Healthy Water, Healthy Life
By Becky Wiese Water is pretty amazing stuff. We often take it for granted because we have so many ways to get it, but the fact of the matter is, without water, we wouldn’t be able to survive. Water plays a huge role in the overall world economy. It is an essential ingredient to make […]
One-on-One Direct Access Care
By Alexander Germanis No one on earth knows how you feel better than you. So when there’s a new ache in your knee or reaching at a specific angle sends pain coursing through your shoulder, you are the only one who knows how it feels and understands how badly you want to get rid of […]
The Center for Wound Healing: Help and Hope for Chronic Wounds
By Julie Workman The Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, commonly known as the “Wound Healing Center,” has been serving the specialized needs of their patients for over 20 years. Dr. Marcia Hauter, the Wound Healing Center’s Medical Director, estimates that over the years, she and her team have […]
New Growth, New Ways to Help
By Alexander Germanis A mere 24 years after the founding of the city of Bloomington in 1831, the YMCA had already found a home within its borders. Subsequently, the YMCA (colloquially known simply as “the Y”) has been a home of sorts to thousands of citizens in McLean County. In its 165 years of operation, […]
Looking to One Future by Building on Four Pasts
By Becky Wiese It’s not uncommon for multiple medical practices to be housed in the same building. It’s a little more unusual if all the practices focus on the same medical specialty. What’s really uncommon, however, is the merging of multiple practices, on purpose, with intent, into one practice focused on maintaining at the very […]
Impact, Inclusion, Empowerment
By Julie Workman In 1919, Ohio businessman Edgar Allen lost his son in a streetcar accident. Frustrated by the lack of medical services available to save his child, Allen sold his business and started a fundraising campaign to build a hospital in his hometown. Allen soon discovered that children with disabilities were often hidden from […]
OSF HealthCare — New Center for Health: Improving the Patient Experience
Not so long ago, health care delivery took place in one of two general locations: either the doctor’s office or the hospital. The doctor’s office was primarily for checkups for healthy patients or check-ins for patients who were sick — and were promptly sent to the hospital for diagnostic testing, inpatient care, or medical procedures. […]
Heritage Health Therapy & Senior Care — A Leader in Senior Care Since 1963
Submitted by Heritage Health Heritage Health: Therapy & Senior Care has been part of the fabric of the Bloomington-Normal community for 55 years and counting. Today, the biggest growth in population is with people aged 65 and older. People are living longer, healthier lives thanks to advancements in medical care and technology. Heritage has evolved […]
Dr. Doran’s Legacy of Care
By Alexander Germanis In August of 1990, Stephen Doran, DMD, started a practice in Bloomington with the goal of providing the community and all of Central Illinois with the best and most advanced oral and maxillofacial surgical care possible. A year later Dr. Doran was joined by Jack Capodice, MD, DMD, and they in turn […]
An Enduring Vision for Comprehensive Neurosurgical Care
By Becky Wiese Dr. Ann Stroink’s vision for bringing neurosurgical care to Bloomington-Normal and the surrounding central Illinois communities began in 1985 when she established her practice on Franklin Avenue. “There had never been a neurosurgical practice established here,” she recalls. “And people were dying from things like stroke, brain tumors, and neuro trauma because […]