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The Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing & Public Relations is a membership organization dedicated to networking and knowledge sharing between healthcare marketing and communications professionals across Illinois.

What’s News Around Illinois

Alexian Brothers to Merge With Ascension

Ascension Health, the country’s largest Catholic health system, has agreed to merge with Alexian Brothers Health System in order to strengthen the Arlington Heights-based hospital group’s ability to serve patients in the northwest suburbs. [more]

Free Webinar: Hot Mamas on Harleys: What Healthcare Can Learn about Marketing to Women from Top Brands

This Free Noon Webinar on Thursday, January 19, 2012 will examine how top brands connect and provide actionable tools for marketing professionals to successfully market key services to women, who make 80% of all healthcare decisions in the household. [more]

Call for Nominations: 2012 ISHMPR Board of Directors

The ISHMPR Nominations Committee is seeking your involvement in our annual nominations process. [more]

ISHMPR has an opening for a paid intern

ISHMPR is hiring a part-time intern to work out of the Illinois Hospital Association offices in Naperville. [more]

Now available: "Unlocking the Potential of Social Media" webinar slides/audio

ISHMPR recorded September's webinar and has made it available for viewing. [more]

FREE Webinar: "Unlocking the Potential of Social Media" Thursday 9/22 at High Noon

Join us for a free webinar featuring Rick Ender, Creative Strategist from Frederick Swanson [more]

Press Releases From Members

Sarah Bush Lincoln Earns Highest Performance Honors

Sarah Bush Lincoln earned the highest performance honors from Illinois Performance Excellence, the 2011 Gold Award for Achievement Excellence. [more]

Memorial Hospital Launches the SHHH Campaign to Decrease Noise and Aid in the Healing Process

From Memorial Hospital in Belleville [more]

Chief Nursing Officer swaps Smartphone for toilet scrubber

From Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital in LaGrange [more]

SwedishAmerican Acquires Rock Valley Women's Health Center

From SwedishAmerican in Rockford [more]

TAG Healthcare Marketing Snags Multiple National Healthcare Awards

From TAG Healthcare Marketing in Davenport, IA [more]

Are you an ISHMPR member with a press release to share? Send it along to pr@ishmpr.org.