[caption id="attachment_46265" align="alignleft" width="215"] Stacey Griffin, Unit Assistant, Elkhart General ICC.[/caption] Stacey Griffin is a Unit Assistant in the Elkhart General Intensive Care Center. Below, Stacey describes why she is pursuing a career in nursing. She is a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship winner. "I started...
[caption id="attachment_46316" align="alignright" width="389"] Dr. Muhammad Saeed, MD, FACP[/caption] ELKHART, Ind. – Dr. Muhammad Saeed, MD, FACP, an internist and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician, practicing at Beacon Medical Group Pulmonology and General Surgery in Elkhart, has been elected a Fellow of the American College...
[caption id="attachment_46309" align="alignright" width="309"] Altáshia LaMar, nursing student and sickle cell patient[/caption] Altáshia LaMar, 30, is hardworking and determined. She is a mother and wife who loves spending time with her family and traveling to the beach, zoo and museum. In addition, LaMar is a full-time...
[caption id="attachment_46248" align="alignleft" width="299"] Alicia Rogers, Unit Assistant, Memorial ICU.[/caption] Alicia Rogers is a Unit Assistant in the Memorial Hospital ICU. Below, Alicia describes why she is pursuing a career in nursing. She is a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship winner. "I have always taken care...
[caption id="attachment_46223" align="alignleft" width="225"] Laura Meyer reads to her granddaughter, Hazel.[/caption] Laura Meyer loves so many things about being a Newborn Intensive Care Unit nurse and taking care of the hospital's tiniest patients. 'Bath night' and reading are two of her absolute favorites. "When I walk down...
In his own words: Rodrigo Correa is the Director of Rehabilitation Inpatient Services, Inpatient Therapy Services, Sterile Processing and Speech Diagnostics at Memorial Hospital. He describes his experiences on September 11, 2001, and how it has affected his life and his career. My heart, thoughts, and...
Julie Parrott Karrer has no problem recalling how she felt on her milestone birthdays. The Elkhart native remembers the feeling a sense of despair when she was still single and turning 30. A wife and mother of five children, she cried when she turned 40. She decided she...
Beacon’s mission to ‘Deliver outstanding care, inspire health and connect with heart’ depends on every person in our organization being committed to the service to others. To ensure the fulfillment of our mission, Beacon is making changes over the coming weeks to some of our wage...
The CDC and the Indiana Department of Health now recommend that people whose immune systems are compromised moderately to severely should receive an additional, third dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine after the initial two doses. Beacon Medical Group patients who meet the criteria should contact...
CHA Accountable Care Organization (ACO), LLC, operated by Beacon Health System, improved care for nearly 12,300 Medicare beneficiaries in Indiana and southwest Michigan in 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, accountable care organizations that...
