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22ndCenturyMedia.com active aging Guide<br />
22nd century media | october 19, 2017 | 17<br />
Ingalls partners with UChicago Med, offers<br />
more services to Chicago’s south suburbs<br />
The recent merger between<br />
the University of<br />
Chicago Medicine and<br />
Ingalls Health System has<br />
resulted in a new logo and<br />
rebranding as part of a<br />
major initiative to reflect<br />
the combined enterprise’s<br />
geographic reach and expanded<br />
services.<br />
“UChicago Medicine is<br />
now much more than an<br />
academic medical center<br />
in Hyde Park, and the time<br />
is right for us to show that<br />
transformation through<br />
our logo and a broadened<br />
brand promise of being at<br />
the forefront of medicine,<br />
science and education,”<br />
said Kenneth S. Polonsky,<br />
executive vice president of<br />
medical affairs at the University<br />
of Chicago. “We<br />
now can provide a continuum<br />
of services in which<br />
academic medicine powers<br />
community care, fueled by<br />
our clinical excellence, research<br />
breakthroughs and<br />
teaching mission.”<br />
Ingalls offers a regional<br />
network of top-rated outpatient<br />
services from highly<br />
respected physicians<br />
and specialists in modern<br />
settings throughout Chicago’s<br />
south suburbs. It also<br />
features innovative service<br />
offerings, such as macular<br />
degeneration treatment<br />
from world-class retinal<br />
specialists, spine surgery<br />
from renowned experts,<br />
and more oncology clinical<br />
trials than any other<br />
community hospital in the<br />
region. Ingalls shows its<br />
community stewardship in<br />
myriad ways, such as offering<br />
free health screening<br />
events, educational<br />
programs and health fairs<br />
that reach thousands of<br />
south suburban residents.<br />
Integration with Ingalls<br />
Since completion of the<br />
merger in October 2016,<br />
the two organizations have<br />
been working to improve<br />
patient flow and experience,<br />
and create unified<br />
service lines in heart care,<br />
cancer care and orthopaedics.<br />
“This renewed identity<br />
will help us become a<br />
leading, integrated health<br />
system in Chicago’s<br />
Southland,” Ingalls President<br />
and CEO Kurt Johnson<br />
said. “We are working<br />
toward providing convenient,<br />
community-based<br />
health services that seamlessly<br />
connect with worldclass<br />
specialty care.”<br />
With the new logo,<br />
UChicago Medicine is the<br />
umbrella brand and Ingalls<br />
the supporting entity,<br />
which preserves the 94-<br />
year history of the community-hospital<br />
system<br />
and its facilities in Harvey,<br />
Flossmoor, South Holland,<br />
Tinley Park, Calumet City<br />
and Crestwood.<br />
Both organizations continue<br />
to retain their names<br />
and operating licensure,<br />
and Ingalls still maintains<br />
a local board of directors.<br />
Submitted by Ingalls Memorial<br />
Hospital, 1 Ingalls Drive<br />
in Harvey. For more information,<br />
visit www.ingalls.org<br />
or call (708) 333-2300.<br />
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