Children's Hospital of Illinois

Kindred Healthcare and OSF HealthCare Announce Plans for Combined Inpatient Rehabilitation and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital in Central Illinois

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
General Health, Other Health, Hospitals, Health, Managed care, States of the United States, Illinois, Health care, OSF Healthcare, Kindred Healthcare, LTAC, Peoria, Illinois, OSF, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Illinois, Kindred Healthcare, OSF HealthCare

Kindred Healthcare, LLC (Kindred) and OSF HealthCare today announced a partnership agreement to provide rehabilitation and long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital services in central Illinois.

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  • Kindred Healthcare, LLC (Kindred) and OSF HealthCare today announced a partnership agreement to provide rehabilitation and long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital services in central Illinois.
  • Pursuant to the agreement, Kindred and OSF will work together to transform Kindreds wholly owned hospital in Peoria, Illinois.
  • This will allow us to fill a great need in central Illinois by expanding long-term acute care and rehabilitation services for our patients, said Bob Anderson, President, OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center.
  • OSF will hold majority ownership of the hospital, which will be renamed and branded to demonstrate being part of OSF HealthCare.

OSF Ventures Invests in Specialized Therapy Company; Plans Pilot for Children with Autism

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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Branches of biology, Health, Psychiatric diagnosis, Illinois, OSF Healthcare, Children's Hospital of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, OSF, Autism, Easterseals

Speech language pathologist Rachel Robinson founded the company in 2015 as a solution to widespread therapy shortages for children across the country.

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  • Speech language pathologist Rachel Robinson founded the company in 2015 as a solution to widespread therapy shortages for children across the country.
  • Lynall added, "We are excited to partner with DotCom Therapy as they expand their service offerings to health care systems."
  • OSF Ventures joins New Capital Partners in the Series A funding to grow DCT's customer base and scale their services into health care systems such as Peoria-Illinois-based OSF HealthCare which will launch a pilot using Dotcom Therapy for children who are on the autism spectrum.
  • The OSF pilot will also support the Autism Collective , a collaboration of Easter Seals Central Illinois and OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois.