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Exploring Hospice Care: Addressing Common Questions

Hospice care plays a crucial role in providing comfort, support and dignity to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families during their final stages of life. But unless you have known a loved one, family member or friend who has received hospice care, you might have questions and concerns. “Beginning your...

Heart surgery patients grateful for faster recovery with minimally invasive options

Open heart surgery is not always the answer, and major surgery is not always the only option for patients who require cardiac attention. Now more than ever before, the Beacon heart team cares for its patient’s hearts by specializing in minimally invasive surgeries that use smaller incisions, require less time in...

Beacon athletic trainer Lauren Burish selected for top national honors

Beacon Health certified athletic trainer Lauren Burish has been selected as the 2023 Athletic Trainer of the Year. The announcement was made Friday by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Burish currently serves as assistant athletic trainer at Indiana University South Bend. “Lauren is one of the most passionate, hard-working, intelligent and...

CHA ACO, LLC, improves care for Medicare patients, saves Medicare $4.3 million

CHA Accountable Care Organization (ACO), LLC, operated by Beacon Health System, improved care for nearly 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Indiana and southwest Michigan in 2022, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, accountable care organizations that meet quality and cost goals...

What your Beacon doctor wants you to know about prediabetes to prevent health complications

The sooner you find out your blood sugars are higher than they should be, the more you are able to curb those levels and halt their progression into something much more serious. When gone unchecked, elevated blood sugars or glucose can develop into Type 2 diabetes and lead to heart...

Five years after heart-saving TAVR procedure, Beacon patient still lives life to fullest

What does your heart tell you? He’s got real heart. Her story comes from the heart. Though we know that the heart is the organ that pumps blood throughout our body, we can’t help but associate it with emotions. So when there’s a problem with our heart, it somehow seems to...

Is it allergies, a cold or COVID? Beacon doctor offers guidance if you’re not feeling well

If you’ve got a cough, runny nose, itchy eyes or sore throat right now, you’re not alone. And with COVID cases slowly ticking upward across the country, although nowhere near pandemic levels, many people are wondering if they should be worried. “There are so many things that can cause those symptoms,” said...

Embracing motherhood: Beacon midwife shares personal, enriching journey to becoming a mom

Certified nurse midwife Audrey Katz has supported and cared for many expectant moms during pregnancy, labor and the birth of their babies at Beacon. While she has always been passionate about her role, Audrey describes in this special essay below for National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, how motherhood has profoundly changed...

5 reasons doctors say back-to-school physicals provide “healthy start” to school year

Many parents are breathing a sigh of relief as we flip our calendars to September, now that the seemingly endless number of back-to-school meetings and activities are about finished. One of the activities you may have already checked off your list is the annual physical for your child. Some schools require...