Highland Park Hospital - Features

The core mission of NorthShore University HealthSystem is to preserve and improve human life. This mission will be achieved through the provision of superior clinical care, academic excellence, and innovative research.

12 Time winner of Thomson Healthcare's 100 Top Hospitals® and the only Illinois hospital as a Top 15 Major Teaching Hospitals

Leapfrog Group 2006 & 2007 "Leapfrog Top Hospitals list" based on the Leapfrog Group Quality and Safety Survey

Ranked #9 in the nation for NIH Comprehensive Independent Research Hospitals

Klas Enterprises Award for extent of use of the electronic health record

Health Information Management Systems Society 2004 Davies Award of Excellence for Healthcare Organizations

Consumers Digest 50 Safest Hospitals

United Health Care Premium Cardiology Center

United Health Care Neonatal Resource Services Center

American College of Surgeons "2004 Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award"

100 Most Wired Hospitals for 2004-2007

2005 CIO 100 award for operational and strategic excellence in information technology

US News and World Reports 2006 and 2007 Top 50 hospitals in oncology

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation 2005 Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety

Verispan 2005, 2006 and 2007 Integrated Health Network (IHN) 100

Consolidating a wide range of services at NorthShore University HealthSystem's four Hospitals, Concierge Services is creating a system of hospitality assistance to accommodate your service requests and manage your concerns. Whatever the question, call 224.364.4YOU, or 224.364.4968, or send an e-mail to concierge@nor . You will be connected to a knowledgeable individual who can find the right solution for you.

University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

What can I do?
At NorthShore University HealthSystem, there are a variety of ways that you can get involved; from participating in community events to volunteering at one of our hospitals or medical offices, we need and value your ongoing support.

Assist on a nursing unit - You can help out on a nursing unit by giving non-nursing attention such as friendly visiting and by helping patients with needs that they may have such as getting them fresh water, running an errand to the Gift Shop, adjusting the TV, or supplying reading material. You can help the staff in may ways, from answering patients' call lights, to running errands, to clerical work. Volunteering is a great way to observe how a patient unit functions.

Working in the Emergency Department - As a volunteer in the Emergency Room, you can help make patients' and their families' experience a bit easier. You might act as a liaison between those in the waiting area and the ER, or you might run errands for the ER staff.

Staff a reception desk - If you volunteer at a reception desk, you get to greet patients and visitors, answer phones, give directions, and assist staff. A friendly, caring person gives people an important first impression.

Work in the gift shop - You'll enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of our attractively stocked gift shop and help patients and visitors select items for purchase.

Make deliveries in the hospital - These volunteers make rounds on the patients' floors, delivering newspapers, flowers, mail, books, and other items that help enhance a patient's day. They also help the hospital staff by picking up medical records, delivering specimens and other items needed around the hospital.

Help in the Surgical Family Lounge or Intensive Care Lounge - These volunteers keep families of surgery or intensive care patients informed of their relatives' progress.

Provide clerical support - Many volunteers make a valuable contribution to numerous departments by working behind the scenes in offices, and performing a wide range of jobs, which as an end result benefits our patients.

Drive for Mobile Meals- Meals are picked up by volunteers at Highland Park Hospital in the late morning and delivered to clients in the local area. These volunteers get the opportunity to form relationships with individuals because they are able to visit them each week on a consistent basis.

And more - A variety of unique volunteer opportunities await you at each hospital. Most likely, there is a volunteer position that is just right for you.

For more information, contact one of our volunteer offices at:
Evanston Hospital - 847.570.2710
Glenbrook Hospital - 847.657.5621
Highland Park Hospital - 847.480.3919
Skokie Hospital - 847.933.6540

The NorthShore University HealthSystem Foundation is dedicated to supporting NorthShore University HealthSystem, as a non-profit healthcare institution, in fulfilling its mission to preserve and improve human life. With a Board of Directors that includes business and community leaders and a staff of major gift officers; research, data and communications professionals; and personnel to support the activities of the NorthShore University HealthSystem Auxiliaries, the NorthShore University HealthSystem Foundation obtains the philanthropic support necessary to ensure that NorthShore University HealthSystem provides the latest in world-class medical care, conducts advanced medical research and offers state-of-the-art facilities and technology to the patients it serves. Directors of Development and staff work together to help obtain the critical resources that bring advancements in medicine from individuals donors, foundations and corporations. Members of the Foundation work closely with clinical staff to assure that contributions are used wisely, appropriately and within the parameters specified by the donor.

Evanston Township High School Health Center-Operated by a partnership between NorthShore University HealthSystem, ETHS and the Evanston Health Department, the center offers primary healthcare services —including physical exams, immunizations and treatment of illnesses—to the school's more than 3,100 students.

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