Remember that old commercial for The Hair Club for Men? “I’m not only the president,” the man would say, “but also a client.” Over the weekend I wasn’t just the PR guy for Memorial Health System, I was also a patient (sort of). My wife, Kristin, and I had a baby boy Saturday. This blog isn’t about about him, [...]

It doesn’t take much these days to remind me that I’m aging.  Usually, it’s the downhill stretch of the Manitou incline or a weekend spent running after my toddler nephews.  As we age,  our joints inevitably wear out, which is why joint replacement is a common procedure in hospitals.  At Monday’s City Council meeting, Dr. Larry McEvoy, Memorial’s CEO, [...]

If you are black and living in El Paso County, you are more likely to die of heart disease and cancer than your neighbors of different race/ethnicity. The news is even more grim for black infants, who have a mortality rate nearly three times higher than that of whites and twice as high as Hispanics, [...]

Stories about how Memorial provides the highest quality health care are worth telling to anyone who will listen. When that listener happens to be Oprah Winfrey and her 6.5 million viewers, well, all the better. Dr. Stephanie Martin, director of Memorial’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department, was interviewed by Oprah Tuesday via a Web cam from Memorial Hospital Central. She recounted the heroics of Memorial staff that helped [...]

Memorial Health System’s adult intensive care unit recently received a special honor: The Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence®.  Awarded by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Beacon reflects excellence in critical-care patient outcomes/patient quality, professional practice and the work environment.  Organizations apply for the award, and are assessed on a variety of quantitative [...]