Three Rivers Health joins Beacon Health System

Beacon Health System and Three Rivers Health officials today announced that they have finalized an agreement for the 60-bed acute care facility to become the eighth hospital in the non-profit Beacon Health System and the first in the state of Michigan. For more than a century, Three Rivers Health has been...

New COVID-19 rapid test guidelines go into effect Sept. 3

Due to a nationwide shortage of COVID-19 rapid tests and increased community demand, Beacon will be prioritizing its use of the tests across the system beginning tomorrow, September 3. “In the last two weeks, for example, testing volumes at our MedPoint locations has increased 200 percent,” said Molly Kelly, RN, Director...

Vaccine efforts to shift to mobile sites, offices

Relief, excitement, anticipation and every emotion in-between ran through our Elkhart General Hospital vaccine clinic team members when the first shipment of vials arrived on the loading dock on December 17, 2020. Our team is proud to serve in a vital role in our community’s efforts against COVID-19. Now, with more...

Three Rivers Health signs letter of intent to join Beacon Health System in spring of 2021

Partnership will provide expanded access to care across our region Three Rivers Health,  based in southern Michigan, and Beacon Health System, based in northern Indiana, have signed a Letter of Intent to have Three Rivers Health join Beacon Health System in the spring of 2021, pending final approvals. Three Rivers Health, a...

New visitor guidelines take effect today at Beacon hospitals

Hospital visitor restrictions are now in effect for all Beacon locations: No visitors will be permitted except under special circumstances. Patients in labor or hospitalized after delivery may have one person to accompany them. Children and dependent adults are permitted two healthy visitors over age 18 per day with only one entry per person...

Beacon Health updates visitor restrictions at hospitals

October 7, 2020 Visitation policies are now in effect for all Beacon locations: A maximum of 1 visitor will be permitted at any one time for each patient. Visitors must be 18 years of age or older and in good health. Visitors cannot be acutely ill and cannot be in quarantine or...

Beacon imaging sites designated as centers of excellence

Memorial Regional Breast Center and Memorial Lighthouse Medical Imaging Designated as ACR Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence Beacon Health System’s Memorial Regional Breast Center in South Bend and Memorial Lighthouse Medical Imaging in Mishawaka have been designated as Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The...

Beacon Health & Fitness-South Bend Earns Medical Fitness Facility Certification

South Bend, IN – Beacon Health & Fitness - South Bend announced today that it has achieved certification by the Medical Fitness Association, the country’s leading organization dedicated solely to medically integrated wellness and fitness facilities. This certification represents a significant step forward in improving the health of the entire...