U.S. News & World Report has once again recognized Northwestern Medicine hospitals in its annual Best Hospital rankings. For the 13th consecutive year, Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been named to the Best Hospital Honor Roll, a select group of hospitals from around the country recognized for their exceptional performance across specialties, procedures, and conditions. Additionally,…
Northwestern Medicine and the South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District are collaborating to offer life-saving stroke diagnosis and treatment to residents of the South Elgin area and the northwestern suburb. Northwestern Medicine’s Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) can now be dispatched to essentially create an emergency room in a parking lot, saving precious minutes. The…
Additional option will enhance communication, help staff be responsive to patient needs Patients will soon be able to choose “X” as a sex designation at Northwestern Medicine’s 11 hospitals and more than 200 outpatient locations throughout Illinois. “X” is a sex designation on government identification documents that represents a legal sex other than male or…
n response to the growing need for additional emergency mental health services throughout the country, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois, recently added and renovated 4 new emergency department rooms to create additional spaces for behavioral health treatments to care for these patients. When not in use for behavioral health patients, the rooms can…
Delnor Hospital Earns Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Plus Recognition by the American Heart Association Under new protocols at Delnor Hospital, it took only 38 minutes after Pietruziewicz arrived to receive a thrombolytic medication via IV to dissolve the blood clot. The American Heart Association recommends a door-to-needle time of under 60 minutes. Always striving for better,…
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital recognized for decreasing sepsis mortality rate As cold and flu season approaches, experts at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital are raising awareness about the signs and symptoms of sepsis, a life-threatening full-body response to an infection. Sepsis can cause many problems in the body that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure,…
