Parents of babies born at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville Memorial Hospital and Springfield Memorial Hospital will be given free infant sleep sacks as part of a Safe Sleep initiative in conjunction with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

Parents of babies born at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville Memorial Hospital and Springfield Memorial Hospital will be given free infant sleep sacks as part of a Safe Sleep initiative in conjunction with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

Parents of babies born at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville Memorial Hospital and Springfield Memorial Hospital will be given free infant sleep sacks as part of a Safe Sleep initiative in conjunction with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

The third annual Summerfest for children and their families will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, at Community Park. The event will feature activities, giveaways and a chance to celebrate community health and wellness during Community Health Improvement Week.

Longtime volunteer Ed McDowall was recognized with a Heart of Gold award at the UIS Good as Gold ceremony held April 21 at the university.

A popular Safe Sitter course returns to Taylorville on Thursday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Safe Sitter class gives preteens and teens, ages 11-15, the confidence and skills to be effective, safe babysitters.

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.