• St. John’s clinic force for good raises $60,000 for Ozarks Food Harvest and Boys and Girls Town of Missouri

• St. John's People in the News

• St. John’s Occupational Medicine Awarded National Quality Certification

• Mercy MedicareADVANTAGE named one of the country’s top health plans and receives 5-star excellent ratings from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

• Safe Kids Springfield Celebrates 20th Anniversary

• St. John's uses Abiomed Impella heart recovery device

NOVEMBER 2009

• Construction to begin on Ronald McDonald House inside
  St. John’s Children’s Hospital

• Jon Swope named President / CEO St. John’s Health System, Springfield Kim Day expands role with Sisters of
  Mercy Health System

• St. John's using therapeutic hypothermia to treat cardiac patients

OCTOBER 2009

• St. John's people in the news

• St. John’s marks decade of progress in patient quality and safety since release of Institute of Medicine’s “To Err is Human” Report

• Willard students participate in coloring content for fire education and to honor a former classmate

• St. John's Hosting Tour de Bass Cycling Event

• Missouri selected to receive grant from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

• Kohl's to Donate $71,381 to St. John's Kohl's Injury Prevention Center

• Jonathan Wade Named as New President at St. John’s St. Francis Hospital in Mountain View

• St. John's Clinic Spine Center Hosts Free Education Event

• Rountree Elementary Students to Join Safe Kids Springfield on International Walk to School Day

• St. John's Women's Service presents "Hats off to Mammograms"

SEPTEMBER 2009

• Sisters of Mercy Health System names future CEO for St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin

• St. John's Corporate Health & Wellness receives national recognition

• St. John's Women's Services to partner with Jordan Valley Community Health Center

• St. John's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Reunion

• St. John's Health Center recognized as Spine Center of Excellence

• Missouri Governor Appoints St. John's Physician to State Board

• Vaccination Programs Proven to be Effective Against Disease
• Missouri High School Students Challenged to Buckle Up!

AUGUST 2009

• St. John's Medical Research Institute seeks volunteers for
  type 2 diabetes study
• St. John's Clinic Force for Good raises $70,000 for Victory Mission

JULY 2009

• St. John's Mother & Baby Support Center celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

JUNE 2009

• St. John's Foundation for Community Health announces $2.5 million in gifts to fund projects
• St. John's becomes St. Jude affilate
• Family of William and Jane Pitt donate $1 million for
  St. John's Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center

MAY 2009

• St. John's hosts conservation fair (5-19-09)
• Amish Health Outreach program receives $150,000 grant (5-7-09)

APRIL 2009

• Foundation approves nearly $1 million in grants (4-30-09)
• Foundation announces receipt of $105,000 (4-29-09)
• St. John's Sports Medicine HealthTracks to host running clinic (4-27-09)
• Safe Kids Week 2009 (4-27-09)
• Driving program assists those with special needs (4-27-09)
• Cancer survivors reexamine life at Camp Bluebird (4-22-09)
• St. John's Healing Art program recognized (4-17-09)
• Pam Holt named Foundation Volunteer of the Year (4-16-09)
• Dr. Debbie McCaul recognized for community service (4-13-09)
• Dr. Nanci Hayes recognized for community service (4-7-09)
• St. John's recognizes St. Johns St. Francis Emergency Department (4-7-09)
• St. John's recognizes Lebanon co-worker for Mercy Service (4-7-09)
• St. John's recognizes Springfield co-workers for Mercy Service (4-7-09)
• New car safety seat recommendations (4-2-09)

MARCH 2009

• St. John's increases awareness about VBAC (3-30-09)
• Mercy announces leadership changes (3-27-09)
• Woman to get artificial disc surgery (3-27-09)
• St. John's Barber retires after 45 years (3-27-09)
• Obesity conference tackles weighty issue (3-26-09)
• St. John's tailors new consumer directed health plan (3-25-09)
• Congressman Roy Blunt visits St. John's (3-20-09)
• Rep. Eric Burlison presents House Resolution (3-20-09)
• Free health screenings (3-20-09)
• Cancer Resource Center program leads to cancer detections (3-20-09)
• HospiceCare thanks volunteers, donors (3-17-09)
• Poison prevention week (3-13-09)
• 70 plus attend Foundation "First to Know" event (3-12-09)
• LASIK patient to share experiences at free seminar (3-9-09)
• Sleep Center reminds importance of 40 winks (3-3-09)

FEBRUARY 2009

• Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/stjohnshealth.
• Public invited to learn more about cataract lens replacement (2-27-09)
• Minimally invasive hysterectomy speeds recovery (2-24-09)
• Diabetes fair results (2-24-09)
• Doctors perform partial knee surgery (2-20-09)
• Ultrasound simulator to aid in clinical training (2-18-09)
• King of Hearts named at annual ceremony (2-17-09)
• Prayer shawls provide comfort to cancer patients (2-16-09)
• Low back pain treatment promising (2-10-09)
• St. John's offers relationship smarts workshop for teens (2-6-09)
• More advanced cases of cervical cancer:  KSPR (2-2-09)
• Heart Month offerings provide something for everyone (2-2-09)

JANUARY 2009

• St. John's tops list as nation's #1 integrated health system (1-29-09)
• St. John's donates Rolla Parkway (1-26-09)
• St. John's releases trauma study findings (1-22-09)
• Coloring book teaches safety lesson (1-22-09)
• Deep brain stimulation helps those with Parkinson's (1-19-09)
• Free diabetes fair at Battlefield Mall Jan. 24 (1-16-09)
• St. John's / MSU JVIC receive $1.4 million (1-09-09)
• Depression services available (1-09-09)
• New St. John's Children's Hospital Video

DECEMBER  2008

• Skydiver treated at St. John's appears on TODAY (12-18-08)
• St. John's donates $50,000 to Care to Learn (12-16-08)
• December People in the News (12-08-08)
• ENT doctor visits Berryville (12-04-08)
• Skydiver undergoes final surgery (12-03-08)
• Rehab Unit celebrates 25 years (12-03-08)

NOVEMBER  2008

• St. John’s support local college students with medical research efforts (11-24-08)
• St. John’s C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center to kick off Lights of Love celebration (11-17-08)
• St. John’s celebrates diabetes awareness month with educational opportunity (11-12-08)
• St. John’s named Consumer Choice for third year in a row (11-11-08)

OCTOBER 2008

• St. John’s Medical Research Institute seeks participants for fitness studies (10-29-08)
• Best-selling author Chris Crowley highlights Fitness Festival Corporate Wellness Conference (10-28-08)
• St. John’s holding first annual Tour de Bass cycling event (10-24-08)
• St. John’s utilizes advanced breast MRI technology (10-20-08)
• St. John’s Clinic-Republic open house (10-18-08)
• Women’s Services hosts “Hats off to Mammograms” (10-17-08)
• Sunshine Run results (10-11-08)