Dr. Kristine Jennings, director of the Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, offers parents of school-age children advice for keeping their kids safe as they return to the classroom. One of the focal points of the conversations of many of my office visits with my patients,...
In her own words: Kate Melody, RN, Memorial Hospital Childbirth Unit charge nurse. Many of us are happiest just living in our own bubbles, not actually watching COVID numbers and data. We are sending our kids back to school, many of them with mask-optional policies. Many don’t...
[caption id="attachment_45892" align="alignleft" width="283"] Joseph Caruso, MD, Beacon Medical Group.[/caption] In his own words: Dr. Joe Caruso, a Beacon Medical Group family physician. The hospitals and ICUs are filling up with COVID patients again. They are not filling up with vaccinated patients; they are filling up with very...
While scrolling through her Facebook feed, Brittany Jaso stopped and looked closely at a black-and-white photo that caught her eye. In it, she saw a nurse and student nurse tending to a small child in a wheelchair. She picked up her phone and messaged the little...
Splash pads. Community pools. Public parks and playgrounds. Many of these spaces created for children are limited in their ability to accommodate children with physical handicaps. Teeter-totters, slides and most swings are not tailored for children like 4-year-old Royce Purser, who lives with a permanent...
Elkhart General Hospital has been reverified as a Level III trauma center through 2023 by the Verification Review Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. The hospital cared for nearly 650 trauma patients last year during the pandemic. Established by the American College of...
“How am I going to get through today? That’s the question on the minds of many patients Roger Hershberger encounters as a social worker with the Beacon Care Coordination team, a group of clinicians that works to improve the health of chronically ill patients of the...
Beacon Health System today announced that it will require everyone employed by the health system or regularly working at a Beacon facility to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 1, 2021. As a healthcare leader, Beacon Health System believes it is important to demonstrate a...
In early 2011, Memorial Hospital pledged to provide psychiatric services and care at the former Madison Center properties on Niles Avenue near downtown South Bend. One of the biggest changes and challenges in the last 10 years has been the growing number of adults and...
ELKHART and SOUTH BEND, Indiana – Elkhart General Hospital and Memorial Hospital of South Bend have earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a...
