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Memorial Physician Services’ app, which allows patients to self-schedule appointments with their physicians and nurse practitioners, has been expanded to include its clinic in Jacksonville.
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Decatur Memorial Hospital has cleared all regulatory approvals and today became the fifth hospital to join Memorial Health System.
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Dr. Dhuha Raab has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Koke Mill as a family medicine physician.
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Dr. Chinelo Echeazu has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Women’s Healthcare as an obstetrician-gynecologist.
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After three young people in Illinois were hospitalized with severe breathing problems related to vaping, the Illinois Department of Public Health is working with local health departments to warn the public about the dangers of vaping.
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Patients at five Memorial Physician Services clinics can now use an app to self-schedule appointments with their physicians and nurse practitioners.
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Memorial Physician Services-MacArthur Walk-In Clinic at 2115 S. MacArthur Blvd. inside Hy-Vee is closed today because of the inclement winter weather. All other Memorial Medical Center ExpressCare locations and Memorial Physician Services offices are open.
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Dr. Erin Schafer has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Jacksonville as a family medicine physician.
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Memorial Physician Services has renamed its virtual-care service to MemorialNow and has extended the service to include some children between 1 and 17 years old.
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As part of the American Heart Association's Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign, Memorial Health System is seeking volunteers to crochet or knit tiny red hats for babies born in February.
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Memorial Health System earned one of the top excellence awards from the International Hospital Federation.
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Memorial Health System received one of the top honors today in a statewide quality excellence competition sponsored by the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) – the fifth quality award that the health system has received from the association in the last five years.
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Dr. Rebekah Hovland has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Koke Mill as an internal medicine and pediatric physician.
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Memorial Medical Center Foundation’s 29th annual employee giving campaign raised a record-breaking $301,352 to improve the lives of patients and co-workers throughout Memorial Health System.
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Edgar J. Curtis, president and CEO of Memorial Health System, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Illinois on May 13 during commencement ceremonies for the University of Illinois Springfield.
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Dr. Abigail Galle Buoy began her psychiatry practice at Memorial Physician Services-Vine Street.
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Memorial Physician Services will open its walk-in primary care clinic on Monday, Nov. 21, inside the Springfield Hy-Vee store at 2115 S. MacArthur Boulevard.
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Dr. Omar Vargas began his practice at Memorial Physician Services-Jacksonville on Oct. 31.
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Dr. Ashley MacDonald began her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Chatham on Sept. 1.
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Dr. Richard Glover has begun his practice at Memorial Physician Services-Women’s Healthcare.
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For patients who might not be able to make a trip to a doctor’s office, Memorial Physician Services is launching a secure, internet-based service to treat their non-emergency illnesses.
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Dr. Rosemary Koeppel has begun her pediatric practice at Memorial Physician Services-Jacksonville.
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Memorial Medical Center Foundation’s 28th annual employee giving campaign raised nearly $282,000 to improve the lives of patients and co-workers throughout Memorial Health System.
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Dr. Shahed Shams has begun his practice at Memorial Physician Services-Capitol Healthcare.
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Memorial Physician Services will soon open a walk-in primary care clinic inside the Springfield Hy-Vee grocery store at 2115 S. MacArthur Boulevard. The clinic will be the first of its kind for the network of primary care physicians affiliated with Memorial Health System.
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For the second time, all Memorial Physician Services’ primary-care locations were recognized as Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Homes, the highest level possible, by the National Committee for Quality Assistance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home 2014 (PCMH 2014) program.
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Memorial Medical Center is accepting applications for exhibitors to participate in its seventh annual Be Aware Women’s Fair in October.
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To stress the importance of behavioral health to overall wellness and to strengthen its connection to Memorial Health System, Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois has changed its name to Memorial Behavioral Health.
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Memorial Medical Center has launched the Memorial Center for Healthy Families, a new program that offers healthy and wellness guidelines along with nutritional support to children, teenagers and their parents.
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Dr. Stephanie Gadbois has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Lincoln.
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Visitors to ChooseMemorial.org can access a PDF file of the 2015 annual report for the seven-affiliate health system, which includes patient testimonials and significant achievements realized on behalf of the patients and communities served by the health system.
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Edgar J. Curtis, president and CEO of Memorial Health System in Springfield, has been elected chair-elect of the 2016 Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s board of trustees.
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Memorial is One of Only Two Illinois Hospitals Outside of Chicago to Achieve Certification.
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Dr. Jennifer Snyder has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Koke Mill as a pediatrician.
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Memorial Physician Services today launched a clinic in The Villas Senior Care Community to provide primary-care services to the senior residential community’s 230 residents and 180 employees.
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Dr. Jillian Henry has begun her practice at Memorial Physician Services-Women’s Healthcare as an obstetrician and gynecologist.
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Molly Wilson has joined Memorial Health System as administrator of marketing and communications.
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Memorial Medical Center Foundation’s 27th annual employee giving campaign raised nearly $268,000 to improve the lives of patients and co-workers throughout Memorial Health System.
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Memorial Health System was the highest ranked healthcare system to receive a national award for its commitment to learning innovation.
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A community open house will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17, for the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, at the intersection of Rutledge and Miller streets on the Memorial Medical Center campus.
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Memorial Health System's annual report is now available to the public online.
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Dr. Kuldeep Singh has begun his practice at Memorial Physician Services-Vine Street as a psychiatrist.
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Dr. Rick Schenkelberg has begun his practice at Memorial Physician Services-Vine Street as a psychiatrist.
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Memorial Physician Services will staff a clinic in Concordia Village to offer primary-care services to the Springfield retirement community's nearly 300 residents.
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Memorial Health System, which includes Passavant Area Hospital as one of its seven affiliates, plans to donate a medical office building at 800 W. State St. to the Prairie Council on Aging.
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Memorial Medical Center Foundation's 26th annual employee giving campaign raised nearly $250,000 to improve the lives of patients and co-workers throughout Memorial Health System.
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Five Memorial Physician Services locations have medical professionals certified to provide exams for people seeking a commercial driver's license through the State of Illinois.
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Charles Callahan, senior vice president and chief quality officer for Memorial Health System, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective April 1.
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Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville has cleared all regulatory approvals and has become the fourth hospital to join Memorial Health System.
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Memorial Health System's annual report is now available to the public online.
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Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois (MHCCI) will relocate its staff to Memorial Physician Services-Lincoln, 515 N. College St., on Dec.9.
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All of the Memorial Physician Services' primary-care locations were recognized as Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Homes, the highest level possible, by the National Comittee for Quality Assistance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home 2011 (PCMH 2011) program.
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Dr. James Gildner with Memorial Physician Services – Women’s Healthcare has been certified to prescribe a medical device to help women with bladder leakage.
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A new 70,700-square-foot medical office building on the Passavant Area Hospital campus will open to the public on June 3.
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The new 70,700-square-foot medical office building on the Passavant Area Hospital campus is on target to be open to the public on June 3.
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For the safety of patients and their families, Memorial Health System is recommending visitors to its three hospitals — Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and Taylorville Memorial Hospital in Taylorville —help prevent the spread of respiratory infections by requesting that: • Inpatient hospital visits be limited to two visitors per patient at one time; • All visitors be 18 or older and show no signs of illness.
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