OSF HealthCare

The Community Health Care Clinic in Normal has seen a big increase in need over the last nine months.

Following a lengthy transition period, Michelle Conger is embracing her new role as CEO of the OSF HealthCare system. Conger, who joined OSF in 1994, moved into the network’s top leadership position following Bob Sehring’s retirement early this month.

Democratic state Rep. Maura Hirschauer has introduced a bill aimed at reducing hesitation when providing CPR to women.

A nonprofit is partnering with a Bloomington family to bring awareness of resources for families navigating autism. Leo Egbers was diagnosed with autism shortly before he drowned in a pond behind his home in 2024.

Pre-hospital transfusion improves patient condition, reduces hospital stays and reduces overall use of blood. Eureka-Goodfield EMS will be the first program in Illinois to offer the service in ambulances.

The high-tech simulator recreates emergency delivery and postpartum scenarios for OSF's mobile unit serving Central Illinois maternal care deserts.

Health care providers and educators worry a $100,000 lifetime limit on borrowing for graduate nursing programs, wrapped in the fine print of the Big, Beautiful Bill, could put a wrench in the workforce pipeline.

Health care systems nationwide are bracing for how the Trump administration's price increase to a visa program used to hire skilled foreign workers will negatively affect their ability hire clinicians. OSF HealthCare is among several Bloomington-Normal employers who hire H-1B visa holders.

OSF, a Catholic health care system based in Peoria, said in a statement it was “saddened” to hear the governor signed the bill into law. Health care providers are not required to participate.

Since beginning his practice in 1988, James McGee has focused on clinical care and early detection of cancer throughout Central Illinois. His clinical area of focus is radiation oncology.