Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce its Inpatient Rehabilitation program has been named a 2020 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey. The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing healthcare organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above for performance in...
Sister Maureen Elfrink, the last remaining nun serving at Saint Francis Healthcare System, is retiring in August. Her roots are in southeast Missouri, but she has led a faith-filled career that has taken her far beyond this region. Maureen Elfrink was born in St. Louis, and...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Bradley R. Beran, DO, FAWM, to the Emergency Department. Beran attended Southeast Missouri State University for his undergraduate schooling from 2009-2013. He went on to attend medical school at Des Moines University in Des Moines, IA, from 2013-2017....
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Emily Rhodes-Griffith, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC to the Hospitalist department. Rhodes-Griffith is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She attended Southeast Missouri State University from 2013-2014 to obtain her Bachelor...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Caitlin B. Roe, APRN, FNP-C, to Saint Francis Clinic Dexter. Caitlin Roe is board certified by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Roe earned her Bachelor’s degree from Southeast...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Amos Macharia, MSN, AGNP-C to Cape Cardiology Group / Cardiovascular Services. Macharia earned his Master of Science in Nursing degree in Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner from Walden University in Columbia, MD from 2018-2019. He is board...
The Friends of Saint Francis Golf Tournament was held on August 14, 2020, at the world-class Dalhousie Golf Club. The turnout for this four-person scramble included 160 golfers and 35 volunteers. More than $110,000 was raised this year for community efforts to feed hungry children...
Saint Francis Healthcare System’s Heart Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2020. Saint Francis is one of only 140 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes the Heart Hospital’s commitment and success in...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce its new direct contracting health insurance option – Saint Francis Health Plans. Backed by the nationally recognized quality and safety of Saint Francis Healthcare System, area employers with five or more employees can save money on healthcare costs...
Saint Francis Foundation is partnering with the City of Cape Girardeau Police and Fire Departments to launch the lifesaving PulsePoint app in Cape Girardeau. The free mobile app alerts citizens trained in hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when someone in a nearby public place suffers cardiac...
Saint Francis Foundation and the Saint Francis Auxiliary awarded healthcare scholarships to twenty-two local students in August. Each student received $2,000 in scholarships toward a degree in a healthcare-related profession. The Saint Francis Healthcare Scholarship Program was established in 1980. Saint Francis Foundation and the Saint...
The fifth annual Friends Gala on March 7 at the Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center raised more than $315,000 for the Saint Francis Foundation. The event drew nearly 500 attendees with more than 20 volunteers on hand to help. "The money and resources we raise...
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes Trish R. Peterson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, to Poplar Bluff Neurology Specialists. Peterson received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. in 2012. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Central Methodist University in...
In January 2020, Saint Francis Medical Center received a four-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare methodology calculates a star rating in order to easily compare overall hospital quality. Ranging from one to...
Saint Francis Healthcare System has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association's Heart-Check mark for Advanced Primary Stroke Center Certification. As a result of continued compliance with national standards and extraordinary outcomes, The Stroke Center has received the Joint Commission's...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Christopher Martin has joined Saint Francis Behavioral Health Poplar Bluff as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He has seven years of experience working with youth at community mental health facilities and working with youth and families at...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Michael Shipman, PharmD, BCPS, has been promoted to Pharmacy Manager. Shipman began his career at Saint Francis in June 2006 as a pharmacist. He earned his PharmD from the University of Tennessee – Memphis and his Bachelor...
A baby boy who made his debut into the world at 4:36 a.m. is the first baby of 2020 born at Saint Francis Healthcare System's Family BirthPlace. Proud parents Landon Johnson and Savannah Shaffer welcomed their first child, Ari Thomas Johnson, early on January 1. The...
Linda Ehlers has been serving patients at Saint Francis Healthcare System for 42 years as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She retired in December 2019. She began her career at Saint Francis in September 1977 when she was 20 years old as a Licensed Practical Nurse on...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Certified Physician Assistant Brooke L. Homann has joined the Emergency Department. She earned her Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies in 2019 from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. Homann is board certified through the National...
