November 2010 - Members In The Spotlight

Edward Hospital has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. Edward is one of only 18 hospitals or imaging facilities in Chicagoland to have earned the designation, which means Edward has met the requirements of the ACR’s mandatory mammography accreditation program and all of the ACR’s voluntary breast imaging accreditation programs, including sterotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.
 
In recognition of its preservation efforts, Naper Settlement recently received an Award of Merit for its “Collections Care and Storage Improvements Project” from the American Association for State and Local History Leadership in History Awards. The Leadership in History Awards, now in its 65th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history.
 
The high quality of mammography and breast imaging at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet was recognized recently with the radiology profession’s highest designation as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. This designation was presented by the American College of Radiology after Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center had successfully met all of the accreditation requirements in three critical areas; mammography, sterotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.
 
Former Joliet Area Community Hospice Director of Clinical Services, June Brown volunteered her husband, Ed to create a wooden display case to accommodate the golden shovel that was used during the groundbreaking ceremony on September 25th, 2002. After years of the shovel being displayed in other offices and areas of the Hospice Home it was decided by the current CEO Rick Kasper that the shovel would be placed in the living room in the Hospice Home for all to see when that room is utilized. Ed took meticulous pride in picking out the best cherry wood and took extraordinary detail in varnishing this remarkable display case that now holds the shovel that started it all.
 
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center received a 5-Star rating from HealthGrades for the quality of its patient care in each of eight clinical areas including; Cardiac Care, Cardiac Surgery, Stroke Care, Pulmonary Care, Gastrointestinal Care, Critical Care, Women’s Health and Emergency Medicine. The recognition is based on the Thirteenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America study, which analyzes patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation’s hospitals.
 
Lucy(10) and Jimmy(7) Londergon of Minooka are changing children’s lives one bookmark at a time. They made homemade bookmarks; some were laminated with dried flowers and some were paper with an imaginative drawing. Lucy and Jimmy went to local craft stores and hand chose fabrics to make homemade individualized pillow cases for every pediatric patient in the Joliet Area Community Hospice program for the upcoming holiday season from their profits of selling the bookmarks.
 
HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization, has published a study that finds Edward Hospital is #1 in Illinois for Cardiology Services, which includes treatment of heart attack, treatment of heart failure and catheterization lab procedures like angioplasty and the insertion of stents. Edward’s #1 ranking is based on mortality data over a three-year period in these three areas for patients in the hospital, 30 days after hospitalization and 180 days after hospitalization.