Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to begin a quarterly Patient Care Associate program. The Patient Care Associate Program is a paid educational opportunity for caring, compassionate individuals looking to begin or expand their career in healthcare. The five-week program begins with organizational orientation. Student Patient...
Saint Francis Healthcare System was honored with the 2022 Kasten Award from Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri. The Kasten Award is the highest honor given to a Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri (CPSEMO) member, named after the founder and former Missouri State Representative, Mary Kasten. The...
The Saint Francis Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to provide transportation for cancer patients in need. The grant will underwrite gas cards and car service rides for eligible patients who face transportation barriers to attend cancer-related appointments currently...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Ashley Anglin, RN, in her promotion to Manager of Care Coordination, effective April 2022. Anglin began her career at Saint Francis Healthcare System in March of 2010, starting as a Nurse Assistant in the Neurosciences Unit and moving...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce J. Nichole Bratton, CPNP-PC, has accepted a pediatric nurse practitioner role in the Urgent Care at Saint Francis Clinic Poplar Bluff. Bratton received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo., followed by...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Tonika Smith, BSN, RNC-NIC, in her promotion to Patient Care Manager of Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), effective March 2022. Smith began her career at Saint Francis Healthcare System in March of 2020, starting as a...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce the return of Claire Kneer, RN, BSN, MHA, as Director of the Hospice Services Program and Palliative Care, effective March 2022. Kneer began her career at Saint Francis Healthcare System in 2011, starting as a Case Manager and...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Amanda Jenkins has accepted the Director of Enterprise Project Management position, effective March 2022. Jenkins received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Human Resource Management from Columbia Southern University. Jenkins joins Saint Francis from the...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Cassy Coleman, RN, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Saint Francis Health Plans Wellness Center, a Saint Francis Healthcare System Medical Partner. Coleman earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Chamberlain College...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Gordon Powers in his promotion to Director of Environmental Services, effective March 2022. Powers began his career at Saint Francis Healthcare System in 2012, starting as a Reprocess Technician in the Sterile Processing Department, and remaining in that...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Daniel J. Lenihan, MD, FACC, to Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Lenihan is an experienced cardiologist specializing in cardio-oncology, congestive heart failure management and amyloidosis, who joins Saint Francis from Cardio-Oncology Center of Excellence at...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Denise Ernst, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, has returned to Saint Francis as Director of Engagement and Critical Care Services, effective March 2022. Ernst received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southeast Missouri State University. She began her nursing...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Blake Borders, FNP-BC, has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Borders earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau 2012, and her...
The Sixth Annual Friends Gala event was held Saturday, March 5, at Drury Plaza Conference Center, and raised more than $260,000 for Saint Francis Foundation. The 2022 event marked the first in-person Friends Gala in two years. Jimmy Wilferth, Vice President of Marketing and Foundation, said...
It is with a heavy heart Saint Francis Healthcare System shares the passing of Sister Jane Ann Kiefer, OSF. On Tuesday, March 8, Sister Jane passed away at the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters Motherhouse in Wheaton, Ill. Sister Jane was the epitome of Mission at Saint Francis....
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Lance Young, MBA, has accepted the position of Manager – Clinical Analytics and Informatics within the Information Technology department, effective January 2022. Young received his Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Southeast Missouri State University followed...
Saint Francis Medical Center was recognized as a Missouri AIM Star by the Missouri Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. The recognition signifies the hospital's completion of the organization's Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Collaborative. Hypertension, known as high blood pressure, can have a devastating effect...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Lanae Romann, RN, MSN, in her promotion to Director of Nursing – Maternal Child Health effective February 2022. Romann previously held the role of Patient Care Manager of the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where she was...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Jennifer Masters, RN, BSN, in her promotion to Patient Care Manager of the Progressive Care Unit and Centralized Telemetry effective January 2022. Masters completed her Associate degree in Nursing at the Southeast College of Nursing in Cape Girardeau....
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Nicole Luckey, BSN, RN, has accepted the position of Manager – Clinical Application Services within the Information Technology department, effective February 2022. Luckey received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain College of Nursing in St. Louis....
