Carle Health

The Urbana-based provider has selected Jeannette Murray as president of its western region, serving Greater Peoria.

Carle Health will spend close to $8 million to modernize Pekin Hospital, retiring unused and aging spaces with a focus on patient-based improvements.

The behavioral health and addiction recovery services affiliate of Carle Health of Greater Peoria transitioned to a medical office on River Road, in the city's main shopping and dining district.

Carle said it will limit patient rooms to two visitors at a time and will not allow visitors under age 18. Carle is also strongly encouraging anyone experiencing respiratory symptoms to wear a mask while visiting one of its health facilities.

Methodist College in Peoria is celebrating a milestone anniversary this weekend with a series of events commemorating its 125-year history of educating health care professionals.

Carle Health is seeking patients and family members to serve on advisory councils at Peoria's Methodist Hospital, and elsewhere across the Urbana-based system’s service area.

A court filing shows Carle Health Methodist Hospital, formerly UnityPoint, admits to a medical mistake prompting a lawsuit originally filed in 2021.

Carle Health is now urging patients and visitors to wear masks at all of its hospitals and clinics to reduce the spread of respiratory illness.

Peoria Public Schools currently has 326 children who are identified as homeless.

Transportation remains one of the biggest barriers to accessing behavioral health services, especially in rural areas.