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...
[caption id="attachment_43442" align="alignright" width="300"] A Wall of Gratitude at Elkhart General Hospital is full of notes from the community.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43443" align="alignleft" width="185"] Hundreds of snacks were recently donated to Elkhart General Hospital.[/caption] Hundreds of members of our community have sent notes of encouragement, gift cards and...
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...
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...
[caption id="attachment_43405" align="alignright" width="250"] Memorial Hospital of South Bend President Larry Tracy hands a turkey to a Beacon associate.[/caption] 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...
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...
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...
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...
Erin Fini, a certified respiratory therapist at Elkhart General Hospital, describes caring for COVID patients. "We have patients coming into the Elkhart General Emergency Department who are having trouble breathing by the carloads every day. We see patients who are young and old, patients who have...
We start this week with another record of 148 COVID-positive patients across our health system. Our staff continues to be stretched as we all step up to care for an ever-increasing number of people needing care. We continue to see an increase in the community spread of this virus and...
