Hospital News

Thanks to the overwhelming support of the community, Alton Memorial Hospital’s annual Duck Pluckers, Deer Skinners & Fish Hookers Ball raised $100,000 on June 2. The money will purchase a new AMH ambulance that will honor Barry and Gaye Julian, longtime champions of the event.

AMH physicians, leaders and clinicians gathered recently to celebrate the Center of Excellence Award, which was given to the AMH Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center by Healogics Inc., the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Center achieved outstanding patient outcomes for 24 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction of 95 percent, a 95 percent wound healing rate within 21 median days to heal.

Alton Memorial Hospital has added The C.A.R.E. Channel for patient room televisions. The 24-hour broadcast, offered on Channel 17 of all AMH televisions, is uniquely designed to reinforce the day/night cycle, which is a significant factor for the body’s ability to heal. All televisions are programmed to have the C.A.R.E. Channel showing when the set is turned on.

The Alton Memorial Hospital cardiac cath lab has undergone a remodeling that includes state-of-the-art equipment to assure patients they are receiving the best heart care possible.

The following letter was received at AMH from a retired nurse about the treatment she received at the hospital's Cancer Care Center.

The AMH Sleep Lab has earned accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. For more information, call 618.463.7545.

Alton Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Amy Maher, FNP-C, to the women’s health care team at Alton OB/GYN Associates. She will practice alongside Dr. Joseph Talsky and Deb Cunningham, WHNP, a women’s health nurse practitioner. Alton OB/GYN Associates is now located in Suite 125 of the new expansion to Medical Office Building B on the AMH campus, 4 Memorial Drive. The practice can be reached at 618-433-6410. For more information, please visit bjcmedicalgroup.org.

Alton Memorial Hospital has taken another giant leap forward as the area’s health care leader with the opening of its Medical Office Building B expansion. AMH has added 41,000 square feet to the building that originally opened in 2012. The building now has an expanded main covered entrance and drop-off area,  with plenty of convenient parking for patients.

Stroke ranks as the fifth leading killer in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and causes significant disability among adults. May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and Alton Memorial Hospital is at the forefront of both prevention and treatment.