TAYLORVILLE – Memorial Behavioral Health and SIU Medicine are partnering together to open a clinic integrating primary care and mental health services for residents of Christian County. The new integrated clinic, which opened for business today (Oct. 14), is at 303 Bidwell St. in Taylorville. Taylorville Memorial Hospital’s finance and billing staff previously occupied the renovated single-story building. The clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The SIU Center for Family Medicine-Taylorville will provide primary care for all ages as well as women’s health and

The 19 th Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser, presented by Memorial Health System and Simmons Hanly Conroy, has revealed its list of more than 360 live and silent auction packages . The list includes luxury vacation homes, first class airfare, one-of-a-kind artwork and jewelry, spa packages, dinners for up to 150 guests and more. To bid, reserve your seat for the Saturday, Oct. 12, celebration. Tickets are available for $125 per person, or $1,250 for a table of 10. Funds raised at the event are used for local cancer research and patient care. “Funds raised at the event are used for cancer

The 19 th Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser, presented by Memorial Health System and Simmons Hanly Conroy, has revealed its list of more than 360 live and silent auction packages . The list includes luxury vacation homes, first class airfare, one-of-a-kind artwork and jewelry, spa packages, dinners for up to 150 guests and more. To bid, reserve your seat for the Saturday, Oct. 12, celebration. Tickets are available for $125 per person, or $1,250 for a table of 10. Funds raised at the event are used for local cancer research and patient care. “Funds raised at the event are used for cancer

The 19 th Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser, presented by Memorial Health System and Simmons Hanly Conroy, has revealed its list of more than 360 live and silent auction packages . The list includes luxury vacation homes, first class airfare, one-of-a-kind artwork and jewelry, spa packages, dinners for up to 150 guests and more. To bid, reserve your seat for the Saturday, Oct. 12, celebration. Tickets are available for $125 per person, or $1,250 for a table of 10. Funds raised at the event are used for local cancer research and patient care. “Funds raised at the event are used for cancer

Love fashion? Love to shop? Put your ‘retail therapy’ to work to help fight cancer. Join Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine and SCHEELS from 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6 for a free fashion show, great prizes and a fantastic cause, the fight against cancer. The event will take place at SCHEELS, 3801 S. MacArthur in Springfield. “These events provide a fun, comfortable environment to spotlight breast cancer awareness and show how it affects the residents of central Illinois. With this being a ‘fashion/shopping’ event, it may expose people to breast cancer information who may not have

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Family physicians in seven Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine through October 25. The students are participating in the school’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program. [Editor: See the list below for the student or physician from your community.] The experience provides an opportunity for students to use their medical knowledge in a clinic setting under the supervision of an experienced physician. The students choose from more than 160 family practice physicians in Illinois for their preceptorship experience. They

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Family physicians in seven Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine through October 25. The students are participating in the school’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program. [Editor: See the list below for the student or physician from your community.] The experience provides an opportunity for students to use their medical knowledge in a clinic setting under the supervision of an experienced physician. The students choose from more than 160 family practice physicians in Illinois for their preceptorship experience. They

As a result of reduced state and federal funding, jails and prisons have become de facto mental health facilities at both local and national levels. Staff members at these institutions are sometimes unable to manage this population’s specific needs. With help from SIU School of Medicine staff, Sangamon County Court Services received two grants to develop services provided to persons with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring substance abuse (CMISA) who are arrested and jailed for minor offenses. The purpose of the $750,000 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Implementation and