Friday, December 14, 2012
Recent list names CDH as one of the best hospitals in the area.
Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) in Winfield was No. 8 in a recent Chicago Magazine feature of top hospitals in the area. The magazine cited the hospital's many facilities, including electronic medical records and proton radiation therapy. Chicago Magazine considered survival, reputation, facilities, staffing and safety. The 313-bed facility is located at 25 N. Winfield Road. To read more about CDH, go to the hospital's website.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Central DuPage Hospital hosts Project Move, a celebration of the new expansion, Sunday. The scorching heat didn’t keep people away from attending the five-hour event.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
DuPage was in motion for Central DuPage Hospital’s Project Move Community Day Sunday. Tours led groups around the expansion, including state-of-the-art private rooms, nurses’ stations, lobbies, auditoriums and more. Entertainment for both kids and adults included a DJ from K-Hits 103.4, activities and demonstrations from different CDH departments, and an inflatable brain and heart. Three of the ’85 Chicago Bears were signing autographs while Zumba, yoga, tai chi, and aerobics classes were scheduled throughout the day. At the start of the event around 400 runners participated in the CDH Winfield Run, which benefitted the Winfield Historical Society. There was a 5K and 10K race which went from 8-10am. “It’s a real community celebration. We …
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Jill Braselton, RN, BSN, ThinkFirst chapter director from Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) in Winfield. accepted the Chapter of the Year Award Saturday.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
On Saturday, Apr. 9, Jill Braselton, RN, BSN, ThinkFirst chapter director from Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) in Winfield. accepted the Chapter of the Year Award at the 2011 ThinkFirst Conference on Injury Prevention in Denver, CO. Debby Gerhardstein, RN, MA, ThinkFirst Foundation Executive Director, said, “The ThinkFirst chapter at CDH has long been recognized as a leader in injury prevention ... Jill Braselton and her team strive to offer injury prevention programs to every school in their surrounding communities so all children and teens have an advantage in reducing their risk for injury. “CDH’s chapter is the State Chapter and Training Center for the eight Illinois chapters, as well as a national trainer. This is truly a model chapter …
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Kate Clarke-Pascente was recently named president-elect of the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA) a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Kate Clarke-Pascente, LCPC, of Wheaton, Ill. was recently named president-elect of the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA), a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association. Currently, Clarke-Pascente is the manager of Patient Relations/Interpreter Services at Central DuPage Hospital (CDH). The mission of the Society of Healthcare Consumer Advocacy is to lead the advancement of healthcare consumer advocacy by supporting the role of professionals who represent and advocate for consumers across the healthcare continuum. Clarke-Pascente holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Creighton University and a master’s in counseling/psychology from National Louis University. She and her husband, Michael, and two …
Friday, October 1, 2010
Proton Therapy Center is ready to see its first patients in November and gave a preview of the technology behind Proton therapy today, Thursday, Sept. 30.
In 2007 Susan Heuer packed her bags and travelled to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to treat Nasopharyngeal Cancer, a cancer developed from years of smoking. If she stayed in Illinois for traditional treatment, Heuer was told it was likely she would go blind due to the tumor's proximity to her eye. To spare the expected loss of her eyesight, Heuer opted for proton therapy, a relatively recent cancer treatment. But there was nowhere in Illinois that offered that kind of treatment. Her choices were Boston, California or Indiana—but the only facility that could take her on short notice was the hospital in Boston. So, for her it was a no-brainer and she left for Boston. Heur said the proton therapy was easy to go through and highly …
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Kerry
9:12 am on Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Congratulations to CDH on the expansion! Their support reaches far beyond the physical walls of the hospital to be truly a great asset to the health of our community. more ›