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Maggie Poteau shares the story of her miraculous journey with WICS Health Matters .

JUNE 9, 2020 – SPRINGFIELD - Sheltering at home has created problems among some of Springfield’s more vulnerable residents and families who are struggling to maintain their physical and mental health during the pandemic. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and SIU School of Medicine have established a new Pandemic Health Worker Program to support the specific needs of these individuals during the COVID-19 outbreak. The new program is designed to remove barriers affecting health and well-being, and improve access to social services for those at risk. Pandemic Health

Last March, Vidya Sundareshan, MD, was on her first family vacation in more than a year, traveling to San Antonio, Tx., to attend her brother’s wedding. Sundareshan had been named co-chief of the SIU Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases (with colleague Vidhya Prakash, MD) on March 1. The trip was a welcome break and an opportunity to tend to her own needs as a busy physician. However, her vibrating phone kept reminding her that multiple health care systems were preparing for the inevitable. The coronavirus outbreak that had been an overseas occurrence before the

“Co nnecting Caregivers,” a panel discussion featuring psychologists, caregivers and the loved ones they care for, will be held at 5 p.m., Monday, June 5, at Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University, 315 W. Carpenter in Springfield. Individuals caring for a loved one experiencing a health issue are invited to the free event. Michelle Gates, PhD, and Patricia Fank, PsyD, both assistant professors of psychiatry at SIU Medicine, will participate in the panel. Other panelists include a cancer survivor, an Alzheimer’s patient and their spouses. “This is an opportunity for someone

Real-time simulation raises the bar for teaching Aspects Volume 29 No. 2 Written by Rebecca Buddie • Photography by Jason Johnson Sixty-five-year-old John Petter collapsed in the faux living room at Memorial’s Center for Learning and Innovation (MCLI) on December 18. His 911 call set a series of events in motion that have the potential to better health care delivery and improve patient safety. The largest simulation in size and scope of its kind, this groundbreaking event showcased the collaboration between multiple organizations and disciplines. "This was an opportunity to show people at