity rate low during the pandemic. Now Il...

OSF HealthCare is wholly committed to convenient access to cancer services for the communities it serves. As part of that commitment, OSF leaders broke ground Thursday, March 4, on an important component of the OSF Cancer Center in Bloomington.Thursd...

Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare is proud to have four hospitals recognized as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) Blue Distinction® Centers (BDC) for Maternity Care designation. OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, St. J...

The OSF HealthCare Foundation is excited to announce two lead fundraising gifts for the Comprehensive Cancer Center to be built on the campus of OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.OSF HealthCare CEO Bob Sehring and his wife, Barb, ...

A study conducted at OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois, showed the use of a new, local anesthetic significantly reduces pain and promotes faster recovery for patients following lumbar spinal fusion surgery.The lead res...

Contact: Paul Arco, Media Relations Coordinator, OSF HealthCare, Paul.A.Arco@osfhealthcare.org(San Francisco and Peoria, IL | Dec. 21, 2020) – Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”) and OSF HealthCare announced today that the health care provider has sub...

OSF HealthCare is excited to announce new additions to the leadership teams at OSF both HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana and OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville, in the position of vice president and chief nursing ...

Distillery Labs has named Paul Leamon as the organization’s first Executive Director. Distillery Labs, a technology and innovation center downtown Peoria, Illinois, is expected to open in 2021.Leamon, who has an extensive background as an entrepreneu...

OSF HealthCare is proud to announce the addition of the OSF Cancer Center to the OSF St. Joseph Medical Center campus.Patients now have convenient access to OSF cancer services in Bloomington, including:Radiation therapyNurse navigatorInfusionGenetic...

OSF HealthCare has named Harley Brooks, MD, chief medical officer and regional medical director of Specialty Services in Galesburg, Monmouth and Kewanee. This includes leading medical affairs for OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center, OSF HealthCare...

Even before the first cases of COVID-19 hit the United States, leaders in medical education at the Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) and at OSF HealthCare’s Jump Education and Simulation Center in Peoria were preparing better ways to te...

OSF Ventures has joined an early round of funding for Madison, Wisconsin-based DotCom Therapy, a therapist-founded company specializing in skilled, face-to-face, online therapy services. Speech language pathologist Rachel Robinson founded the company...

OSF HealthCare has lit up its hospitals and medical facilities with pink spotlights to shine a light on the community’s commitment to fighting breast cancer.  Early detection is the most effective weapon in the fight against breast cancer. Bathing...

OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center has hired a new president with a long history in hospital leadership in the St. Louis area. Jerry Rumph, MHA, FACHE, will oversee the day-to-day operations of OSF Saint Anthony’s and its other medical faci...

OSF HealthCare has earned the 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). This marks the ninth consecutive year OSF has achieved this honor. The CHIME Digital Health Mo...

Nearly 70% of people nearing retirement say they wish they had a better understanding of how Medicare works, according to a recent Nationwide survey. As Medicare enrollment season approaches, OSF HealthCare is taking steps to help patients and caregi...

OSF HealthCare has been recognized by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in the “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the U.S. for providing top quality care to heart patients in 2020. OSF Hea...

If you believe the old adage ‘the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach,’ you might consider this –the stomach also provides a direct route to their brain, or more specifically their mood. Comfort foods might make us feel good for a moment,...

Bradley Solberg, President, OSF HealthCare Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac, Illinois, has been named interim president of OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville. He will begin transitioning into his new role ...

OSF HealthCare has been recognized as part of Forbes’ annual list of America’s Best-In-State Employers for 2020. The awards list was announced on August 24, 2020, and can currently be viewed on the Forbes website. OSF HealthCare employs nearly 24,...

Ownership of the Community Cancer Center in Normal will change, effective September 1, 2020 when Carle Health will lead the Community Cancer Center in accordance with its newly established ownership of Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. Advoc...

U.S. News & World Report has included four OSF HealthCare hospitals in its new 2020-2021 Best Hospitals rankings for a number of specialties and services. OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL was ranked #12 in Illinois and ach...

OSF HealthCare has been named one of the best employers for women in the country for 2020 by Forbes magazine, and is the highest ranked Illinois-based health care system earning the distinction. OSF HealthCare is ranked #20 on Forbes’ annual list ...

The Diocese of Peoria is pleased to share the news that the Most Reverend Louis Tylka has been formally installed as Coadjutor Bishop. The Most Reverend Tylka will become the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria when he succeeds Bishop Daniel R. ...

OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center and OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center have been named to Newsweek magazine’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing car...

In late February, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved a Certificate of Need application by OSF HealthCare to build a comprehensive cancer center on th...

In an effort to house transportation vehicles that are vital to the Streator community, OSF HealthCare has begun construction on a state-the-art transportation center adjacent to the OSF Center for Health – Streator. The transportation center will...

  OSF HealthCare is pleased to announce Kathleen Kinsella has been named president of OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park. Kinsella has served as the hospital’s chief operating officer since 2018 where she was...

Madan L. Gupta, M.D., a longtime cardiologist at OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center and Medical Clinic in Galesburg has announced he is retiring after 47 years of service. Dr. Gupta started serving at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in 1973, six m...

U.S. News & World Report has ranked OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois - in the new 2020-2021 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois Nephrology, led by Dr. Vimal Raj, was ranked one of the top 50 U.S. pedi...