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Elkhart General nursing scholarship recipient follows her dreams; “Helping others is all that really matters”

Rachel Manthey, a Nursing Assistant in the Intermediate Care Center at Elkhart General Hospital, is working toward her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Indiana University South Bend. She is a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship recipient. It has been difficult and amazing at the same time to serve alongside...

Dr. Jason Marker tapped to lead national initiatives to combat physician burnout

Burnout is a problem that affects many in the healthcare profession, from medical students to practicing physicians to other specialists and clinicians. Jason Marker, MD, Associate Director of the Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, recently received a tap on the shoulder from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and...

How Memorial MedFlight saves lives

You’ve seen medical helicopters fly overhead and likely wondered what and where the emergency is. For Memorial MedFlight, the emergency can be anything, anywhere in our region. But the goal is the same: get patients to the best care available, as safely quickly as possible. When time is not on a...

Do vegetarians get enough protein?

Vegetarian diets are becoming more popular than ever. But many people have questions about plant-based diets. Kate Glick, registered dietitian at Beacon, provides insights on the popular meatless movement. What is the vegetarian diet? Vegetarianism is an eating practice that eliminates the consumption of meat and/or animal byproducts such as cheese, milk...

Elkhart General nursing assistant learns invaluable lessons working beside hospital caregivers

Rayven Jarvis, a Certified Nursing Assistant at Elkhart General Hospital, talks about how her colleagues have helped one another through challenging times, and how she is more determined than ever to be a nurse. Rayven is a Beacon Health Foundation 2021 nursing scholarship recipient. Working through COVID has not been a...

Three Rivers Health joins Beacon Health System

Beacon Health System and Three Rivers Health officials today announced that they have finalized an agreement for the 60-bed acute care facility to become the eighth hospital in the non-profit Beacon Health System and the first in the state of Michigan. For more than a century, Three Rivers Health has been...

Mom shares emotional account of watching her hospitalized toddler struggle with RSV

Michelle Walden talks candidly about her 3-year-old son, Elias (El-ias), and his hospitalization with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). Elias had spent 287 days in the Beacon Children's Hospital NICU in 2018. Last Friday started like any other day. My son, Elias, went to school and had a normal day. He and...

Memorial ICU assistant follows her heart and the “call to serve” amid nursing shortage during pandemic

Karri Weber is a unit assistant at the Memorial Hospital ICU and a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation nursing scholarship recipient. She believes "there is no greater honor to be someone's nurse."  Find out why, below. Every day I see how hard nurses work and it is an honor to work next...

COVID survivors, like cancer survivors, are “forever changed, physically, mentally and emotionally”

Dr. Joseph Caruso, a family physician at Beacon Medical Group Schwartz-Weikamp in Mishawaka, offers his perspective on working with COVID patients during the pandemic. I knew the office visit would be difficult, but I was not prepared to hear my patient say, "I got my husband into hospice this morning." He is...