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COMMUNITY CULTURE OF QUALITY REDEFINING HEALTHCARE STAYING HEALTHY COVID-19 VIEW ALL

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Culture of Quality

10/30/2025

In sickness and in health: Neurosurgery patient marries at Carle Foundation Hospital

When a neurosurgery patient and his fiancée decided to get married before his brain surgery, the neurosurgery team went to work, helping to plan their fourth wedding in four years.

Culture of Quality

10/30/2025

Young bone cancer survivor regains his strength with help from Carle Health physical therapy

In 2022, at just 17 years old, Landon Potter’s life changed drastically when doctors diagnosed him with osteosarcoma – a rare and aggressive form of bone cancer. After intense surgery and numerous rounds of chemotherapy, Potter is now cancer-free, and he praises the physical therapy he received after those treatments at Carle Health as a major factor in his ability to recovery.

Culture of Quality

10/13/2025

At Carle Health, teams demonstrate care, communication and teamwork for better patient outcomes

Carle Health knows that world-class care is more than clinical excellence. It's also compassion, effective communication and teamwork. Teams and individuals who showcase those skills to benefit patients are celebrated with the healthcare system's quarterly Way to Be! awards.

Culture of Quality

10/09/2025

Shining Light Infant Memorial offers time, space to honor babies no longer with their families

The annual events – held in Urbana and Normal - allow families to remember pregnancy and infant loss.

Culture of Quality

10/02/2025

Carle Health Invests $2M in Adult Inpatient Behavioral Health Services at Methodist Hospital

In our continued commitment to provide exceptional quality care to the communities we serve, Carle Health recently completed a series of significant renovations to the Adult Community Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit at Carle Health Methodist Hospital.

Culture of Quality

09/30/2025

Parkhill family donates $1 Million to transform breast cancer care at Mills Breast Cancer Institute

The significant gift is made in loving memory of Katie Parkhill, who faced her own breast cancer journey.

Culture of Quality

09/29/2025

Several Carle Health hospitals receive Get With The Guidelines® recognition for stroke care

Hospitals throughout the Carle Health system achieve 2025 Get With The Guidelines® recognition from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for high-quality care.

Culture of Quality

09/25/2025

Carle Health initiative focuses on hospital patients' health outcomes and rest

Carle Health consistently takes steps to improve patient experience. That includes making sure patients get the rest they need even as their healthcare treatment continues. The healthcare system's Rest and Recovery effort formalizes longtime efforts to prioritize rest.

Culture of Quality

09/22/2025

Urgent patient situation shows value of Interpreter Services

Interpreter Services builds trust between patients with limited English proficiency and their Carle Health care providers.

Culture of Quality

09/18/2025

The right connections: Client discovers strength, resources through a community health worker

Carle Health Community Health Worker Services create bridges to health and community resources for clients in Vermilion County. Part of the Vermilion County Collaborative, the initiative supports the workers with grant funding from the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services.

Culture of Quality

09/08/2025

Thorough assessment and quick thinking help Carle Health provider catch benign tumor in 12-month-old

Keeping up with well-baby visits and action by a Carle Health physician in Monticello ensured a 12-month-old receives the professional help he needs quickly.

Culture of Quality

08/25/2025

Low-dose CT scan, advances in treatment give hope to lung cancer patients

Cancer survivor finds hope at Carle Cancer Institute Urbana thanks to detection, treatments for lung cancer.

Culture of Quality

08/22/2025

Nurses leading the charge against racism in healthcare

250 nurse leaders participate in Nurses as Change-Makers program, a 20-week education series to motivate all nurses to confront systemic and interpersonal racism in healthcare.

Culture of Quality

08/21/2025

Professional motorcycle racer overcomes serious injury with help from Carle Health Therapy Services

Just one year after sustaining a potentially career-ending leg injury, a talented and up-and-coming professional flat track motorcycle racer is back on his bike competing.

Culture of Quality

07/25/2025

Radiology technologist focuses on patients and team, earning 38 Gold Stars in six months

Mary Westley-Brown is an RT who gives each patient the time and attention they desire and an imaging coordinator who has helped the rad tech team at Carle at The Riverfront grow into a family.

Culture of Quality

07/17/2025

Student volunteer gains knowledge toward career, delivers support at Carle Health Pekin Hospital

Young volunteer sees his donation of time with a dual purpose of helping others and fostering his understanding of clinical work inside a hospital.

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Our mission is to serve people through high-quality care, medical research and education. Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a vertically integrated health system with more than 11,000 employees.

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