"Decatur, Ill…Get close to your heart in February by celebrating American Heart Month with Decatur Memorial Hospital. Learn how to improve and maintain heart health at various events and activities sponsored by DMH."
"Decatur, Ill. – The physical and emotional changes resulting from a stroke can be difficult for stroke survivors and their caregivers to adjust to. Decatur Memorial Hospital offers “Stroke of Luck,” a support group for people recovering from stroke and th"
"A newsletter from Decatur Memorial Hospital for the community we serve."
"Decatur, Ill. – If you’ve had trouble keeping your New Year’s resolutions in years past, turn to the DMH Wellness Center this January."
"Fifty-five hours, one chef, and 16 children…that’s what it took to create a Gingerbread Winter Wonderland. Millikin University Foodservice Chef Brian Pehr was assisted by a group of community children to create the gingerbread village, donated to Decatur"
"Decatur, Ill. – Decatur Memorial Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters."
"Decatur, Ill. – DMH Medical Group has introduced DMH e-visits, online doctor “visits” that are a convenient option for the treatment of minor symptoms such as coughs and colds."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital has gifted an office building located at 310 W. William St., in Decatur to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital has upgraded its da Vinci robotic-assisted surgical system to the new da Vinci® Si™ Surgical System third generation technology."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital’s new Express Care East facility will open Monday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 a.m. The new, larger facility is located at 4455 U.S. Route 36 East, just east of Ruby Tuesday."
"The Pink Glove Dance is spreading to Decatur Memorial Hospital to help spread the word about breast cancer awareness and prevention. The video features more than 250 DMH employees, physicians and volunteers and stars one local breast cancer survivor."
"Bring your dance partner and dance the night away at Decatur Memorial Hospital’s “Evening in Pink” Friday, Oct. 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Decatur Club in downtown Decatur."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital will hold its Early Detection Connection program on Friday, Oct. 7 to recognize October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From 7 to 9 a.m., women can drive through three convenient Decatur locations and receive a free"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital will sponsor a FREE performance by comedian and cancer survivor Scott Burton on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel."
"The DMH Wellness Center will offer a Freedom From Smoking® program beginning Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. The cost for the seven-week program is $20. All classes are held at the DMH Wellness Center, located at 241 W. Weaver Rd. in Forsyth."
"Decatur, Ill…Decatur Memorial Hospital Heart & Lung Institute’s Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory was recently granted reaccreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL)."
"Decatur, Ill. -- Millkin University has contracted with Decatur Memorial Hospital to provide medical services through the DMH Medical Group to the Millikin Wellness Center."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital’s Express Care East will re-locate this fall to a new facility located at 4455 U.S. Route 36 East, just east of Ruby Tuesday."
"Decatur, Ill. – Decatur Memorial Hospital is the winner of Modern Healthcare magazine’s 2011 IT Case Study Contest. The national contest is held each year to recognize health information technology implementation projects that have improved patient care."
"Decatur, Ill. – More than 400 people, including cancer patients, family members, friends, physicians and researchers attended a dinner to honor local participants in cancer clinical trials. Celebrating You! was held by the DMH Cancer Care Institute and"
"The DMH Wellness Center will begin a free monthly diabetes support group for anyone needing help and support managing diabetes. The first meeting will be held Thursday, July 14, from 11 a.m. to noon at the DMH Wellness Center at 241 W. Weaver Rd. in Forsy"
"Decatur, IL – DMH Medical Group family physician Volney Willett, III, M.D., received an Asthma Blue Ribbon Care Excellence Award from Illinois Your Healthcare Plus TM, a Medicaid program that coordinates care for people with chronic illnesses in Illinois."
"DMH Medical Group Physicians Anthony T. McCormack, M.D., and Timothy A. Miller, M.D., have been awarded recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections® Patient-Centered Medical Home™."
"The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) has announced that Decatur Memorial Hospital Hospitalist Larry W. Holder, M.D., has earned the Fellow in the Hospital Medicine (FHM) designation."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital was recently named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters. The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient"
"Decatur, Ill. – Decatur Memorial Hospital recently received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM– Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes Decatur Memorial Hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its Acute Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) program by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety"
"2010 Annual Report To The Community We Serve"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in the United States to receive delivery from Medline Industries of a new invention called Tapease™ that makes starting an IV easier."
"A check for $25,000 was presented to Decatur Memorial Foundation today from the Sandy McKenzie Memorial Golf Tournament Committee with funds raised during the Tenth Annual Sandy McKenzie Golf Tournament."
"The Decatur Memorial Foundation will receive a check from the Sandy McKenzie Golf Tournament Committee to benefit breast cancer research in Decatur and Macon County; the Mammography Initiative; and the HER (Helping Each other Recover) breast cancer support"
"The National Cancer Institute has awarded the Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program (CICCOP) $1,270,000 to help fund cancer research initiatives in the local community this year. Decatur Memorial Hospital serves as the central office for th"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital has set a new standard for treating patients suffering from sepsis and septic shock, and these standards are directly reducing the number ofassociated deaths within the hospital."
"July 23, 2010...Decatur Memorial Hospital has been recognized for achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through The American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® pr"
"May, 27, 2010...DMH Emergency Care Center nurses have recently undergone training to become Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE’s)."
"April 16, 2010...Spirit of Women Health Network has selected Decatur Memorial Hospital as a Spirit of Women Premier Hospital."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital, South Shores Imaging Center and Forsyth Imaging Center have each been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in CT scanning as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR)."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital recently installed an advanced PET/CT scanner that can transform the way doctors diagnose and treat cancer, neurological disorders and heart disease."
"Decatur, Ill., Feb. 22, 2010 – The Clinic at Walmart operated by Decatur Memorial Hospital opened Feb. 22 in Walmart located at 4625 E. Maryland Ave., in Decatur. This new clinic is the second in-store clinic operated by Decatur Memorial Hospital at a D"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital re-named the Diagnostic Radiology Department to the G. Richard Locke, M.D. Diagnostic Imaging Center at a public dedication ceremony in the hospital’s Kirkland Lobby on Jan. 14."
"A check for $23,000 was presented to Decatur Memorial Foundation today from the Sandy McKenzie Memorial Golf Tournament Committee with funds raised during the Ninth Annual Sandy McKenzie Golf Tournament."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital’s first in-store clinic in the Decatur Walmart to bring affordable health care to thousands of Decatur-area residents."
"The Cancer Care Center of Decatur, located at 210 W. McKinley Avenue, is a newly-opened 55,400 square foot state-of-the-art facility that offers a full spectrum of outpatient cancer services."
"Café DMH, Decatur Memorial Hospital’s new hospital cafeteria and kitchen, will open Monday, Nov. 16, 2009."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital PrimeTime is providing Zostavax® for adults age 60 and older."
"The Clarence G. Glenn Sleep Center at Decatur Memorial Hospital has been reaccredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)."
"The DMH Wellness Center is now offering an affordable healthcare program to the community called The Prevention Plan."
"The DMH Inpatient Rehabilitation Skilled Nursing Unit and the DMH Outpatient Rehabilitation Program are now accredited by the internationally recognized Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)."
"The new DMH Millennium Pain Center opened Aug. 3, 2009 on the Decatur Memorial Hospital campus in the West Hay Medical Center in Suite 100."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital (DMH) welcomes Cardiothoracic Surgeon Marvin J. Derrick, M.D., to the DMH Heart & Lung Institute."
"The clot removal system used to treat stroke patients at Decatur Memorial Hospital has reached a milestone in the stroke care community."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital will soon be the first in Decatur to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patients"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital Cardiovascular Ultrasound Imaging, part of the DMH Heart & Lung Institute, was reaccredited by the Intersociety Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL)."
"The Decatur Memorial Hospital Nursing Education Endowment Fund has reached the $1 million mark. The Educational Fund was established at DMH to assist hospital employees in reaching their educational goals."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital Wins First Place in McKesson’s CPOE National Competition Enhancing Patient Outcomes, Improving Medication Safety Top-performers earn recognition during second annual competition."
"Today, there are approximately 57 million people in the United States with pre-diabetes, a condition that raises a person’s risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and having a stroke. Research shows that lifestyle changes can delay or prevent"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital is the first in Decatur to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patients with difficult to heal wounds."
"In a proactive security and failsafe measure, Decatur Memorial Hospital has constructed a new Redundant Data Center to minimize the impact to access electronic patient medical records in the event of a disaster to the hospital’s Primary Data Center."
"A grand opening of the new DMH Express Care North will be Jan. 26, following a move from its current location at 2975 N. Water St., to a larger new state-of-the-art facility located at 3131 N. Water St."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital will be awarded the proceeds from the Sandy McKenzie Memorial Golf Tournament. The news conference and check presentation will be held Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital Barnes Lobby."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters."
"The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced that Sullivan Medical Center’s Volney Willett, III, M.D., has received Recognition from the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program for providing quali"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital is the first in downstate Illinois to offer patients the newest technology in ultrasound that fuses ultrasound together with CT and MRI images using the new GE LOGIQ® E9 Ultrasound Scanner providing radiologists a multi-image view"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital is Macon County’s only hospital that has met the criteria for Certification from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)."
"A new health care option for seniors is available on the campus of Decatur Memorial Hospital. The DMH Senior Life Enrichment Center was designed to meet the specific needs of our growing population, age 55 and over. It is exclusively for seniors who want t"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital is planning a new state-of-the-art DMH Express Care facility located at 3131 N. Water St., on the site of the former Lone Star Restaurant."
"A Certificate of Need from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board was granted today for the new Cancer Care Center of Decatur."
"The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently recognized family practitioners Anthony McCormack, M.D., Timothy Miller, M.D., Kristin Newcome, M.D., and Brian Yocks, M.D., with recognition from the"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital Heart and Lung Institute’s Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory recently was granted reaccreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL)."
"Stroke. Just mentioning the word evokes fear and dread. And it should. In the United States, stroke is the third leading cause of death."
"Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois (CCSCI) is one of only 10 community oncology practices in the country to receive honors from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and The ASCO Cancer Foundation for efforts to improve care of people w"
"Shorter cancer treatment times. More efficient radiation therapy. “These two significant advantages clinched Decatur Memorial Hospital's decision to be the first U.S. hospital to order the new RapidArc® Radiotherapy system by Varian."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in Illinois to install the new Philips Precedence SPECT/CT system."
"Decatur Memorial Hospital now offers new minimally invasive techniques provided by Interventional Neuroradiologist Baljit Deol, M.D., eliminating the need for major brain surgery for people with brain aneurysms."
"Cancer patients at Decatur Memorial Hospital now have access to SmartBeam™ IMRT – Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, a state-of-the-art cancer treatment method that delivers high doses of radiation directly to cancer cells more precisely than possible"
"The LightSpeed® VCT is the world’s first Volume Computed Tomography (VCT) system. Decatur Memorial Hospital now offers an innovative way for its physicians to obtain the information they need to diagnose disease and life-threatening illnesses, includin"
"The Radiation Oncology department at Decatur Memorial Hospital has advanced to the next level of cancer care. They now offer a new radiotherapy system capable of delivering IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), a very precise and sophisticated trea"
"Decatur Memorial Hospital’s South Shores Imaging Center is only the second in the United States and the third in the world to install the Philips Panorama 1.0T open high-field MRI system combined with a virtual environment."
"Cancer patients’ range of treatment options is now even better, thanks to image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) now available at Decatur Memorial Hospital."
"The American Cancer Society estimates that about 60,000 people living in Illinois will be diagnosed with cancer this year."
"Thanks to a new Interventional Radiology procedure, central Illinois varicose vein sufferers can get quick practically pain-free relief. Decatur Memorial Hospital is the first and only downstate hospital to offer Closure®, an outpatient alternative to vein"