Archives for Heidi Prescott-Wieneke

Medical Minute: What are the chances you’ll get COVID after being fully vaccinated?

If you or someone you know is hesitant to get the COVID vaccine, we hope you’ll take the next 58 seconds to listen to and help us spread this message. The good news is COVID hospitalizations are down across our region. But so are vaccination rates. None of us want another...

Medical Minute: Addressing inflammatory skin conditions for people of color

Evelin Keultjes, Dermatology Nurse Practitioner at Beacon Medical Group Goshen, explains why it is especially important for people of color to have inflammatory skin irritations and rashes checked out sooner rather than later. https://youtu.be/wviRpRLG8rQ For today's Medical Minute, I would like to discuss inflammatory skin conditions in patients in color. Inflammatory skin conditions,...

Sunburst Races adds new summer events in Granger

It is with excitement and enthusiasm that we announce our brand new event, Sunburst Races - Granger, happening this summer. Race day is Sunday, August 8, 2021. Taking place on the paved path that encompasses the campus of Beacon Health & Fitness - Granger, this event offers a unique 1-mile distance....

“Road bump” brings change of focus to Beacon associate

Had you asked Ginny Schackow to describe herself prior to her diagnosis, she would have said she was driven, family-oriented, fun, organized, always a planner and always on the lookout for the next project or family hiking trip. A photo taken during one of those hiking trips, when she posed...

Medical Minute: Unique stroke risks and symptoms that women need to know

One in five women will have a stroke in their lifetime, and stoke kills twice as many women as breast cancer, says Dr. Erin Clark, a Beacon Health emergency care physician. Learn the unique risks of stroke in women, and how the symptoms for women differ from men, in this...

Beacon awards nurses scholarships toward education, advanced degrees

Congratulations to the 2021 Beacon Nursing Scholars. Sixty-seven of our nurses have received more than $360,000 in scholarships from the Beacon Health Foundation. The scholarships, which are made possible through generous donors in our community, support non-clinical associates entering the nursing field, as well as nurses pursuing advanced degrees. We will...

Submit your baby’s story for Beacon Children’s 40th NICU anniversary

Since its inception in 1981, the doctors, nurses and entire NICU team at Beacon Children’s Hospital have cared for tens of thousands of babies. If you’re a parent whose child spent days, weeks or months in the NICU, you understand the mixed emotions that come with an early or unscheduled...

Construction under way on new Goshen, Nappanee outpatient facilities

Beacon Health has embarked on two construction projects in Elkhart County as part of an ongoing effort to better meet the needs of patients as the health system continues to expand its regional footprint. The Beacon Goshen Outpatient Center is currently under construction at 2222 Reith Blvd., at the site of...

COVID-related condition MIS-C can be severe in some children

Hari Gourabathini, MD, pediatric critical care medicine physician at Beacon Children’s Hospital, offers his perspective about caring for children affected by coronavirus and the unseen impacts of the pandemic on our community’s kids. Click here to hear him speak about MIS-C. The pandemic’s effect at face value It has been a more...

Plea to community to remain vigilant as COVID hospitalizations rise

The number of COVID-positive inpatients at our hospitals has quadrupled during the past month, so this is not the time to let our guard down, says Dr. Sam El-Dalati, Beacon Health System Chief Clinical Officer. In today's Medical Minute, Dr. El-Dalati asks that community members get vaccinated, because the COVID...