[caption id="attachment_47701" align="alignright" width="367"] Mary Sharp, left, and Nicole Frantz, are Beacon Medical Group associates who have recently discovered that they are half-sisters.[/caption] Through her work in coding at Beacon Medical Group’s Maternal Fetal Medicine office, Nicole Frantz had seen how a genetic counselor often recommended...
Associates from across Beacon Health System are reflecting today about how the life and lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to influence our work, our patients and our community. Jeremy Gillespie, manager of associate relations at Elkhart General Hospital, says Dr. King's legacy serves...
Beacon Health System and Ivy Tech Community College are collaborating on an innovative program designed to attract, educate and train nurses who will remain in our communities to care for patients locally. This new model will offer educational incentives to increase student enrollment and develop...
by Kate Glick, RD, LD Elkhart General Hospital Outpatient Clinical Dietitian It’s inevitable: A new year hits and you feel an unexplainable push to “be better.” New Year’s resolutions are everywhere you turn in January. But what about after January? How can we make our new year...
"It's a girl!" Sage Dahlia Benton made her grand entrance into the world just after 5 a.m. Saturday at Elkhart General Hospital, making her the first baby born on New Year's Day in the Michiana area. She was born at exactly 5:04 a.m., Jan. 1, 2022, weighing...
Beacon associates are a shining light for our patients, their families and our community. Their dedication to delivering outstanding care, inspiring health and connecting with heart has guided us through nearly two years of a global pandemic, and we are grateful for all of their...
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Dr. Donald Zimmer, Memorial Hospital emergency medicine physician, appeared live Tuesday night on CNN to talk about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our Beacon Health System hospitals, our staff and our community. Watch the CNN segment below. https://vimeo.com/659157383/8a2f816f74...
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South Bend Medical Foundation has finalized an agreement with Beacon Health System that will allow the pathology laboratory, blood donor center and administrative offices to relocate to a centralized location on Douglas Road in South Bend. Renovations will start in the weeks ahead and South...
