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Dec
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Dec
Elkhart General Hospital designated a Clean Facility by Association for the Health Care Environment
The Association for the Healthcare Environment has designated Elkhart General Hospital as a Clean Facility, confirming the hospital’s commitment to infection prevention, cleanliness and preparedness for biological events. The AHE recently released the Pathways to Clean certificate program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This program could not have come at...
01
Dec
Walls of Gratitude show community support at Beacon hospitals, urgent care locations
Hundreds of members of our community have sent notes of encouragement, gift cards and other expressions of thanks as the COVID-19 pandemic has continued, and the Beacon Health System team could not be more grateful. The Beacon Health Foundation has compiled the hundreds of letters into Walls of Gratitude at Community...
01
Dec
KeyBank generously donates Sunburst sponsorship to Beacon Children’s Hospital
Despite the cancelation of the Sunburst Races this past summer, KeyBank has generously donated its presenting sponsorship funding to Beacon Children’s Hospital. This donation will ensure the continuation of the Child Life Program, which supports young patients and their families during hospital visits. In addition to this $25,000 donation, the Cleveland-based...
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Nov
Elkhart General RT describes “personal struggle of fortitude and perseverance”
Randy Stouder has worked as a Respiratory Therapist for more than 40 years, including 19 years at Beacon. Since February, Randy has cared for COVID patients in the Emergency Room, Intermediate Critical Care, Medical floors and Intensive Care units at Elkhart General Hospital. "To accurately describe what is happening in our...
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Nov
Beacon gives out more than 5,000 turkeys, donates 2,200 to local charities
To thank them for all their hard work and dedication over the past year, Beacon Health System last week handed out more than 5,000 turkeys to our team members. “In a year where our healthcare heroes have given all they have and more to fight COVID-19,” said Beacon Health System...
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Nov
Beacon upgrading Memorial parking terminals to limit spread of COVID-19, flu
Starting December 1, 2020, three Memorial Hospital garages will use new, automatic parking terminals. This system will allow for more efficient flow in and out of the garages, and will help limit the potential exposure of associates, patients and visitors to infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 and flu. If you park...
13
Nov
Beacon redeploys nurses, providers to support near-record levels of COVID patients at hospitals
Beacon Health continues to have near-record levels of inpatient admissions with significant stress on its providers and staff throughout the organization. The health system is redeploying nursing staff and providers from outpatient areas to support its acute care facilities because of this. Many nonclinical staff members are also volunteering to...
12
Nov
Final moments with a COVID patient: “I try to be their support until the end”
Amber Hodges, an Elkhart General Hospital registered respiratory therapist, shares her perspective about caring for COVID patients who are about to die. "I honestly didn’t think this was going to be any worse than the flu. I just figured it was going to be something we could get under control fast....
10
Nov