FHN Memorial Hospital

Name :

FHN Memorial Hospital

Address  :

1045 West Stephenson Street

Town  :

Freeport

State  :

Illinois

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

61032

Phone  :

8155996000

Fax  :

8155996417

Web URL  :

Available

Description

Our Vision
Healthcare Excellence for our Communities

Our Mission
FHN together with those we serve improves health and provides superior quality healthcare services Respect dignity and compassion guide our interactions while leadership and wise stewardship of resources direct the process

Community Support
Our commitment to the community is seen throughout the year in many ways

Committed to Economic Health
As one of the largest employers in the Freeport area FHN employs and offers benefits to approximately 1400 employees providing economic viability to the community and stability for families As a sponsor of more than 60 community events we contribute thousands of dollars in cash and inkind donations annually Each year our employees add their personal contributions averaging more than 40000 to the United Way as well as serving in leadership positions in many community organizations and boards

Committed to Community Health
In 2009 FHN

Administered more than 6100 health screenings at no charge including blood pressure body fat and cholesterol screening and counseling and tobacco cessation advice Educated more than 6000 people on poison prevention at 63 different events Offered health information through providerled seminars to nearly 300 people at 10 different Speakers Bureau events Presented 112 school programs focused on health to more than 2280 students Athletic trainers served more than 4000 hours at 1100 events for 10 school districts Donated 21280 to 17 area schools through sports physical clinics a total of 24 clinics were held serving 1064 students

Support groups for people touched by grief cancer arthritis diabetes Alzheimers Parkinsons and caregivers met 100 times Helped patients more than 800 times through the Kids Health Line a nonoffice hours hotline
Brought people together 23 times for a variety of familyfocused area events including Festival of Trees Pretzel City Festival the Get Fit Challenge and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Illinois events

Our Employees Are Committed to the Communities We Serve

FHN employees have contributed more than 1 million to the FHN Foundation since 1999 through the awardwinning Partners in Giving Program Partners in Giving is an FHN employee fundraising organization that creates opportunities for employees to contribute to FHN in various ways through payroll deductions donations or through participation in fundraisers

This program has been an outstanding success for our employees to collaborate with our community to raise funds for healthcare services

History

History
FHN is proud to trace its history of caring for the people of northwest Illinois back for more than a century

1902 FHN started small with the July 1 opening of Globe Hospital a 40bed facility on upper Stephenson Street in Freeport

1904 The School of Nursing followed soon with a class of seven women

1924 The Deaconess Society of the Evangelical Church purchased the Globe Hospital for 22500 The hospitals name was changed to Evangelical Deaconess Hospital

1931 The Evangelical Deaconess Hospital was first accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals

1933 The hospital became standardized by the College of Surgeons

1935 The Womens Board of Deaconess Hospital was organized by Mrs F W McNess

1934 The School of Nursing closed due to financial conditions but reopened in 1936 with a class of 14 Tuition for three years was 2000

1938 A new notforprofit corporation was formed under the name Deaconess Hospital

1943 A fundraising campaign initiated and chaired by Mr LC Ferguson raised 208000 in just seven weeks and two days The money was used to pay off the hospitals debt and start a fund for future expansion

1947 The Gift Shop opened on April 12 Proceeds went to support the School of Nursing

1950 A campaign to raise 385000 to finance an urgently needed expansion and modernization program was a success construction of the hospitals west wing began in May

The Womens Board received membership in the American Hospital Association
1951 The hospital hired its first pharmacist parttime

1952 The new west wing was dedicated on January 19 It added 88 beds bringing the hospitals total patient capacity to 125

The nursing school was inspected for National Accreditation 1957 The hospital hired its first fulltime radiologist

Food service was centralized Meal trays were prepared in one kitchen and distributed to the floors via heated and refrigerated carts

1956 Ray Wine was named administrator of the hospital

1957 High occupancy led to plans for expansion a survey was conducted to determine the feasibility of raising 16 million to construct a new nurses home remodeling the ground floor of the south wing demolition of the Globe building construction of a new addition extending to the north toward Stephenson Street and remodeling of existing facilities

1959 The campaign raised 919640 and on May 23 construction began on the new nurses dormitory The nurses moved in August 16

1960 The Globe building was demolished on June 29 and a north wing was added At the August meeting of the Board of Directors a resolution was made to change the name of Deaconess Hospital to Freeport Memorial Hospital

1961 Air conditioning was added to the north wing of the hospital and the hospital laboratory was approved as a teaching lab and a school of medical technology was established

1964 A Magna Scanner was purchased for the XRay Department

1965 The third and fourth floors were added to the north wing and a fifth floor was added to the west wing of the hospital

1967 The hospitals Intensive Care Unit opened

1972 A volunteer chaplaincy program was organized

1974 Ground was broken for a fivestory east wing addition on May 28

1979 The last class of nurses graduated from the Nursing School on May 25 In its 75year history the School of Nursing graduated 765 nurses

1981 The Day Surgery unit opened for one day each week

In July a new policy went into effect prohibiting smoking in patient rooms
1982 A gift from the Kiwanis Club enabled the construction of a heliport on hospital property

The computer age dawned on January 20 with the first hospital patient admitted using direct data entry into the computer system

Day surgery was expanded to three days a week 1985 Day surgery was expanded to five days per week 1984 New surgery recovery and ICU units were opened

The Freeport Regional Healthcare Foundation was formed with Freeport Memorial Hospital as a subsidiary of the Foundation 1985 A new birthing center was opened and the Skilled Nursing Unit opened and received approval from Medicare

The hospital also purchased a fullbody CT scanner at a cost of 525000 to replace mobile services 1986 Ray Wine retired as CEO having served 30 years in that position Dennis L Hamilton was appointed president and CEO of the hospital

The hospital opened its mammography suite and began to offer home care services 1987 Lithotripsy to disintegrate kidney stones became available at the hospital through the use of mobile equipment 1988 The pediatric unit and the Cataract Center were opened 1990 The Heart of Memorial Trust was established

Mobile MRI services began to be offered at the hospital
1994 The hospital began using the services of a mobile cardiac catheterization van

1995 An open house on Jan 22 celebrated the opening of an expansion to the hospital including the atrium entrance expanded emergency and outpatient services area

On Feb 1 the organization became Freeport Health Network

The Leonard C Ferguson Cancer Center was dedicated in May as an affiliate of the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center1996 The organization celebrated the opening of FHN HealthWorks occupational health facility in Freeport

1997 FHN celebrated a 22 million renovation of the hospitals Family Birthing Center

1998 Everyone involved in the organization was honored to earn a Level II Award for Business Excellence from the Lincoln Foundation 1999 The organization welcomed dentists into the fold with the opening of Family Dental Care in Freeport

2000 The network received another honor when Working Mother magazine named it one of the nations 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers

Mental health care organization Jane Addams Family Counseling Center and the Complementary Medicine office were added to the network 2001 The network acquired Lena Nursing Home and Doll Memorial Apartments for independent seniors

A permanent MRI unit was opened at the hospital 2003 The network changed its name to FHN to more accurately reflect its dedication to caring for the health of families across northwest Illinois not just in Freeport

2004 FHN unveiled its new IMRT Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy system at the FHN Leonard C Ferguson Cancer Center The machine was the first of its kind in the area

The FHN Judy and Virgil Bocker Cardiovascular Center opened inside FHN Memorial Hospital The alldigital lab was equipped for heart catheterizations angiograms abdominal studies peripheral studies and carotid angiograms as well as pacemaker placement

2005 After 19 years as FHN President and CEO Dennis L Hamilton retired Michael R Perry MD was appointed to the position 2006 FHN teamed with the Stephenson County Health Department to create the FHN Community Healthcare Center at 10 W Linden Street in Freeport The Centers mission is to provide care for the uninsured underinsured and medically indigent in the community

The FHN Family Counseling Center Stephenson County opened at 421 W Exchange Street in Freeport

Fresh Inspirations Cafeacute opened at FHN Memorial Hospital
2007 The FHN Foundation moved to new offices at 421 W Exchange Street in Freeport

2009 FHN Memorial Hospital was named one of the nations 100 Top Hospitalsreg by Thomson Healthcare

FHN FastCare opened offering noappointment convenient care for minor injuries and illnesses inside the Freeport Shopko

2009 began with the opening of the FHN Family Healthcare Center Burchard Hills in Freeport The building housed the orthopaedics and sports medicine and occupational health departments as well as family practice internal medicine and pediatrics providers

FHN cardiologists reached out to patients in the eastern end of our service area with weekly office hours at FHN Family Healthcare Center Pecatonica