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Swedish Covenant Hospital in the News
| July 23, 2009 | Healing herbs have many benefits
ABC 7 morning show: Video and recipes >
Herbs are popping up in gardens and flower pots in many households. Fresh herbs look, smell and taste great. They may also have medical benefits that can help build your body's defenses against many viruses and diseases.
"Research is constantly underway proving that herbs have medicinal properties and are valuable for our health," says Syeda Farid, a registered dietitian at Swedish Covenant Hospital and Galter LifeCenter. | | July 2009 | Weighing in on DR Economics
Imaging Technology News: Full article >
Swedish Covenant Hospital made the switch from CR to DR in June 2008 and has plans to go wireless down the road. The Chicago-based hospital, which performs about 135,000-140,000 procedures a year in radiology, has quickly climbed the digital ladder in the last five years, moving from traditional film X-rays to CR to DR and noting increased productivity along the way.
| | July 8, 2009 | Patients Fret Over Proposed Tylenol Restrictions
The New York Times: (Note: This article was originally reported by the Associated Press, and the wire story was picked up in about 205 outlets, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and ABC 7 News) Full story >
Dr. Ronnie Mandal, an internist at Chicago's Swedish Covenant Hospital>, says he's gotten calls from worried elderly patients who saw the news on TV last week.
"Most of them are wondering, is it safe for me to use," he said.
For those on Tylenol, the short answer - from Mandal and other physicians - is yes, if used judiciously. Doctors say there's no reason to switch to other pain relievers, which can cause different problems. | | June 16, 2009 | Hospitals of the Future: Paperless, Efficient
NBC 5 Chicago: Video and full transcript >
The hospital of the 21st Century is shaping up to be paperless and wireless, with some of the most important workers never getting tired or distracted. That's helping doctors provide better, more efficient care, but there are challenges.
While working with an asthmatic patient at Swedish Covenant Hospital, Emergency Room physician Andrew Costello frequently turns to a computer terminal, and with a couple of clicks sends data to an electronic medical record." | | June 4, 2009 | Health Weather Warnings
WGN News: Full transcript >
Dr Ronnie Mandal, Internal Medicine, Swedish Covenant Hospital: "People have always stated that they've seen a relationship between the weather and their arthritis."
| | June 3, 2009 | Maintaining Their Dignity
Advance for Nurses: Full story >
Julie Hamann, MS, RN, staff nurse in the ICU/IMCU at Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, believes the Planetree model of patient-centered care, which emphasizes human beings caring for other human beings and creating a healing environment, contributes to patient dignity.
| | April 27, 2009 | No reported swine flu in Ill. so far
ABC 7 Local News: Video and transcript from newscast >
At Chicago's Swedish Covenant Hospital, the medical staff is on alert for patients with flu-like symptoms - none as of 4:30 p.m. Monday - but there is the expectation here and throughout the area that there will be cases of swine flu.
"It's difficult to predict. In Chicago we have a lot of tourists around. We have people moving in and out of the state, so I think we should be on high alert," said Dr. Oluwadamilola Adeyemi, Swedish Covenant Hospital.
Find out more information about swine flu:
| | April 27, 2009 | Hospitals adding fresh, organic food to the menu
Los Angeles Times: Full story >
Some hospitals have taken small steps - eliminating trans fats from their menus or switching to dairy products free of the growth hormone rBGH. Others have taken on bigger overhauls: The chef at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz cooks with produce from the hospital's on-site vegetable garden; Chicago's Swedish Covenant Hospital is gradually moving toward meals that are entirely organic.
| | April 7, 2009 | Hospitals Going Paperless
Chicago Sun-Times: Full story >
At Swedish Covenant Hospital, paper medical charts and handwritten prescription orders have gone the way of the dinosaur.
Doctors at the North Side hospital use computers to access patient medical records, order lab tests and look at X-rays, among other things. The system also flags potentially dangerous interactions of medications.
| | March 13, 2009 | Swedish Covenant Hospital Achieves Stage 6 with High Rates of Physician I.T. Adoption
Meditech: Full story >
Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago, IL) recently became MEDITECH's first MAGIC customer to achieve the prestigious Stage 6 Electronic Medical Record adoption recognition from HIMSS Analytics. Among Swedish Covenant's most exciting accomplishments leading to this honor, is their widespread use of MEDITECH's on-line physician documentation, which came about as part of their Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) rollout.
| | February 27, 2009 | HIMSS ranks 42 hospitals with Stage 6 EMR adoption
Modern Healthcare: Full story (Subscription Required) > and Full list >
However, 15 hospitals of those 42 have reached the highest IT goal, Stage 7, a paperless EMR environment for patient care, according to Mike Davis, executive vice president of HIMSS Analytics, the trade groups' data analysis division.
| | February 26, 2009 |
Honored for EMR Sophistication, HIMSS Analytics Announces Stage 6 Hospitals
HIMSS Analytics: Full story >
As the country moves to transform healthcare with the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 42 US hospitals recognized as a Stage 6 by HIMSS Analytics serve as role models in healthcare IT adoption for other healthcare systems just beginning this process.
| | February 8, 2009 | Hand creams to battle winter cracks
Chicago Tribune: Full story >
According to Dr. Aleksandar Krunic, a dermatologist at Swedish Covenant Hospital, a good cold-weather hand cream should contain: ...
| | February 8, 2009 | Steam-powered moisture for your skin
Chicago Tribune: Full story > and Full list >
Solution: Your best bet is the steam room, because the high humidity will temper the drying effect of hot temperatures on your skin, said Dr. Aleksandar Krunic, a dermatologist at Chicago's Swedish Covenant Hospital.
| | January 27, 2009 | America's Safest Hospitals
Forbes: Full story > and Full list >
A new study says you'll get great care at these cross-country spots--all offer the best protection against complications and mortality.
| | December 28, 2008 | Electronic therapy shortens treatment for uterine cancer
The Chicago Tribune: Full story >
In September, Swedish Covenant Hospital treated its first patient using electronic brachytherapy, which delivers therapy directly to cancer sites with minimal exposure to surrounding healthy tissue, said Dr. Gary Schreiber, radiation oncologist at Swedish Covenant Hospital. Electronic brachytherapy uses electricity to generate very low-powered X-rays, similar to a chest X-ray.
| | December 17, 2008 | Swedish Covenant Encourages Cancer Awareness
Chicago's 47th Ward: Full story >
Swedish Covenant Hospital is here to help detect cancer early, and we're making it easier than ever with short wait times for appointments and digital X-ray technology. These advances allow our physicians to detect breast cancer at earlier stages, faster - which means better service and better outcomes for patients.
| | December 11, 2008 | Lesson Learned from Misdiagnosis
ABC 7 HealthBeat: Video and transcript from newscast >
Rahel trusted her instincts and was recommended to Ermias Tilahun, a specialist in internal medicine at Swedish Covenant Hospital. It was April of 2007. By then, Rahel was in very bad shape.
"She was less than 80 pounds when I saw her," said Dr. Tilahun.
Like Rahel, Dr. Tilahun wasn't convinced it was cancer. He had a hunch as a result of working with other immigrants and being Ethiopian himself.
| | December 10, 2008 | Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Diabetes
Philly.com: Full story >
According to a study conducted by the Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, researchers found that adopting daily exercise habits and a calcium-rich diet could reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome, a group of health risks that include large waist size, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and insulin insensitivity.
| | November 28, 2008 | Exercise, calcium may lower metabolic syndrome risk
Reuters: Full story >
"As with many health conditions, when the good behaviors are absent, the condition is more prevalent," lead researcher Adam Reppert, a dietitian at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, said in a written statement.
He and his colleagues report the findings in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
| | November 3, 2008 | Planetree Model Improves Patient Care in Greater Chicago
Nursing Spectrum: Full Story >
Brooke Newton, Planetree coordinator at Swedish Covenant Hospital on Chicago's Northwest Side, describes the Planetree approach as a natural fit. "Planetree has provided us with a way to formalize the patient-centered philosophy that we have always had; it has given us a name for it and structure." | | October 28, 2008 | Growing evidence: Studies show the therapeutic value of healing gardens
Modern Healthcare: Full Story >
It was said in passing, but I remembered the remarks a good friend had made at a social gathering. She noted how she had lived in a highly diverse area in Chicago when she was young, a place where people seemed to get along just fine regardless of their country of origin or language. She hadn't been back in years, but one day she went to visit a friend who was a patient at Swedish Covenant Hospital in the old neighborhood. My friend said she was impressed by how the hospital had expanded and that the nurses and physicians seemed so upbeat and friendly. Something else that impressed my friend was the garden built right in the middle of the hospital campus. | | August 21, 2008 | Hospital death rates now online
Chicago Sun-Times : Full Story >
On Wednesday, the federal government released an online searchable database of hospital death rate estimates at more than 4,300 hospitals nationwide... In a USA Today analysis, Loyola University Health Services, Edward Hospital in Naperville, the University of Chicago Hospitals, Rush University Medical Center, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and Swedish Covenant Hospital appeared on multiple "lowest" mortality rate lists between 2005 and 2007. | | August 21, 2008 | Government posts hospital death rates
Chicago Tribune : Full Story >
For the first time, the government disclosed information about patient deaths for all hospitals in the country... Regarding pneumonia, the medical centers in Illinois with lower-than-expected pneumonia death rates are Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights (9.1 percent), Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago (7.8 percent), Edward Hospital in Naperville (8.1 percent) and ENH, based in Evanston (8.9 percent). ENH owns Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital and Highland Park Hospital. | | August 20, 2008 | Hospital death rates unveiled
USA Today : Full Story >
Death rates from heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia are widely viewed as yardsticks of a hospital's overall performance. Until today, these rates were closely guarded secrets, but this morning USA TODAY posted the government's best estimates of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia death rates for every U.S. hospital for two years.
Note: Swedish Covenant Hospital is identified as 'Better than the National Rate in 2006-2007'. These statistics are available on the map accompanying the article and on the hospital compare site at the following link: Hospital Compare Site >
| | August 14, 2008 | Take a Bow
Chicago Sun-Times : Full Story >
There should be a Who's Who crowd at the Aug. 21 unveiling of the Healing Garden at Swedish Covenant Hospital, designed by landscape architect Maria Smithburg and named for Bill Kurtis and Donna LaPietra. Those expected to attend the dedication include violinist Rachel Barton Pine; construction mogul Richard Pepper and his wife, Roxy; Stanley Tigerman; Shelley Farley (just back from the Olympics); Sugar Rautbord; Carol and John Walter, and WMAQ-Channel 5's Anna Davlantes. | | August 5, 2008 | A larger serving of greens: Hospitals seek a food supply healthier for patients, the planet
Modern Healthcare : Full Story (Subscription Required) >
Maria Simmons, manager of patient food services for 324-bed Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, says her hospital also has experienced positive patient feedback on its efforts to green its food-supply chain. "What we've come to understand is, especially with the grass-fed beef, patients are able to pick up on the flavor immediately. I get notes like "tastes like meat should," she says. | | August 5, 2008 | Searching for approval: Tax-exempt hospitals, systems may find some relief through FHLB letters of credit in last week's housing aid bill
Modern Healthcare : Full Story (Subscription Required) >
Healthcare tax-exempt borrowers were offered an unusual bright spot by Congress last week following months of bad news: A sweeping bill to help homeowners included a provision to aid others embroiled in the housing meltdown, namely tax-exempt bond borrowers, a group that includes more than 60% of U.S. hospitals...
And Mark Newton, president and CEO of 324-bed Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, called the Federal Home Loan Banks' new authority a short-term fix for a problem that requires a more lasting solution. It's unclear whether bond insurance will rebound, he said, yet tax-exempt bonds continue to need credit enhancement. | | July 7, 2008 | Swedish Covenant far from a 'struggling' urban hospital - Letter to Editor
Crain's : Full Story (Subscription Required) >
"Hospitals' cash crunch" (June 9) calls for "the rest of the story."...
Additionally, while Swedish Covenant falls into the "safety-net" category, it was inappropriately included in the "struggling" list. Swedish Covenant is among many safety-net hospitals that have responded to the numerous challenges of the health care market while continuing to expand infrastructure and advance quality outcomes, far from "cutting services or stalling capital projects," as Crain's described the situation for cash-starved hospitals. | | June 9, 2008 | Hospitals' Cash Crunch: Service, staff cuts loom as facilities await key D.C. funding stream
Crain's: Full Story (Subscription Required) >
While most of Illinois' 200 hospitals have money at stake, a few of the city's safety-net hospitals could be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy or closure if the cash comes too late.
Note: Swedish Covenant Hospital identified in a chart associated with this article. |
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