A free cooking class on safe home canning will be offered from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, at Taylorville Memorial Hospital in partnership with University of Illinois Extension.

Memorial Health has launched the Horizons Program, a new initiative designed to support students pursuing degrees in high-demand healthcare fields through financial assistance, hands-on clinical experience and a clear path to employment after graduation.

The Lincoln Memorial Hospital Market will open for its tenth season on Saturday, May 17, on the Logan County Fairgrounds and run through Sept. 20. Sponsored by the Lincoln Memorial Foundation, the indoor event is a “producer-only” farmers market, which means vendors sell only what they have grown or produced themselves.

A new Memorial Mile marked walking path around the Springfield Memorial Hospital campus will officially launch at 2 p.m. on May 14 after a ceremonial ribbon-cutting.

Casie Milner, a nurse manager in the Emergency Department at Springfield Memorial Hospital (SMH), received the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an office established in 1972 under the Department of Defense.

Memorial Health has named Drew Early as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), a newly created position that reflects the health system’s continued evolution as an integrated, high-performing enterprise.

Daniel Otten, a telecom engineer with Information Systems, is the Memorial Health System Resources Colleague of the Month for April.

As part of the Community Health Implementation Plan to promote recreational biking, Taylorville Memorial Hospital (TMH) recently donated bike equipment including a bench, storage rack and repair station to the Lincoln Prairie Trails Conservancy for use on the Lincoln Prairie Trail.

Becker’s Hospital Review released its “CHROs and Chief People Officers to Know” list, which included Elisabeth Klar, senior vice president and CHRO for Memorial Health.

Camden Woodward, a nursing technician at Taylorville Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital’s Colleague of the Month for April.

Corrie Taylor-Welch, an RN IV on the adult psychiatric unit at Springfield Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital’s Colleague of the Month for April.

A popular Safe Sitter course returns to Jacksonville Memorial Hospital with two summer opportunities for participants ages 11 – 15.

Ava McGlothlin, a phlebotomist and lab assistant with Memorial Care on S. 6th St. in Springfield, is the Memorial Health Ambulatory Group Colleague of the Month for April.

Rose Beach, RPSGT, a polysomnographic chief technologist at Decatur Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital’s Colleague of the Month for April.

Mike Hoots, a security officer at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital’s Colleague of the Month for April.

Beth Dunham, an ultrasound technologist at Lincoln Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital’s Colleague of the Month for April.

Lincoln Memorial Hospital (LMH) has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital for the fifth consecutive time.

A program sponsored by Jacksonville Memorial Hospital will again allow shoppers to use a Link card to purchase food at the Jacksonville Farmers Market, which opens for the season on Saturday, May 3, and runs through Oct. 25.

Lincoln Memorial Hospital will host a flag-raising ceremony on Thursday, April 24, to call attention to the importance of organ and tissue donation.

Taylorville Memorial Hospital will host a flag-raising ceremony on Thursday, April 24, to call attention to the importance of organ and tissue donation.

Springfield Memorial Hospital will host a flag-raising ceremony on Wednesday, April 23, to call attention to the importance of organ and tissue donation.

Jacksonville Memorial Hospital will host a flag-raising ceremony on Monday, April 21, to call attention to the importance of organ and tissue donation.

Decatur Memorial Hospital will host a flag-raising ceremony on Tuesday, April 22, to call attention to the importance of organ and tissue donation.

Students pursuing careers in healthcare or agriculture can now apply for 2025 scholarships awarded through the Decatur Memorial Foundation and Decatur Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Deadline to apply is May 2.

Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher led a proclamation ceremony on Thursday, April 10, at Memorial Child Care, 401 W. Miller, that highlighted the importance of early childhood development and the critical role of those who support young children and their families.