1st patient at downtown Springfield hospital returns after 5 years
After five years, Chris and Gretchen Zinkhon don’t remember every detail of their time at Springfield Regional Medical Center, where Gretchen and their newborn son were the hospital’s first patients ...
Learn MoreCounty health organizations discuss improvement plan
Local county health officials met Friday at Mercy Memorial Hospital to discuss the Champaign County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and how their collaborative efforts will address the county’s health needs in the future. Representatives from the hospital, Champaign County Health District, Champaign Family YMCA and Champaign County Drug Free Youth Coalition spoke on health needs for the county. ...
Learn MoreExperts: $275M downtown hospital impact on Springfield significant
CMHP in the News: Marketing and Communications facilitated a story by the Springfield News-Sun on Springfield Regional Medical Center’s impact on the community as the hospital celebrates its fifth anniversary. Reporter Matt Sanctis talked to several community leaders for the story. ...
Learn MoreLocal ERs set guidelines for treating patients with opiates
The emergency departments at Mercy Memorial Hospital and Springfield Regional Medical Center have established new guidelines for treating chronic pain patients, including a restriction on opiates or sedative medications. ...
Learn MoreMercy Memorial Hospital celebrates history of support
Mercy Memorial Hospital has served the health needs of Champaign County since 1951. But the origin of the hospital can be traced back seven years earlier to a meeting of community leaders at the Urbana Country Club. Seventy-two years ago this month, a group of 70 industrial and civic leaders met to discuss the need for a community hospital. The result of that Nov. 29 meeting was the formation of a hospital association to develop a practical, workable plan for a hospital. That group remains active today as the Mercy Memorial Hospital Association, which continues to support and fund hospital technology and equipment improvements to better serve the community ...
Learn MoreSpringfield hospital to cut back on narcotic prescriptions
Emergency room doctors at Springfield Regional Medical Center have begun a new program aimed at cutting back the amount of narcotics prescribed to patients in light of the heroin crisis. ...
Learn MoreSpringfield Police donate to Cancer Center
he Springfield Police Division has made a generous donation of $1,840 to the Springfield Regional Cancer Center ...
Learn MoreSpringfield's biggest employer picks new leader
Springfield’s largest employer has hired a new leader just weeks after its previous president and CEO announced plans to retire. Matthew Caldwell will be the new president and CEO of Community Mercy Health Partners, which is part of Mercy Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Ohio and fourth-largest employer in the state ...
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