Sheralee Shah is a firm believer in counting your blessings. Shah, who has been a physical therapist for 20 years, has seen the toll that strokes, injuries and disease have taken on her patients. She’s also seen her patients rebound, helping them regain the ability to walk, drive and perform[Read More…]
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Health & Wellness 2025: New Franciscan clinics serve multiple health needs
Franciscan Health officially celebrated the opening of its new offices in Cherry Creek Plaza with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, March 19. The grand opening event featured interactive tours of the new adult and pediatric rehabilitation spaces and the new primary care space of Specialty Physicians of Illinois LLC. Attendees[Read More…]
Health & Wellness 2025 | When minutes count: Franciscan Hospital’s Acute Stroke Ready designation is a lifesaver for stroke victims
Jennifer Biank is a woman on a mission when it comes to strokes. “A stroke is not the same as a heart attack. Your brain is experiencing trauma,” said Biank, who is coordinator of Clinical Outcomes and Stroke at Franciscan Hospital, Olympia Fields. “I need you to have the same[Read More…]
Health & Wellness 2024: Doctors helping patients meet their health goals
The next time you go to the doctor, think about what medical goals you want to work toward, advises Dr. Crystal Hines-Mays, a family physician at Franciscan Health’s Homewood office. Being able to share your medical history and goals is one way to build a strong doctor-patient relationship, Hines-Mays said.[Read More…]
Year-long Franciscan Health program promotes healthy lifestyle to prevent diabetes
Franciscan Health is offering pre-diabetic patients the opportunity to help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes with its year-long Diabetes Prevention Program. Franciscan Health’s 12-month online Diabetes Prevention Program follows guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that have proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.[Read More…]
Franciscan Health resident receives Goldberg Memorial Scholarship
The Franciscan Health Foundation announced that first-year medical resident Dr. Nishant Kumar is this year’s recipient of its prestigious Dr. Lowell Goldberg Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to the graduating osteopathic medicine student who has earned the highest clinical rotation scores. “I feel very honored to have received[Read More…]
Franciscan Health joins BroadStreet for creation of new violence prevention effort
Franciscan Health and BroadStreet recently launched a new collaboration with the hope of leveraging data into action using nationally available dashboards for promoting violence prevention across communities. The dashboards present evidence-based interventions specific to a community’s demographics and socioeconomic factors. To create the dashboards, Stacey Quick, Franciscan Health community health[Read More…]
Franciscan Health 20th Classic Golf Outing is Aug. 15
The 20th Franciscan Health Classic will be held on Monday, Aug. 15, at Olympia Fields Country Club. Proceeds from this year’s event will help fund a new Medical Simulation Lab at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields. Laurie Crosby, Franciscan Health Foundation executive director, said the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for[Read More…]
Health & Wellness 2022: Occupational therapists help return patients to daily routines
Editor’s note: This story is the seventh in a series originally published in the Chronicle’s April 1 print edition, part of the annual Health & Wellness supplement sponsored by Franciscan Health. Allen Davenport originally was skeptical about occupational therapy, but he said he saw its benefits after just two sessions[Read More…]
Franciscan Health earns Gold Safe Sleep recognition from National Safe Sleep hospital program
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Family Birth Center has been recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital certification program as a Gold Safe Sleep Champion for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. The program was created by Cribs for Kids®, the only national infant safe sleep[Read More…]