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Illinois Wesleyan University's nursing program has rebounded in a big way. A year ago the state put the program on probation for a low pass rate for its graduates on the national licensing exam (NCLEX).
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The state of Illinois has approved a $17.77 million expansion of OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. The hospital will add 25 beds to the current 152-bed total; 10 will be medical-surgical care beds and 15 will be for intensive care patients.
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OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington needs a new president. Current president Lynn Fulton is leaving in December to become CEO of the Maui Health System in Hawaii.
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The Community Health Care Clinic in Normal is now marking its 30th anniversary. The mission is the same as on opening day even as they’ve greatly expanded in size and scope of services provided.
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The author and activist Bell Hooks once wrote “rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” The story of a Bloomington-Normal woman's effort to get lifesaving heart surgery is an example of just that.
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Wherever humans gather, there is garbage. And getting rid of it is a challenge. The start of trash removal in Bloomington dates to the start of the 20th century and to a man known in his day as the King of Swedes.
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Wherever humans gather, there is garbage. And getting rid of it is a challenge. The start of trash removal in Bloomington dates to the start of the 20th century and to a man known in his day as the King of Swedes.
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Experts in rural health care say significant, systemic changes are needed across a litany of issues — public and private insurance reimbursement rates, malpractice rates and staffing among them — for rural hospitals to survive.
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The Illinois Senate has passed a bill creating the civil offense of fertility fraud, which happens when a health provider knowingly uses their own sperm or eggs in a fertility treatment without the knowledge or consent of the patient.
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OSF HealthCare and Illinois State University have announced a new partnership that leaders say will improve access to healthcare, meet social needs and boost economic development.