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Fairfield Memorial Hospital will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on April 22nd from 11:30am to 4:30pm as current inventories continue to remain at critical levels across the country. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 618-847-8242 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org with sponsor code: FairfieldMemorial.…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. A mammography exam is used to aid in the early detection…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of Christina Frymire, APN FNP, who has joined the Medical Staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Christina is a Nurse Practitioner, who will see patients of all ages in Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Urgent Care Clinic. NP Frymire is from Norris City, Illinois, and received her Master of Science in Nursing…

The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in over a decade, posing a concerning risk to patient care. Amid this crisis, doctors have been forced to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who will need to wait until more products become available. Blood and…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces that Stephen Welty, APN, FNP, CDE, who has been with Fairfield Memorial Hospital for since 2017 as a Certified Diabetes Educator, is now a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner. NP Welty will be caring for patients of all ages for both acute and chronic conditions at Horizon Healthcare’s Rural Health Clinics. Additionally,…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Yadira Lake, who works as a Phlebotomist in the Laboratory Department at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, was selected as the January 2022 Employee of the Month. Yadira…

Earlier this year Fairfield Memorial Hospital received a $100 grant from Hershey’s Heartwarming Project. This submission was entered by six year old Perry Kimberlin of Fairfield. Youth Service America (YSA) was searching for Heartwarming Young Heroes with creative ideas to foster meaningful connections, promote inclusion and teach empathy. Perry, who is now seven years old,…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Bunting-Williams, Ph.D., announced today that FMH, Horizon Healthcare’s four Rural Health Clinics, and FMH Home Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation, Rural Health Clinic & Home Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval®…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Bunting-Williams, PhD was a panelist speaker at the 9th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable Becker’s Hospital Review meeting in Chicago, Illinois on November 15th, 2021. There were more than 2,000 attendees from Hospitals and Health Systems across the Nation at the annual Becker’s meeting. Becker’s Healthcare publications and events…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of Sharon Bartley, APN FNP, who has joined the Medical Staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Sharon is a Nurse Practitioner, who will see patients of all ages at the Horizon Healthcare Clinic locations and in Urgent Care. Ms. Bartley is from Carmi, Illinois, and received her Master of Science…