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Riverside Opens Food Pantry

Northern Illinois Food Bank and Riverside Healthcare opened East Court Clinic Food Pantry just a few weeks ago. This is the first hospital-based food pantry in Northern Illinois outside of Cook County. It is now providing free groceries to patients in need of nutritious food that meets their dietary requirements.

Check out this video about our new pantry from ABC 7 News!

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Join us for the Festive Christmas Tree Lighting!

The 2021 Riverside Christmas Tree Lighting:

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Jeans Day to Support Ukraine

On Friday, March 25, Riverside employees will have the option to donate $3 or more to wear jeans to help fund the cost of sending vital medical supplies to the citizens of Ukraine.

Riverside Medical Center will be matching the donations made on Friday, March 25. As recommended by the American Hospital Association, this support will be directed to the U.S. Ukraine Foundation.

Donations can be made for $3 and up to your manager or via the link below:

You are encouraged to wear blue and yellow. The buildings will be lit up blue and yellow in support of the people of Ukraine.

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2021 Healthiest Employer

Crain’s Content Studio And Cigna Announce Illinois’ Healthiest Employers For 2021
Best Workplace Wellness Programs Honored at Recent Awards Event


CHICAGO, October 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Crain’s Content Studio, a division of Crain’s Chicago Business, and Cigna (NYSE: CI) announce the winners of the 2021 Illinois’ Healthiest Employers Awards, recognizing companies that make workplace wellness a priority. The 10th annual awards were presented virtually via a webcast hosted by Crain’s Content Studio on Thursday, October 14.


This is the sixth year of Cigna’s sponsorship of the Illinois’ Healthiest Employers Awards, a corporate wellness program that encourages healthier lifestyles through biometric, fitness, nutrition and other health-related educational advice that emphasize preventing illness and prolonging life. Over 8,000 employers of all sizes in 45 cities participate in the program nationwide.

The 1st place winners and finalists for 2021 are:

• First Place: Connor and Gallagher OneSource (2-99 employees), an independent insurance broker. Finalists (2-99 employees): Shop Smart LLC and Vesta Preferred Realty

• First Place: V3 Companies, Ltd. (100-499 employees), a civil engineering and environmental services firm. Finalists (100-499 employees): Associated Agencies, Inc. and TBI

• First Place: Busey Bank (500-1,499 employees), community financial services firm. Finalists (500-1,499 employees): AssetMark and Collaborative Solutions, LLC

• First Place: Riverside Healthcare (1,500-4,999), a healthcare network and service provider. Finalists (1,500-4,999 employees): CNO Financial Group and Syngenta

• First Place: U-Haul (5,000+ employees), a moving equipment and rental storage company. Finalists: Burns & McDonnell and CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.


“There’s so much to learn about workplace wellness innovation from this year’s winners—and from Cigna—that we’ll be presenting their wisdom in a special sponsored section on Illinois’ Healthiest Employers in the October 14th edition of Crain’s Chicago Business and at ChicagoBusiness.com,” said Sarah Chow, Director of Custom Media for Crain’s Chicago Business. The special section, sponsored by Cigna, will be produced by Crain’s Content Studio, the marketing storytelling arm of Crain’s Chicago Business.


Cigna’s Midwest Market President Brian Marsella, who presented the awards during the program, noted the importance of driving a healthy, productive workforce amidst pandemic challenges. “It has accelerated the continued need to focus on whole-person health – body, and mind,” he said.


The award is powered and scored by Springbuk, a health intelligence software company, which administers an online application process to evaluate companies’ performance in six key areas of corporate health and wellness: culture and leadership commitment, foundational components, strategic planning, communication marketing, programming and interventions, and reporting and analytics. Applicants are categorized by number of employees so that organizations compete against like-sized organizations.


About Healthiest Employers Healthiest Employers is a corporate wellness awards program that recognizes organizations that proactively shape the health of their employees. Since 2009, more than 8,000 employers have participated across 45 cities in the nationally recognized Healthiest Employers Award Program, representing insights and best practices of more than 60,000,000 employee lives.

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Emergency Department Construction Information for Employees

Riverside Healthcare is launching the first complete remodel of its emergency department in nearly three decades. The 16-month construction project will better serve the community’s current and future needs, improve patient safety, and enhance the patient experience.

Some of the features of the new emergency department include:

  • Increased use of negative pressure
  • Improved treatment spaces, including an additional trauma room and more rapid treatment spaces
  • Enhanced patient privacy
  • Expanded behavioral health rooms
  • Added technology, including a new command central for patient monitoring

On Wednesday, October 20, the emergency department moved into two adjoining spaces – Emergency Department North (ED North) and Emergency Department South (ED South) – to accommodate the next phase of construction.

ED South is where patients arriving by ambulance will enter the emergency department. Ambulances will continue to use the Ambulance Drive-Thru to drop off patients at ED South.

ED North was most recently the Interventional Recovery Unit space in the North end of Riverside Medical Center. Patients being dropped off by car should enter here to check in. Visitors are guided to the ED North for check-in and then directed to the patient they are visiting.

Attention has been given to exterior and interior signage to help our guests. Please be attentive to help navigate people to these locations throughout this process.

Administrative offices for emergency department staff members are now located in office #F104.

Now that there are two emergency department locations, it is critical to give extra attention to codes to know whether they apply to ED North or ED South.

If you have any questions, please contact Cris Langellier, Director of Emergency Services, at [email protected].

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