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Healing Communities: UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Provides Free Physicals For Special Olympics
Friday, May 2, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] To participate in Special Olympics, aspiring athletes must first get a physical. Yet some children who want to compete don’t have insurance, a primary care doctor or transportation to get an appointment. That’s where UChicago Medicine AdventHealth comes in. For the past three years, at Special Olympics Screening Events held in Bedford Park, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth residents have provided the needed physicals for free. “One of the things that drew me to medicine is to be able to give back,” said Dr. Sravani Sagireddy. “It’s really nice to be able to step into the community and help people who really need it.” At the screening events, the residents perform vision, hearing and motor ability tests. They carefully assess each child for medical conditions that might make it unsafe for that child to participate in athletics. Special Olympics President and CEO Peter Beale-DelVecchio said UChicago Medicine AdventHealth “has been an incredible partner for us” and that the four-hospital health system is “helping us do more and more all the time.” Beyond the 24/7 care provided within their facilities, hospitals and health systems across Illinois are having a positive impact on communities by addressing community needs and providing accessible care. Learn more about how Illinois hospitals are healing communities.
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Working Together To Support The Health Of Our Families, Communities, And State
Friday, May 2, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department ‘You showed up in my life at the perfect time’ On any given day, nearly 26,000 Illinois residents experience homelessness. Last summer, “Trinity,” a 33-year-old mom from central Illinois, was one of them. Trinity and her children had moved into an emergency shelter, which partners with a Medicaid health plan to host mobile clinic events at their facility. When Trinity showed up at an event, the scope of her family’s medical needs became clear. The family had visited emergency rooms twice in the past week. All of her children were overdue for well-child exams. And Trinity was 16 weeks pregnant—without any prenatal care. Practitioners acted swiftly, checking up on the kids and performing prenatal assessments on Trinity. She was prescribed medication for extremely high blood pressure and monitored at three subsequent clinic events. In November, Trinity delivered a healthy baby boy. And she brought him home to long-term housing she secured near the shelter—with assistance from her health plan. “You showed up in my life at the perfect time,” Trinity says. “You have helped me so much, and I don’t feel alone.” Paid for by the Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans
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