Heidi Prescott, Author at Beacon Health System

16 Apr

Eye on Health: Beacon orthopedic team helps EMT return to serving her community

For EMT Katie Ohda, living in pain wasn't an option. Katie's shoulder problems began when she was a high school freshman and a dedicated softball player. She waited nearly five years before seeking help. By then, the labrum in her shoulder was completely torn. A prior surgery hadn't worked, and she...

14 Apr

Memorial Hospital first in Indiana to send every newborn home with books

Memorial Hospital of South Bend is launching Books from Birth this week, becoming the first hospital in Indiana — and the latest across a select group of hospitals nationwide — to send every newborn home with a starter library of new board books. The program is made possible through a...

09 Apr

Beacon announces Sarah Paturalski as President of Beacon Dowagiac, names additional leaders

Beacon Health System has named Sarah Paturalski, MBA, MSN, RN, as President of Beacon Dowagiac. With more than 15 years of healthcare leadership experience rooted in nursing, Paturalski brings a proven record of operational excellence, workforce development and patient care innovation to the role. Paturalski has served as Vice President of...

02 Apr

Patient credits Three Rivers Health Hospital associate with saving his life during tornado

Abby Hostetler was working the front desk at Three Rivers Health Hospital when she heard the severe weather alert on the scanner. As she was making a final sweep of the lobby, that's when she saw him. She recognized 86-year-old Del Eastes right away as he slowly walked through the doors....

23 Mar

New Beacon Mishawaka Outpatient Center honors local civic leader

Beacon Health System recently opened its new outpatient center at the northeast corner of Lincolnway East and Church Street, a site with deep roots in downtown Mishawaka that now serves the health needs of the community. The 25,000-square-foot, two-story center provides convenient access to advanced imaging, physical therapy, primary care and...

18 Mar

Confidence and trust in Beacon carried patient through breast cancer journey

Being diagnosed with cancer will scare anyone. But because Kathy Wolfe and her husband had experienced Beacon's quality of care before, she walked into treatment with something many patients don't always have right away: confidence in her care team. Something was off Kathy, an artist and retired legal secretary now in her...

18 Mar

Eye on Health: Patient faced breast cancer with Beacon care team by her side

When Suzie Gonzalez felt something hard in her breast, she ignored it at first. When she noticed it was getting bigger, she decided to get it checked out. The LaGrange resident was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma at 48, with no family history of breast cancer and no roadmap for what...

05 Mar

After decades of hiding hearing loss, Beacon patient wants others to consider cochlear implants

Thomas Nate kept his hearing loss mostly to himself. He managed. He adapted. He hid it. But at 84, he was tired of pretending everything was fine. And he finally did something about it. Tom had worn hearing aids since age 38, and about a decade ago, a Florida audiologist first mentioned...

20 Feb

Beacon team helps patient reclaim his life after rare paralyzing diagnosis

It was late September, and Jeff Davis was fighting a cold, coughing constantly and sleeping poorly. When he woke one morning after a bad night, he couldn’t move his arms, nor feel his feet on the ground. Something was very wrong. His wife rushed him to the emergency room at Memorial...

18 Feb

Patient finds relief at Beacon after a decade of searching for answers

When Kailey Lester was a freshman in high school, she never imagined how drastically her life was about to change. During winter break, she suddenly began vomiting and felt sharp, unrelenting pain deep in her lower abdomen and pelvic area. She hoped it was temporary. She prayed it would pass. It...

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