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TABLE OF CONTENTS 28 ON THE COVER: FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, JAVON BEA HAS BROUGHT TOP-QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO MORE THAN 50 COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 4 10 FEATURES 4 FULL CIRCLE Mercyhealth President and CEO returns home to improve health care in Rockford 10 THE BEST HOSPITAL CARE NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE Mercyhealth will serve the Rockford area in two locations for hospital and clinical services 15 EVENT CALENDAR 18 RECENT MERCYHEALTH PHYSICIAN ADDITIONS 22 AHEAD OF HIS TIME How visionary leadership is helping change the face of health care in the region 27 MERCYHEALTH S WIDE REACH 28 GROWING FOR YOU Mercyhealth has expanded to meet the area s needs, including achieving state designation as the only children s hospital in northern Illinois 34 HISTORY OF MERCYHEALTH 40 MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY Mercyhealth reaches out to those in need Visit us at gpgsmagazine.com 40 2 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018
President George W. Bush presents the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award the highest award for organizational excellence in the nation. FULL CIRCLE MERCYHEALTH PRESIDENT AND CEO RETURNS HOME TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN ROCKFORD The second-youngest of 12 children, Javon Bea grew up on the far west side of Rockford in a small three-bedroom home with one bathroom. He shared one bedroom with his five brothers. We slept on three sets of bunk beds, he says. It was kind of like growing up in an army barracks. His mother cared for the children while his father worked as a type operator for the local newspaper, never making more than $12,000 per year. Javon knew that if he wanted any extras, like treats or new clothes, he needed to earn the money himself. 4 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 5
One summer, when I was 8 years old, I wanted to buy a popsicle from the ice cream man who was pedaling down the street with a freezer on the front of his bike, says Javon. I remember running to my mother to ask her for a nickel to buy a popsicle, but she didn t even have a nickel to give me. That day I learned an important lesson: If I wanted anything beyond a bed, basic food and some hand-me-down clothes, I was going to have to earn it myself. Several weeks later, he asked his elderly next-door neighbor if she needed help working in her yard. She agreed, and he spent the entire day pulling weeds, raking, and cleaning up her lawn. At the end of the day, she gave him a $5 bill and he was awestruck. That really showed me the value of hard work, he says now. By the time Javon was 10, he had managed to obtain his own paper route. By age 12, he had three different paper routes and two other boys working for him. Those paper routes were a very good education for me, he says. It was like I was running a little business, and it allowed me to earn enough money to buy a VW Bug when I turned 16. At that time, he was a student at Auburn High School in Rockford, where he took part in a work-study program. He attended classes at Auburn in the morning, then mopped floors in the radiology and physical therapy departments at Rockford Memorial Hospital in the afternoons. Eventually, he landed a job working as a physical therapy technician. But his drive to get ahead didn t stop there. When I would finish my shift at Rockford Memorial Hospital, I would go straight to the Jewel grocery store, where my job from 6 to 10 pm every evening was to unload a semi freezer truck, he says. Four nights a week, I would also go from the grocery store to Shakey s, where I would make pizza and clean up the restaurant until 1 in the morning. The next day, I would be back in class at Auburn by 7 am. After receiving a scholarship from the Rockford Memorial Auxiliary, he attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. He received his bachelor s degree from NIU and was one of just 20 students nationwide to be accepted into a prestigious, tuition-free, twoyear physical therapy program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The summer before he left Rockford, he met his wife, Vita, an X-ray technologist at Rockford Memorial Hospital. They were married eight weeks later. Today, they have six children and 10 grandchildren. Javon (standing in front of his father) was the second-youngest of 12 children. Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in underwent a renovation and expansion in 2011. Mercy Sports Medicine Center in underwent a renovation and expansion in 1992. Javon started his own paper route when he was 10 years old. He became President and CEO of Mercy Hospital in, Wisconsin, in 1989. 6 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 7
Just before he graduated from the of Minnesota s Master of Healthcare Charity National Health System, as chief physical therapy program, Javon Administration program. operating officer of Providence Hospital was walking home near Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester when he saw a nun struggling in her garden. He offered to RISING TO THE TOP Javon continued to be a standout in Michigan. But he and Vita never felt at home in Michigan. When he was asked to serve as the President and CEO of the help her and spent several hours with through graduate school, and was west coast division of the Daughters of her, during which time he shared his goal eventually offered one of three vice Charity Health System, he instead chose of becoming a health care administrator. president positions at Saint Marys the opportunity to become President Hospital with the Mayo Clinic, under the and CEO of Mercy Hospital in, Several days after helping the nun in leadership of Sister Gervais. My wife Wisconsin, to be closer to family. When the garden, my supervisor told me the says, I still remember you had this wide- I first came on board, there was more hospital CEO wanted to see me, he says. eyed, excited look on your face, he says. square footage in the hospital than I was scared, not knowing what I had To be 26 years old and offered one of there were patients, he says. People done wrong. I found my way to the CEO s three vice president jobs at Saint Marys in the area felt that if you were really office, and there behind the desk was Hospital with the Mayo Clinic, where the sick, you would just travel elsewhere this little nun I had helped in the garden. people reporting to me were going to be rather than go to Mercy Hospital. The Orthopedic Center of Excellence opened in September 2017. Sister Gervais was the president of Saint twice my age that was just unheard of. Marys Hospital, the largest hospital He set about changing the model of in the country at the time with the Javon was at Saint Marys Hospital with health care to a vertically integrated Mayo Clinic. She offered him a one-year the Mayo Clinic for 10 years, and then system. At the time, there hadn t been administrative intern position before joined the largest health system in the a new physician on the hospital staff in he went on to attend the University country at the time, the Daughters of four years the physicians who were Mercyhealth Cherry Valley opened in September 2016. Mercyhealth broke ground on its Riverside campus in 2016. already in town preferred to keep it the behind-the-scenes operational special place in my heart, and I am that way so their services would remain support scheduling, payroll, human excited to keep improving the quality in demand. There were no specialists resources, etc. My goal all along was to of care, expanding services, and I available, so Javon hired plastic bring needed primary and specialty care have recruited new specialists that surgeons, neurosurgeons, oncologists services close to home to communities have never been in Rockford before and more, while simultaneously building that have unmet health care needs. to serve residents throughout the primary care clinics across the region. greater Rockford region and beyond. The system s growth has been I know this is where I belong. The first five years were very difficult, tremendous. It expanded into northern because some of the other physicians Illinois and, three years ago, merged in town were upset that I was changing with Rockford Health System which To hear more about Javon s story, the status quo by employing physicians, meant Javon was now President and visit JavonBeaStory.org. he says. But I knew it would ultimately CEO of the neighborhood hospital lead to better, more coordinated patient where he got his start mopping floors. care, because our employed physicians He had truly come full circle, despite could concentrate on doing what they starting from the most humble of roots. Members of Mercyhealth s Regional Community Board, celebrate the placing of the final beam at the Riverside Campus. do best caring for patients while It is so good to be back home, he the health system focused on handling says. Rockford has always held a very 8 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 9
THE BEST HOSPITAL CARE NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE MERCYHEALTH WILL SERVE THE ROCKFORD AREA IN TWO LOCATIONS FOR HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL SERVICES Mercyhealth Hospital s Riverside Campus, above, and Rockton Avenue Campus, below, will work together to provide high-quality health care to patients throughout Rockford and the surrounding areas. With nearly $1 billion in investment in the Rockford area, it can be hard to keep up on Mercyhealth s many service offerings. Here s a snapshot of the services that will be available at each campus. 10 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 11
ROCKTON AVENUE CAMPUS The Mercyhealth Hospital Rockton members, created a more patientfriendly and convenient entrance, and In addition to these services and features, the Rockton Avenue Campus Avenue campus will have 94 private decreased wait times. also offers: inpatient rooms and house adult Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, emergency care, a family Diagnostic Robotic Laboratory: Adult medical/surgical unit medicine residency program beginning Mercyhealth s $1 million investment Adult behavioral health unit in the summer of 2019, and a wide in state-of-the-art robotic laboratory Gastroenterology variety of adult specialty services. For equipment eases the burden on patients Oncology the complete listing of services, see the and produces faster results. Mercyhealth Inpatient dialysis graphic on pages 16 and 17. is the first Rockford hospital to use this Adult outpatient infusion type of equipment. Pain center Orthopedic Center of Excellence: Pharmacy Mercyhealth s $5 million investment in a State-of-the-Art Helipad: Radiology new 22-room facility included new X-ray A new $660,000 helipad allows for faster, Surgery technology, two cast rooms, and a new safer patient transportation in the most Adult clinical services including waiting area and furnishings. With this delicate of emergency situations. pulmonology, cardiac function, new investment, Mercyhealth welcomed cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation, several new adult orthopedic surgeons Prehospital and Emergency Services cardiology and cardiovascular and one pediatric orthopedic surgeon to provide orthopedic care for all ages. The Center: Mercyhealth s 16,500-square-foot surgery, endocrinology, family medicine, gastroenterology, general The Mercyhealth Prehospital and Emergency Services Center is headquarters for REACT, the health system s airborne emergency transport team. orthopedic physicians each specialize training facility offers paramedic and neurology, general pediatrics, in a variety of treatments and surgeries, emergency medical technician (EMT) internal medicine, obstetrics, including sports medicine, joint certification and ongoing training, as ophthalmology, orthopedics, replacement, hand surgery, pediatric well as American Heart Association- outpatient EEG and EMG, surgery and trauma surgery. approved CPR classes, first aid classes, outpatient physical therapy, plastic casualty care training, and other training surgery, podiatry, rheumatology, Chemotherapy Infusion Center: for health care professionals. It is also urgent care, wound care and more. A $1 million expansion to the Cancer the home base for the MD-1 Emergency Center at Rockton Avenue added 10 Response Program and Mercyhealth rooms and additional space for family REACT. Mercyhealth s state-of-the-art robotic laboratory equipment was unveiled in July 2016. Mercyhealth s Orthopedic Center of Excellence opened in September 2016. 12 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 13
Inpatient dialysis Comprehensive cardiac, vascular, peripheral, and neurovascular interventional laboratory Outpatient primary and specialty physician care clinics, serving all ages A full range of adult and pediatric subspecialties (see pages 16-17 for full list) Mercyhealth is committed to serving the entire Rockford area and will continue to invest resources into both campuses. Additionally, both campuses will work together to provide the highest quality of care for all patients. Shuttles between the two facilities will be available free of charge to patients Monday through Friday, 6 am to 7 pm. Patients who are not able to move on their own will be transported via ambulance. Having two hospital campuses in the Rockford area means that our patients will benefit from even greater access to services, says Javon R. Bea, President and CEO of Mercyhealth. Our range of services will continue to grow, which is good news for everyone in the community. Mercyhealth s chemotherapy infusion center creates a more patient-friendly environment. Both campuses will offer full imaging services. This is a rendering of the new Mercyhealth Riverside Campus, opening in January 2019. RIVERSIDE BOULEVARD CAMPUS Opening on January 5, 2019 The region s only children s hospital, adult hospital, and medical center will provide top-level services for babies, children and adults. The new campus will have 194 private pediatric and adult inpatient rooms and extensive specialty services, including: High-risk, state-designated Regional Perinatal Center for an 11-county region Level III (highest level) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 52 beds Small Baby Unit Maternal-fetal medicine Neonatal and maternal transport teams Medical genetics NICU follow-up clinic 24/7 coverage in obstetrics, neonatology, anesthesia, laboratory, and radiology Pediatric inpatient unit 12 beds Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) 8 pediatric intensive care beds Labor/delivery unit 32 beds Adult inpatient unit 72 beds Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 18 beds Level I (highest level) emergency/ trauma center Level II Pediatric Trauma Center Pediatric physical and occupational therapy Outpatient pediatric infusion State-of-the-art operating and surgery suites including a hybrid operating room to support a full range of inpatient and outpatient surgery, including minimally invasive surgery and image-guided surgery Comprehensive diagnostic center, with lab and imaging as well as pharmacy services NOV 10 MERCYHEALTH GALA Saturday, 5:30 pm Tour the new, state-of-the art hospital Enjoy a gourmet dinner Take part in the incredible silent and wine auctions Dance to sounds of 7th Heaven SAVE THE DATE RIVERSIDE CAMPUS OPENING EVENTS DEC 8 PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm Take a guided tour through the new hospital Learn about services offered at both campuses Enjoy local entertainment Enter to win prizes JAN 5 RIVERSIDE CAMPUS BEGINS SERVING PATIENTS 14 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 15
A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THE BEST HOSPITAL, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE Hospital Services Rockton Campus Riverside Campus Total Beds Adult Inpatient Units Intensive Care Unit Step-Down Unit Medical/Surgery Unit Behavioral Health Unit Cancer Center Cardiac Cath Lab Emergency Care Endoscopy Equipment Sterilization Family Medicine Residency (July 2019) Inpatient Dialysis Internal Medicine Residency (July 2019) Laboratory Open Heart Surgery Outpatient Infusion Pain Center Pharmacy Radiology Surgery (Neurosurgery, Vascular) Surgery Robotic-assisted Surgery Women s and Children s Labor/Delivery Women and Infants Pediatrics, PICU NICU, Small Baby Unit 94 70 4 20 Main Lab Adults 4 Operating Rooms 194 72 18 Level I Hospital Lab (Sending some testing to Rockton) Pediatrics Hospital and Retail 10 Operating Rooms 104 Total 32 Postpartum/High-Risk 12 Peds, 8 PICU 52 NICU/Small Baby Clinic Services Rockton Campus Riverside Campus Adult Pulmonology Bariatrics Cardiac Function Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation Cardiology/Cardiovascular Surgery Child Development Endocrinology Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Neurology General Pediatrics General Surgery and Vascular Surgery Internal Medicine Maternal-Fetal Medicine Neurointerventional Radiology Obstetrics Ophthalmology Orthopedics Outpatient EEG Outpatient EMG Outpatient Physical Therapy Pediatric Specialties Pediatric Surgery Plastic Surgery Podiatry Rheumatology Thoracic Surgery Urgent Care Wound Center 16 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 17
Rockford welcomes Mercyhealth s new highly-trained physicians Mercyhealth has recruited more than 275 physicians in the last two years. Here are some of our most recent additions. 18 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 19
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AHEAD OF HIS TIME HOW VISIONARY LEADERSHIP IS HELPING CHANGE THE FACE OF HEALTH CARE IN THE REGION As President and CEO of Mercyhealth, Javon Bea has consistently made headlines for launching innovative ideas as he fulfills his vision to bring a wide range of quality health care services closer to home for northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin residents. Now, he s using his 30-year history of creating, growing and developing a successful health system to transform health care in Winnebago County. 22 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 23
A PIONEER IN HEALTH CARE In 1989, Bea was recruited to Mercy Hospital in, Wisconsin. At the time, Mercy Hospital was a single, stand- care is delivered in our service area. Focused on providing services for patients from birth through end of life, Bea expanded the organization to to home. Ahead of his time, Bea also integrated medical records across the entire organization so patients would have one electronic medical record WHAT IS VERTICAL INTEGRATION? Four Core Service Areas alone hospital that was struggling just to include multiple hospitals, a wide range no matter where they received care; A key factor to Mercyhealth s growth and make payroll. Bea quickly began making of specialty centers of excellence, patient created a regional emergency medical success is the full vertical integration of its sweeping changes. His vision: Bring clinics, home care and hospice services, services (EMS) training center that has comprehensive health care services health care close to home by creating and a wholly owned and operated health trained thousands of paramedics and and physicians. a vertically integrated health system insurance company. EMTS; pioneered the MD-1 Emergency that would recruit from around the Response Program to bring hospital-level A vertically integrated health system offers country, employ the best primary and Over the next few decades, Mercy care directly to the scene of accidents and patients complete coordinated care for all services specialty care physicians available and became a national leader in the medical emergencies; created a tactical - hospital care, primary and specialty physician give patients outstanding coordinated integration of heath care services, with training center to help train SWAT and care at clinics, home health care, etc. This type of care. It would be a one-stop shop for an unwavering commitment to bringing other first responders; and introduced integration provides, in essence, one stop for all all health care services. He pioneered the highest quality physicians, services the InQuicker online scheduling service a patient s health care needs. This way, patients a physician partnership model and and technology to the region. for urgent care and emergency room can have one medical record and one bill for total designed a custom culture of excellence visits. coordinated care within the same organization, that promotes both clinical and service Bea didn t stop there. Unwilling to as opposed to fragmented care when patients visit quality initiatives. His physician settle for the status quo, he continued The health system s efforts paid off. In different doctors at different organizations, all partnership program was so innovative to pioneer new options to provide a 2007, Mercy received the with different medical records. that he was sought after to present at higher level of care to patients. Besides prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National national conferences from coast to coast. building a network of primary clinics Quality Award the highest award for We offer patients access to comprehensive in Rock and Walworth counties in quality and organizational excellence services and physicians, all within one When we began employing specialty Wisconsin and McHenry County in from President George W. Bush in the coordinated system, says Bea. At Mercyhealth, physicians under the physician Illinois, and hiring medical specialists Oval Office. patients can see their primary care physicians partnership model I developed, it was so patients wouldn t have to travel as well as any specialists they might need, such not at all a common practice in the health for care, Mercyhealth built the first Bea has always been passionate about as cardiologists, neurologists, dermatologists, care industry, so physicians in, freestanding emergency department in giving back to the communities etc. Patients can visit a sports medicine clinic, Wisconsin had a difficult time accepting Wisconsin in Lake Geneva; developed its Mercyhealth serves, as well. In the or pick up durable medical equipment at one of it, he says. But we knew we were headed own family medicine residency program mid-1990s, he noticed a large number of our facilities, before heading to a Mercyhealth- in the right direction, and that what we in ; and brought in the most patients coming into Mercy s sponsored health presentation or class. Patients were doing would improve the way health advanced technology available close ER who didn t have a permanent address have one medical record, no matter which Mercyhealth providers they visit. We truly provide a continuum of services in the most convenient and cost-effective way possible for our patients. to list on their paperwork. They were than 6,300 individuals half of whom of these two complementary health living in their car or on the street. were children since it opened. systems in 2016 has made for a vibrant Knowing the organization could do more than care for their health care needs, Bea opened the first known hospital- A SEAMLESS TRANSITION Bea saw an amazing opportunity to renaissance. Mercyhealth has committed more than operated homeless center in the nation in improve the health and well-being of the $1 billion to improve access to primary Mercyhealth Alpine in Loves Park, Illinois, which opened earlier this year, is home to one of Mercyhealth s many primary care clinics and new family residency program. 1996. The facility has provided short-term emergency shelter to more greater Rockford region by merging with Rockford Health System. The joining and specialty care services in and around Winnebago County. In the last two 24 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 25
MERCYHEALTH SERVICE AREA Bea welcomes visitors to the grand opening of Mercyhealth Alpine. years, it has expanded, renovated and campus will serve as the regional hub for compassionate care when every minute built clinics to meet the needs of people highly specialized care for children and counts. And at both campuses, patients throughout the region. adults, including Level I trauma services, will be treated like a member of our a state-designated Regional Perinatal family. At the Mercyhealth Rockton Avenue campus, Bea has invested tens of millions of dollars into renovations, Center that provides the highest level neonatal and high-risk pregnancy care (a designation that has been in place A VISION FULFILLED At the core of Bea s vision is a passion including the opening of an orthopedic for more than four decades), hybrid to improve the health and well-being center of excellence, a renovated cancer operating rooms, and the most advanced of residents and make our community center, an expansive prehospital and hospital facility in the region. a better place to live. The recent emergency services center, robotic developments in Rockford and the laboratory technology, and so much This is our way of ensuring that region fulfill the vision of a native- more. Rockford-area residents receive born Rockford leader who saw the convenient, expert care no matter what unmet needs of his community and the At Mercyhealth s Riverside campus, work side of town they live on, says Bea. opportunity to make lives better for on the $505 million facility is moving Both campuses will be staffed by highly millions of people throughout northern along quickly, with the January 5, 2019 opening well within reach. This new trained physicians, nurses and other providers who will provide life-saving, Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Hospital Mercyhealth Clinic/Specialty Center 26 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 27
Mercyhealth s Small Baby Unit treats the health care system s tiniest patients. GROWING FOR YOU MERCYHEALTH HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN AREA HEALTH CARE Over the last three years, Mercyhealth has grown immensely in the Rockford region. The health care system has worked to attain new state designations, provide more specialized care for premature babies, and support the region with an emergency medical services training center and physician-staffed emergency response vehicle. It is truly a treasure in the Rockford area, with services that are unmatched by any other health care system. 28 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 29
PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES Parents don t have to travel to find ROCKTON AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS In addition to the Orthopedic Center paramedics and EMTs are well trained and equipped to handle a wide range of Mercyhealth s Level III Neonatal Intensive emergency situations, MD-1 expands Care Unit provides the highest level of pediatric subspecialty care for their of Excellence and other improvements, upon those capabilities by offering care for infants. children it s right here in Rockford. Mercyhealth plans to continue investing additional equipment, medications and Mercyhealth is the area leader for millions of dollars in equipment and resources. Mercyhealth sends MD-1 to children, with more than 50 pediatric programs at Mercyhealth Hospital- community events and to particularly physicians in 26 different specialties, Rockton Avenue. It is one of the health dangerous or difficult situations. The including pediatric anesthesiology, care system s top priorities to provide MD-1 truck contains all the equipment pediatric cardiology, pediatric critical the highest quality of care on Rockford s needed to stabilize critically injured care center, pediatric endocrinology, west side. trauma patients, says John Pakiela, DO, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric FACEP, Associate EMS Medical Director neurology, pediatric oncology and PREHOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY and REACT Director for Mercyhealth hematology, pediatric ophthalmology, SERVICES CENTER in Winnebago County. We act in pediatric orthopedics, pediatric plastic This 16,500-square-foot training facility conjunction with the local emergency and reconstructive surgery, pediatric offers paramedic and emergency medical medical services professionals. We have MERCYHEALTH EARNS STATE DESIGNATION AS A CHILDREN S HOSPITAL pulmonology, pediatric radiology, technician (EMT) certification and certain medications that the ambulances pediatric sleep, pediatric surgery, ongoing training, as well as American don t carry, and our physicians have pediatric therapy, pediatric trauma, Heart Association-approved CPR, first advanced trauma skills and equipment The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services recently named Mercyhealth as the only state-designated children s hospital in the northern For nearly 50 years, Mercyhealth (formerly Rockford Memorial Hospital) has been the state-designated Regional Perinatal Center, providing medical Mercyhealth is recognized as one of only 10 Pediatric Critical Care Centers by the Illinois Department of Public Health, which means it provides the highest pediatric urology, pediatric speechlanguage pathology, pediatric sports medicine, pediatric allergies and pediatric child abuse. aid, casualty care training, and other training for health care professionals. It is also the home base for MD-1 and Mercyhealth REACT. The facility boasts to treat complex trauma patients in the field outside the hospital, including video airway equipment, chest tubes, central lines and portable ultrasound. Illinois region. Mercyhealth has long direction for an 11-county region in level of specialized critical care in its state-of-the-art equipment for first been certified and accredited as a top northern Illinois. It offers a 52-bed 20-bed pediatric unit and 7-bed Pediatric NEW PHYSICIANS responder training, including classrooms REACT hospital for neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care and high-risk maternal-fetal services through many other state and federal organizations. Receiving this new Illinois children s hospital designation is truly an honor for the system. Improving the health and well-being of the communities it serves is central to Mercyhealth s mission. We are continually working to provide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the only Level III NICU - highest level - in the region, caring for premature newborns and infants who are critically ill. And it has two transport teams neonatal and maternal-fetal who safely bring patients to Rockford for expert care. Its Small Baby Unit the first in the region and only one of a handful in the nation cares for the smallest of preemies born at less than 27 Intensive Care Unit, or PICU. It is because we are the state-designated Regional Perinatal Center for the northern Illinois region, and the fact that we are the largest Medicaid and charitable provider in northern Illinois, that the state gave us this designation, says Bea. It has been our privilege to bring all of these critical children s services to Rockford in order to enhance In the last two years, Mercyhealth has recruited more than 250 new physicians to the organization. That means Mercyhealth patients have access to dozens of different specialties all within the same system. The health system s forward-thinking philosophy has attracted some of the top physicians in the country, all of whom are eager to help patients in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. for educational training and a state-ofthe-art simulation laboratory providing practice for emergency scenarios. Mercyhealth has an ambulance-based mobile simulation lab used on the road for firefighters, paramedics and EMTs at local fire stations. Mercyhealth s highly trained emergency physicians offer the Casualty Care program, a unique training program Regional Emergency Acute Care Transport (REACT) is Mercyhealth s critical care transport team. The crew is trained to care not only for adults and children, but also high-risk obstetric patients and the tiniest babies who need care at the region s No. 1 center for moms and babies Mercyhealth s Level III (highest level) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. REACT is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide emergency the latest, most advanced health care weeks or weighing less than 2.2 pounds. access to exceptional health care services that provides instruction to schools transport from any hospital in the services to the communities we serve for patients. We are thankful for the ORTHOPEDIC CENTER OF and workplaces. This program teaches region. close to home, says Javon R. Bea, In 2017, Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton state designation as the only children s EXCELLENCE lifesaving measures for use in emergency President and CEO of Mercyhealth. Avenue in Rockford was designated a hospital in the northern Illinois region. Two years ago, Mercyhealth invested trauma situations. When crew members are not performing We take our mission very seriously, Level II Pediatric Trauma Center by the Caring for the region s smallest and $5 million in a 22-room Orthopedic transports, they follow up with patients and being named as the only statedesignated children s hospital in the the only one in Rockford and one of only we will continue to bring the highest- now houses several new adult orthopedic PROGRAM and nurses. Mercyhealth recently added Illinois Department of Public Health. It is youngest patients is a great honor, and Center of Excellence, a facility which MD-1 EMERGENCY RESPONSE and teach trauma skills to paramedics northern Illinois region is a testament to our commitment to the children of our region. We have worked extremely hard to bring comprehensive care to our youngest patients. five Illinois hospitals designated as being capable of providing comprehensive trauma care to children who have suffered blunt force trauma, penetrating wounds and head injuries. Additionally, level neonatal and pediatric care to the region. surgeons and one pediatric surgeon. The physicians each specialize in different treatments and surgeries, including sports medicine, joint replacement, hand surgery, pediatric surgery and trauma Through the MD-1 emergency response vehicle, Mercyhealth brings hospitallevel care directly to the scene of accidents and medical emergencies. MD-1 is a medically equipped vehicle a state-of-the-art helipad at the Rockton Avenue campus to receive and send patients via the REACT helicopter. The helipad includes an automated snowmelt heating system, which ensures that it is surgery. staffed by board-certified Mercyhealth always clear of ice and snow. emergency medicine physicians. While 30 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 31
Mercyhealth partner Lloyd Johnson shows off some new ambulance equipment at the renovated Prehospital and Emergency Services Center in Rockford. ROCKCOM RockCom is Mercyhealth s Mercyhealth the largest training site for future physicians in the northern Illinois a community-based health care organization that serves people in Mercyhealth s Small Baby Unit is one of only two such units in the state of Illinois. communication center, located at region. need in the Rock River Valley area. Mercyhealth Hospital Rockton Avenue. At the facility, highly trained communications specialists provide dispatch and coordination for ADVANCED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton Avenue Now, all pregnant women who seek care at Crusader have their babies at Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton Avenue. They also have access to the Mercyhealth patients and area fire/ is certified as an Advanced Primary advanced maternal care at the regional EMS organizations. Communication Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. perinatal center, including maternal- specialists expedite time-sensitive That means that Mercyhealth is ready fetal medicine, maternal and neonatal transfers between Mercyhealth hospitals to diagnose and treat strokes 24/7. It transport teams, the Neonatal Intensive and coordinate patient transfers for has everything patients need in place: Care Unit and the Small Baby Unit. tertiary care services at Mercyhealth Hospital Rockton Avenue. PHYSICIAN RESIDENCY PROGRAMS Starting in July 2019, Mercyhealth advanced diagnostics, the newest treatments, and many recovery and rehabilitation options. It also has a full team of experts dedicated to caring for people who are having or have had a stroke. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS Mercyhealth is now part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO Network. Patients have full in-network will sponsor family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in Rockford. Seventy-five physician residents will train at hospitals and CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH In early 2016, Mercyhealth teamed access to Mercyhealth s integrated hospitals, physicians and services throughout Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties. clinics throughout the region, making up with Crusader Community Health, A mother feeds her baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mercyhealth Hospital Rockton Avenue, June 2018. 32 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 33
GROWTH OF MERCYHEALTH UNDER JAVON BEA S LEADERSHIP 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Javon Bea Joined Mercy Health System as President/CEO Southern Wisconsin Emergency Training Program Began Opened Neurosurgery Center in Whitewater Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Opened New Outpatient Rehabilitation Center in MercyCare Health Plans Began Offering HMO Began Physician Partnership Model W2 Employed Physicians Expansion of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit in Began Family Medicine Residency Program in MercyCare Health Plans Began Offering PPO New Pulmonology Center in Adolescent Psychiatry Services Offered in Evansville Medical Center Opened Albany Medical Center Opened Acquired Mental Health Services of Beloit New CT and MRI in 1995 Employment of Radiologists Throughout System Homecare Services Offered in Fort Atkinson Beloit Medical Center Opened Launched Parish Nurse Program Opened Wisconsin s First Free-Standing ER in Walworth County Algonquin Medical Center Opened Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Offered in Acquired New StealthStation Surgery Guidance System in to Care for Neurosurgery Patients Acceleration Sports Training Program Launched Renovation of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center in 2001 Opened Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center in Orfordville Medical Center Opened Opened Sports Medicine Center in Opened Regional Cancer Center in 1996 Walworth Medical Center Renovation Renovation of Behavioral Health Center in Harvard Medical Center Opened House of Mercy Homeless Center Opened the Only Health System-Run Homeless Center in the Nation Mobile PET Scanning Services Offered Throughout Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Hospitalist Program Began in Expansion of Walworth Medical Center Walworth Rehabilitation Center Relocated Acquisition of Livingston ENT Group Barrington ENT Medical Center Opened Crystal Lake ENT Medical Center Opened New Helipad at Walworth Whitewater Medical Center Opened Integration of Medical Center/East Clinic Acquired Mental Health Clinic Family Practice Residency Program 1997 Acquired Woodstock Family Practice Clinic Acquired Woodstock Pediatrics Acquired Woodstock Orthopedics Expansion of Beloit Medical Center Acquired Beverly Pharmacy in Milton Pharmacy Opened Acquired Crystal Lake Pediatrics West Pharmacy in Opened Expansion of Critical Care Services in Lake Geneva Medical Center Opened Edgerton Medical Center Opened Comprehensive Occupational Medicine Program Began in Delavan Medical Center Opened 1998 Richmond Medical Center Opened Men s Health Center in Opened Walworth Rehabilitation Center Opened Addition of Twin Cardiac Catheterization Labs in Acquired Woodstock Medical Associates Acquired Woodlake Medical Associates (Crystal Lake) Acquired Associates in Women s Health (Crystal Lake) Sports Medicine Fellowship Program Launched in Health Mall in Opened Barrington Medical Center Opened Mobile MRI Services Offered Throughout Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Vascular Surgery Program Launched in Opened Regional Heart Center in 24/7 Community HealthLine Launched Homecare Services Offered in Elkhorn Open Heart Surgery Offered in West Clinic Added to Mercy Hospital in Women s Health Center Opened 1999 Treatment Coordination Center Opened in Milton Medical Center Opened Woodstock Medical Center Opened New Regional Dialysis Center in Crystal Lake Medical Center Opened Mercyhealth Edgerton Brodhead Medical Center Opened Integration of Visiting Nurse Health Care Services in Walworth Medical Center/ Ambulatory Surgery Center Opened in Lake Geneva 2000 Inpatient Acute Dialysis Services Offered in New CT and MRI at Woodstock Opened Regional Breast Center in Opened Pain Centers in and Woodstock LASIK Surgery Offered in and Woodstock New Regional Urology Center in 2002 System-Wide Information Systems Upgrade Enhanced Regional Sleep Disorder Center in Crystal Lake East Opened Travel Clinic Opened in Stress Lab Installed at Walworth Newborn Infant Security System Installed in Birthing Center Integration of Pharmacies throughout the Health System 34 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 35
GROWTH OF MERCYHEALTH UNDER JAVON BEA S LEADERSHIP 2003 2004 2005 2006 Named a Foster G. McGaw Award National Finalist for Outstanding Community Service Efforts Opened Manor Transition Center (Sub-Acute Unit) in Opened Woodstock Medical Center North Affiliation with Harvard Memorial Hospital New Regional Bariatric Center in Harvard 2007 Became the First Integrated Health System to Receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Highest Presidential Honor Given for Quality and Organizational Excellence Launched Mobile Digital Radiology Technology System-Wide Renovation of Laboratory in Birthing Center Renovation Radiology Renovation in New Child and Adolescent Day Treatment Services in Opened Crystal Lake Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center Electronic Medical Record Launched at Clinics System-Wide Milton Medical Center Expansion Renovation and Expansion of Outpatient Surgery Center in New Family Medicine Center in Harvard New Wellness Center in Harvard New Ambulance Garage at Walworth Hospital Joint Venture with Whitewater Aquatic Center 10,000-sq.-ft. Expansion at Walworth Hospital Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Acquired a Dual-source, 64-Slice CT in Enhanced Medical Imaging Software Launched Added a Siemens Emotion 16 CT Scanner in Woodstock Acquired an Open-Bore MRI in Walworth Launched a Code STEMI Program in to Enhance Care for Heart Attack Patients Opened Anti-Coagulation Clinic in Began Offering Digital Mammography at Regional Breast Center in McHenry Internal Medicine Center Opened New Radiology Communications System Launched System-Wide New Occupational Medicine Program in Woodstock Cardiology ECHO Renovation in Renovation of Regional Plastic Surgery Center in Organ Donor Program Launched da Vinci Robotic Surgery Program 2008 2009 Palliative Care Program Offered in MyChart Launched to Give Patients Access to Their Health Records Online Crystal Lake South Opened New Biomet Total Knee Replacement Technology in Medivance Arctic Sun 2000 Temperature Management System in Emergency Trauma Center da Vinci Robotic Surgery Program Began in New Automated Pharmacy Management System Launched System-Wide Durable Medical Equipment Services Offered in Illinois Behavioral Health Services Relocation and Expansion Emergency Trauma Center in Receives Level II Verification Javon Bea Named CEO/Employer of the Year by Employee Services Management Association Received the Governor s Forward Award of Excellence, the Highest Honor Given by Wisconsin Forward Association McHenry OB/GYN Opened Renovation of South Clinic in Launched Stride for Health Mall Walking Program in Harvard Hospital Lab Renovation Hospital Valet Service Offered at Hospitals New High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Treatment Offered at Cancer Center in Renovations to East Clinic in McHenry Medical Center Opened Harvard Hospital Received Critical Access Hospital Status Began Offering Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Skin Cancer Mall Clinic in Opened Began Offering Chiropractic Services Occupational Medicine Program Began at Harvard Clinic South Expansion of Sleep Center in Horizon Surgical Manager Launched at all Hospitals New Weight Management Program in Harvard Acquired Northwest Women s Group in Lake in the Hills Radiation Oncology Renovation and New Linear Accelerator at Cancer Center in Renovated Surgical Suites and New Surgery Video Imaging and Suspension System in Operating Room Renovation in Harvard Harvard Hospital ED Renovation McHenry Foot Clinic Opened McHenry Medical Center Opened Harvard Clinic North Opened Crystal Lake OB/GYN Opened Harvard Hospital Vascular Program Expanded New Institute of Neuroscience in Mail Order Pharmacy Launched Throughout System Hematology/Oncology Renovation at Cancer Center in Woodstock Medical Center Expansion Named the #1 Employer in the Nation by AARP Cardiac Catheterization Lab Renovation in Patient Concierge Services Offered at All Hospitals New Electrophysiology Services in Construction of Sister Mary Michael Berry Clinic in Expansion of PT/OT Services in McHenry Renovation of Birthing Center in Ranked #1 in the Nation on AARP s Best Employers for Workers Over 50 List New Mobile MRI Began Traveling Between Hospital Locations New PiGalileo Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery System in Terrace Clinic Opened in Woodstock Orthotic Center Opened Central Distribution Center in Relocated Crystal Lake East Expansion New Diabetes Program in Harvard Began Offering Telemonitoring for Home Health Patients Acquired Lakeside Orthopedics in Lake Geneva New Geriatric Assessment Center in Partnered with Community Health Center in Renovation of Health Mall in SCITON Skin Laser Offered in Walworth Inpatient and Clinic Electronic Medical Records Integrated ICU Patient Monitoring System Upgraded in New Digital Mammography Technology in Cardiac Catheterization Lab Expanded in Special Care Unit Renovated in Walworth Hospital Expanded from 6 to 25 Beds, New Clinical Space for Orthopedics, Dermatology, Oncology, Family and Internal Medicine, PT/OT, and More. Patient Services Expansion in Chest Pain Program Accreditation in Mercyhealth East Renovation of Hospital to Make All 36 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 Inpatient Rooms Private LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 37 2010 2011
GROWTH OF MERCYHEALTH UNDER JAVON BEA S LEADERSHIP 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 InQuicker Online Emergency and Urgent Care Scheduling Launched in Rock and McHenry Counties East Clinic Remodeling and Expansion in Hospital and Trauma Center Emergency North Opened in North Clinic Opened in Surgical Suites Expansion at Walworth Hospital Second Linear Accelerator Upgrade in Stroke Center in Received Primary Stroke Center Accreditation from The Joint Commission Heart Center Expanded to Woodstock Began Offering Sleep Medicine Services in Walworth New Technology for Cataract Patients in Edgerton Medical Center Expansion 2018 Pediatric Trauma Center Designation at Rockton Avenue Campus Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Members Received In-Network Access to Mercyhealth Hospitals Renovations to Prehospital and Emergency Services Center in Rockford Named to Becker s Healthcare s 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare REACT Received Full Reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems New Mercyhealth Alpine Opened Expansion to Walworth Hospital Including New Birthing Center, ICU, Lab, Renovated Emergency Department and More New Radiology Scheduling System Launched Harvard Hospital Inpatient Unit Remodeling to Make All Inpatient Rooms Private MD-1 Emergency Response Program Launched Online Bill Pay Launched New Pharmacy Express Prescription Refill Service SCITON Skin Laser Offered in Expanded EMS Training Center Opened in New Elkhorn Medical Center Opened EMS Training Center in Received EMT/Paramedic Program Accreditation Joint Replacement Program in Received Certification NCQA Certification of Harvard Clinic South as a Medical Home Harvard Sleep Disorders Center Accreditation Named the Only State-Designated Children s Hospital in Northern Illinois Top Performers Became Mercyhealth Top Performers, a Rockford-Based Athletic Training Program Received Accreditation from the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthotics REACT Acquired New Airbus EC145 Helicopter Received ACMGA Accreditation for Internal and Family Medicine Residency Programs in Rockford New Linear Accelerator in MD-1 Emergency Response Program Expanded to Walworth County Heart Failure Program in Received Advanced Certification Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center in Renovated Ambulance Bay Expansion in Received Magnet Recognition, the Gold Standard of Nursing and Patient Care Excellence, Across All Mercy Hospitals, Clinics and Other Facilities Walworth Hospital Received Chest Pain Accreditation Walworth Hospital Ambulance Bay Expanded Mercyhealth Walworth Mercyhealth Alpine Opened In July Mercy Health System and Rockford Health System Merge InQuicker Online Urgent Care Scheduling Launched in Winnebago County Rockton Avenue Hospital Named a Baby-Friendly Hospital Received Approval to Build a New $505 Million Hospital and Medical Center Campus on Riverside Blvd. and I-90 New Helipad at Rockton Avenue Campus MD-1 Emergency Response Program Begins in Winnebago and Surrounding Counties Nuclear Cardiology Services in Walworth New TrueBeam Linear Accelerator in Rockford Comprehensive Lung Program Began in Rockford Occupational Medicine Program Expanded in Rockford Pediatric Gastroenterologists Began Rotating to from Rockford Maternal-fetal Medicine Specialists Began Rotating to from Rockford Renovation to Perryville Clinic Mercyhealth s $505 Million Hospital and Medical Campus in Rockford Will Open in January 2019 Broke Ground on the Largest Project in Rockford History a New Hospital and Medical Center Campus on Riverside Blvd. and I-90 Roscoe Expansion Complete Installation of New, State-of-theart Robotic Laboratory on Rockton Avenue Campus Acquired Pediatric Associates of Rockford Cherry Valley Opened Received Approval to Expand the Number of NICU Beds from 46 to 52 $5 Million Renovation and Expansion to Orthopedic Center of Excellence on Rockton Avenue Campus New Bariatric Surgery Program in Rockford Named to NAFE Top 10 Nonprofits for Executive Women Perryville Urgent Care Hours Expanded Received Acute Stroke Ready Hospital Certification in Walworth and Harvard Foundations Combined into Mercyhealth Development Foundation New 3D Mammography in Gynecologic Oncology Specialists Services Expanded to Rockford Granted ACGME Accreditation as Sponsoring Organization for Internal and Family Medicine Residency Programs Received Approval to Build Small Hospital and Clinic in Crystal Lake Small Baby Unit in NICU Opened on Rockton Avenue Campus the Only One of its Kind in Northern Illinois Partnered with Crusader Community Health to Serve All Obstetrical, Gynecological and Newborn Patients Visiting Nurses Association of Rockford Became Mercyhealth at Home REACT Helicopter Program Officially Partnered with Mercyhealth Partnered with Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children s Hospital to Provide Onsite Pediatric Specialties and Telemedicine Clinical Breast Program in Rockford Received Full Accreditation from an Elite Branch of the American College of Surgeons Launched Mobile Occupational Health Clinic in Winnebago County Partnered With RAMP to Create Project Search, a School-to-Work Transition Program for Students with Disabilities Hartsough Dermatology Became Mercyhealth Galleria Expansion of Cancer Center and New CT in Rockford Surgical Associates of Northern Illinois Joined Mercyhealth Pediatric Pulmonologists of Rockford Became Mercyhealth Kleckner Received Approval to Build a Small Hospital and Clinic in Crystal Lake 38 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 39
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile provides free medical care to uninsured and underinsured children. MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY Serving those less fortunate and providing free and affordable care as well as related supportive wellness services is a critical part of Mercyhealth s mission. The organization plays a significant role in the health and well-being of the communities it serves. This goes beyond providing a healing touch in its hospitals, clinics and medical centers: Mercyhealth partners are in the community every day, offering free health screenings, classes, presentations, support groups and so much more. They also collaborate and support hundreds of organizations and groups, paying special attention to helping children and those less fortunate. 40 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 41
Over the last two years, Mercyhealth ago, it s had 11,805 visits with to ensure their successful has donated $2,187,124 to community 8,645 children, providing more transitions from school to organizations in the Rockford region. than $2.2 million in free medical work. Mercyhealth is the first We take great pride in giving back to and dental care, including well- workplace to host Project the communities we serve, says Javon child exams, vaccinations, acute SEARCH in Rockford. Because R. Bea, Mercyhealth President and care visits, dental exams and of the success of this program at CEO. Supporting local organizations cleanings, sealants and dental Mercyhealth Hospital Rockton who, like Mercyhealth, aim to restorations. Avenue, Mercyhealth is starting a improve the health and well-being second Project SEARCH program of the greater Rockford region, is Project SEARCH Mercyhealth at Mercyhealth Hospital and both a privilege and an honor. partners with RAMP, an Trauma Center in, organization that helps disabled Wisconsin. Ronald McDonald Care Mobile individuals live independently, to The Ronald McDonald Care provide real-life work experience YMCA Mobile Community Mobile provides free medical care to uninsured and underinsured for students with disabilities. Students in the program receive Center Mercyhealth provides funds to the YMCA of Rock Mercyhealth staff appeared at the indoor facility opening at Mercyhealth Sportscore 2. Volunteers fill the new Little Lending Library at the clinic building on Rockton Avenue. children. Since it began 15 years extensive on-the-job training River Valley for its Mobile Mercyhealth Auxiliary volunteers distribute pillows to students at Welsh Elementary in Rockford. West Middle School students check out orthopedic devices during a visit from Dr. Elizabeth Pickvance, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Mercyhealth. Community Center, a program donating time and resources to for winners of an achievement that delivers wellness, fitness and improve the health and well-being award; donated hats and gloves to nutrition services to underserved of area children. Mercyhealth thousands of students; assisted neighborhoods in the Rockford partners with three schools near with the setup, creation and area. its Rockton Avenue campus running of a student store; hosted Conklin and Welsh Elementary art shows; and donated volunteer Dr. Brian Michalsen, left, a sports and family medicine doctor, poses Support for schools The Schools and West Middle School. time and school supplies. Dr. Mary Baldauf, left, a pediatric critical care doctor, celebrates alongside Mercyhealth partners at the Mercyhealth Sportscore 2 indoor with two of the Project SEARCH graduates at Mercyhealth. health system supports schools Through this partnership the facility opening. throughout the counties it serves, system has purchased bicycles 42 Great People. Great Stories. Summer 2018 LIFE IN YOUR COUNTY AND BEYOND 43
Mercyhealth Riverside Campus JANUARY 2019 Mercyhealth Rockton Avenue Campus The Best Hospital Care no matter where you live. Area residents will receive convenient health care at both of our Rockford hospital and medical campuses at Mercyhealth Hospital on Rockton Avenue, where we re investing millions of dollars to renovate our campus like never before, and the new Mercyhealth Hospital on Riverside Boulevard, opening in January 2019. It s our way of bringing the very best health care close to you, no matter where you live. Both campuses will be staffed by highly trained doctors, nurses and other providers who offer leading-edge care for adults and children. Both campuses will provide lifesaving, compassionate care when every minute counts. And at both campuses, you will be treated like a member of our family. MercyHealthSystem.org