Depression can affect more than just mental health—it can have physical consequences as well. Memorial Care Primary Care (previously known as Memorial Physician Services) is working to address the overall well-being of their patients through a multi-faceted effort to identify…
There’s never a good time to get the call. Kim Hart was in the office at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday in 2009. She was the only one left. Her husband, Jim, was out of town. She was looking forward…
Caring for an aging parent or other loved one can be overwhelming – managing medications, keeping track of appointments and making sure they’re safe in their home. Memorial Care Navigation is a service offered by Memorial Health System to provide peace…
Telling your children that you have a life-threatening illness is tough enough the first time. Laura Beth Pemberton had to do it twice. Three years before she discovered a lump in her left breast in June 2017, which led to…
Your husband has just returned from a visit with your primary-care physician. When you ask him what the doctor said, he gives you an answer you’ve heard many times before. “Everything’s good.” But is it? Men are often reluctant to…
More than 960 kidney transplants have been performed at Memorial since the program began more than 40 years ago. Court Dickason received a new kidney in one of those 960 transplants, and he has nothing but the highest praise for…
Volunteers are the backbone of Memorial Health System. In 2017, more than 900 volunteers donated over 100,000 hours of service. Volunteers at Memorial Medical Center range from 16 years old to 94. All five generations work alongside each other and…
Sean Lynch didn’t think anything was seriously wrong the afternoon of his massive heart attack. The 50-year-old local radio personality was setting up a pre-party at the Illinois State Fairgrounds for the band Foghat. He started to feel overheated, which…
Life happens in the patient rooms and hallways of our hospitals and clinics, in the events we sponsor and the causes we champion. Life happens in the connections between our employees and patients and their families. In 2016, our photographers…
As program coordinator of Memorial Medical Center’s palliative care program, Kelli Fisher has been a source of strength and stability to hundreds of patients for the last decade, many of them facing their own battles with cancer. What she didn’t…