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Plan for end-of-year vision care needs

Plan now to apply your 2025 Flex Spending Account funds. At the Champaign Carle Optical Shop, these funds can be used to purchase lenses, frames and contacts before Dec. 31.

Carle Health receives Practice Greenhealth Partner Recognition Award for stewardship efforts

Carle Foundation Hospital receives the Partner Recognition Award from Practice Greenhealth for notable actions taken to improve the facility’s environmental impact.

Carle Health Greater Peoria hospitals recognized for excellence in antimicrobial stewardship

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Acute Care Honor Roll recognizes hospitals that prioritize and excel in implementing evidence-based antimicrobial stewardship practices.

Carle Health and Mary Free Bed unite to transform inpatient rehabilitation

National rehab expert and community health system offer local care and advanced treatment

Carle Health names Kurt Leifheit as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer beginning in 2026

The long-time health system legal advisor will join the system executive leadership team and support strategic direction of the organization.

Convenient Care Plus at Carle Foundation Hospital has moved to the South Clinic Building

Convenient Care Plus at Carle Foundation Hospital has relocated to the Carle Urbana South Clinic building.

Mothers at Carle Health Methodist have convenience of donor breast milk when they need it

The donor milk program allows inpatients or outpatients from the hospital to purchase screened donor milk as well as have a connection to where they can donate breast milk they do not need.

Carle Health veteran team members say 'yes' to their country and community

Carle Health has hundreds of team members who are veterans or active-duty military. The healthcare organization honors them, and all veterans, on Veterans Day with flag-raising ceremonies at all eight Carle Health hospitals and other recognitions.

In sickness and in health: Neurosurgery patient marries at Carle Foundation Hospital

When a neurosurgery patient and his fiancée decided to get married before his brain surgery, the neurosurgery team went to work, helping to plan their fourth wedding in four years.

Young bone cancer survivor regains his strength with help from Carle Health physical therapy

In 2022, at just 17 years old, Landon Potter’s life changed drastically when doctors diagnosed him with osteosarcoma – a rare and aggressive form of bone cancer. After intense surgery and numerous rounds of chemotherapy, Potter is now cancer-free, and he praises the physical therapy he received after those treatments at Carle Health as a major factor in his ability to recovery.

Quick emergency intervention from Arrow Ambulance helps save the life of patient in need

Arrow Ambulance provides life-saving care during emergency situations. Patients know they can depend on their expert support no matter where they find themselves in the community. And for at the 2025 Rantoul Farm Progress Show, the Arrow team’s quick intervention helped save a man’s life.

Food in the Fall: Carle Health experts offer tips for healthy autumnal eating

The fall season is underway – colors are changing, sweater weather is back and store shelves are busy stocking a variety of tasty, autumnal options. Nutrition experts at Carle Health are particularly fond of this time of year as it presents unique ways to maintain a healthy, convenient and delicious diet.

Carle Health camps help children and teens work through grief

Camp Healing Heart and Kourage Kids Camp are Carle Health Hospice camps that help children and teens experiencing loss. A camper and volunteers describe how the recent, annual camps help everyone to feel interconnected.

Carle Health Expands Support for Medicare Advantage Enrollment Period

Seniors Can Find Reliable Resources at ChooseCarleHealth.org

Patient volumes, modernization prompting land use changes near Carle Foundation Hospital

Changes include removal of a structure at 810 W. University Avenue that houses Carle Auxiliary Resale Boutique and Carle Health Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

At Carle Health, teams demonstrate care, communication and teamwork for better patient outcomes

Carle Health knows that world-class care is more than clinical excellence. It's also compassion, effective communication and teamwork. Teams and individuals who showcase those skills to benefit patients are celebrated with the healthcare system's quarterly Way to Be! awards.

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