Press Release Archive
June 6, 2007
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Opens $2 Million
Heart And
Vascular Center
The new Heart and Vascular Center, constructed within the
last six months in the Southern Illinois Heart Institute building, is
one of the first health care centers in the Metro East area to join
cardiology and vascular surgery in the same department.
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June 4, 2007
St. Elizabeth’s introduces new technology to increase
comfort and safety for surgery patients
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is addressing patient comfort and infection
control with one single product. The Bair Paws Patient Adjustable
Warming System is currently in use for all surgery patients.
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May 14, 2007
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Mission Outreach assist the Ukraine
Through the Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach program, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital donated medical equipment and supplies to a hospital in Luhansk, Ukraine.
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March 22 , 2007
St. Elizabeth's Hospital RN receives Outstanding Nurse Recognition Award from the March of Dimes
Sarah Boyer, RNC, CI.C., CBE, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital's Mother/Child Department, has been honored as on of only five nurses in Illinois to receive the annual March of Dimes Nurse Recognition Award.
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February 15, 2007
Japanese Contingent Visits
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
A contingency of surgeons, nurses, hospital professionals and nuns from the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis Province in Japan visited St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville on Thursday, February 15, 2007.
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February 8, 2007
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Announces Largest Private Donation for Major Gifts Campaign
A donation from late Belleville firefighter Earl L. Ritzheimer’s estate to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital has enabled St. Elizabeth’s to near the goal of its first Major Gifts campaign in more than 50 years. The donation of approximately $820,000 puts pledges for St. Elizabeth’s $3 million Major Gifts campaign at nearly $2.4 million, or 80 percent of the goal.
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January 26, 2007
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Introduces First Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program in Metro-East
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, in collaboration with Family Hospice and Hospice of Southern Illinois, announces the creation of a local Palliative Care program for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families in our community. This is the first hospital-based palliative program in the metro-east.
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January 22, 2007
O’Fallon Medical Building Adds Digital Mammography
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of Belleville, which has offered women the most advanced digital mammography system available at its Monroe County Medical Building since that facility opened last September, has added the service at its O’Fallon Medical Building at 1512 North Green Mount Road in O’Fallon, Illinois.
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December 15, 2006
Hospital Sisters Health System names Stephanie McCutcheon HSHS President and CEO
Sister Joan Winkler, OSF, Provincial Superior of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, announced that Stephanie McCutcheon has accepted the offer to be the new Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) President and CEO. McCutcheon was named HSHS Interim President and CEO on August 16.
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November 2, 2006
Memorial Hospital And St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Fund New Communications Upgrades For Area Ambulance Services
Memorial and St. Elizabeth’s Hospitals – recognizing the key role EMS plays in our communities – have donated funds to several area ambulance services to purchase pre-hospital 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) equipment for early intervention in treating heart health issues, including acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as patients are in route to the hospitals.
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September 18 , 2006
Over 400 people attend Open House event at new facility in Monroe County
Columbia, Illinois
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Monroe County Medical Building is officially open for business today, September 18, 2006. A celebration of the building’s completion was held for members of the communities in Monroe County on Wednesday, September 13 and Saturday, September 16.
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September 8, 2006
Digital Mammography Available at
the New Monroe County Facility
St. Elizabeth’s Monroe County Medical Building offers women the most advanced digital mammography system available for the early detection of breast cancer.
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August 1, 2006
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital welcomes Dr. Daniel E. Cox
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital welcomes Daniel E. Cox, M.D. He is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon and will be opening an office at 311 West Lincoln, Suite 200.
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July 25, 2006
St. Elizabeth’s Opens Physical Therapy Clinic for Women
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital announces the creation of a new women’s health rehabilitation program. The Physical Therapy Clinic for Women opened July 10 on the 3rd floor of the Southern Illinois Heart Institute Building.
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May 2, 2006
St. Elizabeth’s Introduces Versant RN Residency Program
St. Elizabeth’s is one of the first St. Louis area healthcare providers to introduce an innovative and exciting RN Residency program for new graduate Registered Nurses.
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April 25, 2006
St. Elizabeth’s and Red Cross Join Forces
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is proud to announce an agreement with the American Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region as primary blood provider for the hospital.
Effective May 1, 2006, the agreement brings two of the most recognized names in healthcare in the metro area together to serve the community.
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April 24, 2006
St. Elizabeth’s Non-Smoking Campus
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is happy to announce positive improvements for our employees as well. St. Elizabeth’s will be a completely tobacco-free campus beginning September 1st, 2006. This change is to create a healthy lifestyle and positive atmosphere for patients and employees alike.
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November 30, 2005
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Joins UnitedHealthcare Network
Premium Care. Premium Staff. Premium Choice. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is proud to be designated as a UnitedHealth Premium cardiac specialty center.
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October 13, 2005
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Adds New Orthopedic Surgery Practice
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville announces
the addition of a new orthopedic surgery practice.
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November 15, 2004
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Receives Chest Pain Center Accreditation
The Society of Chest Pain Centers has granted the designation of Accredited Chest Pain Center to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL. St. Elizabeth’s is the first hospital in the St. Louis metropolitan area to receive this accreditation; it is the third accredited Chest Pain Center in Illinois and 70th in the nation.
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