Established in 1964, Riverside Medical Center serves the south suburban counties of Chicago, USA, as a not-for-profit medical facility. Riverside has three medical campuses serving Kankakee, Bourbonnais, and Coal City, IL as well as nine Community Health Centers

Clinic

A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...

 serving areas within Kankakee, Will, Iroquois and Grundy Counties.

Riverside Medical Center is has specialty programs in cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery

Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...

, neurosurgery, obstetrics

Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

, trauma, oncology

Oncology

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...

, rehabilitation, geriatrics

Geriatrics

Geriatrics is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or...

, occupational health, treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency and psychiatric services. For its heart and oncology programs, Riverside partners with Rush University Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center is a 676-bed academic medical center that includes hospital facilities for adults and children. It also includes the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center...

 in Chicago.

The Riverside Medical Center Kankakee Campus houses a 336-bed hospital that provides inpatient and outpatient care. The Emergency Department is designated as a Level II Trauma Center

Trauma center

A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...

 and a Resource Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Kankakee is home to Riverside's senior living community featuring active independent living, assisted living, 24-hour skilled nursing care and Alzheimer's care.

Accreditations and affiliations

Collaborative working relationships and cultural exchange programs have been established between Riverside and RUSH University Medical Center bringing new treatment methodologies to patients. Rush-Riverside Heart Center and Rush-Riverside Cancer Institute are examples of two such collaborative efforts.

Affiliations

• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• American Hospital Association
• American Red Cross Blood Bank
• Healthcare Forum Advisory Board
• Illinois Hospital Health Systems Association
• Illinois Pioneer Coalition
• Licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health
• Life Services Network of Illinois
• Mather Institute of Chicago
• Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
• Rush System for Health
• Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA, Inc.)

Accreditations

• American College of Radiology and Obstetrical General and Vascular Ultrasound and Mammography Services
• American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Program
• American Diabetes Association
• American Medical Association through the Accreditation Committee of the Illinois State Medical *Society for Continuing Medical Education
• College of American Pathologists (CAP) for Laboratory Excellence
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO)

Thomson 100 Top Hospital

2007 Thomson 100 Top Hospital

• 2007 Thomson 100 Top Hospital
• 2007 Thomson 100 Top Hospital, Cardiovascular

Care Science

2006 Care Science

• Riverside Medical Center was named as a 2006 CareScience Select Practice National Quality Leader in the category of Cardiac Bypass Surgery. As a recipient of this award, Riverside Medical Center has achieved superior performance in care of patients in the disease group of Cardiac Bypass Surgery, as identified by the CareScience Select Practice methodology, which utilizes both quality and efficiency indices to track a hospital’s performance.

Services

Alcoholic and Substance abuse treatment	Nuclear Medicine Nuclear medicine In nuclear medicine procedures, elemental radionuclides are combined with other elements to form chemical compounds, or else combined with existing pharmaceutical compounds, to form radiopharmaceuticals. These radiopharmaceuticals, once administered to the patient, can localize to specific organs...
Ambulance Ambulance An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...  Service	Obstetrics Obstetrics Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
Blood Bank Blood bank A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a division of a hospital laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper...	Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy Occupational therapy is a discipline that aims to promote health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments...
Bone Densitometer	Oncology Oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...  Services
Cardiac Catheterization Cardiac catheterization Cardiac catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart. This is done for both investigational and interventional purposes...  Laboratory (3)	Outpatient Surgery Service
Cardiac Rehabilitation	Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS)
Cardiac Surgery Cardiac surgery Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...	Pain Management Pain management Pain management is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those living with pain. The typical pain management team includes medical practitioners, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists,...
Clinical & Anatomical Pathology Laboratory	Pediatrics Pediatrics Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
Computerized Tomography (16 & 64 slice scanner)	Pediatric cardiology Clinic
Community Based Primary Care	Pharmacy Pharmacy Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
Corporate Health Services	Physical Rehabilitation Therapy
daVinci Robotic Assist Surgical Procedures	Physician Hospital Network
Delivery and Birthing Rooms/LDR	Premature Nursery
Diabetes Center	Psychiatric Emergency Services Psychiatric emergency services Emergency psychiatry is the clinical application of psychiatry in emergency settings. Conditions requiring psychiatric interventions may include attempted suicide, substance abuse, depression, psychosis, violence or other rapid changes in behavior. Psychiatric emergency services are rendered by...
Diagnostic & Therapeutic Radioisotope	Psychiatric Inpatient Services
Diagnostic Radiology	Psychiatric Outpatient Services
Electrocardiography	Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization
Electroencephalography Electroencephalography Electroencephalography is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp. EEG measures voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons of the brain...	Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Electromyography Electromyography Electromyography is a technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. EMG is performed using an instrument called an electromyograph, to produce a record called an electromyogram. An electromyograph detects the electrical potential generated by muscle...	Radioactive Implants
Enterostomal Therapy	Recovery Room
Extracorporeal Shock Wave	Recreational Therapy Recreational therapy Recreational therapy, also referred to as recreation therapy and therapeutic recreation, is a treatment service that provides treatments and recreation activities to individuals with illnesses or disabling conditions to improve or maintain physical, mental and emotional well-being and help reduce...
General Medicine	Reference Laboratory
Genetics Counseling	Rehabilitation Physical medicine and rehabilitation Physical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...  (inpatient and outpatient)
Health Promotion Services	Reproductive Health Services
Hemodynamics Laboratory	Respiratory Therapy Respiratory therapy Respiratory therapy is a healthcare profession in which specialists work with patients suffering from either acute or chronic respiratory problems. These specialists are termed Respiratory Therapists in most places internationally but may also be referred to as Respiratory Scientists or...
Histopathology Laboratory	Senior Living Services
Home Health Care	Sleep Laboratory
Home Meal Service	Social Services
Hospital Auxiliary	Speech pathology
Industrial Medicine	Surgical Facilities
Interventional Radiology Interventional radiology Interventional radiology is a specialty of radiology, in which image-guided procedures are used to diagnose and treat a multitude of diseases across all body systems...	Trauma Center Trauma center A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...  (Designated Level II)
Intravenous therapy Intravenous therapy Intravenous therapy or IV therapy is the infusion of liquid substances directly into a vein. The word intravenous simply means "within a vein". Therapies administered intravenously are often called specialty pharmaceuticals...	Ultrasound Ultrasound Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...  (4-D)
Laser Surgery Laser surgery Laser surgery is surgery using a laser to cut tissue instead of a scalpel. Examples include the use of a laser scalpel in otherwise conventional surgery, and soft tissue laser surgery, in which the laser beam vaporizes soft tissue with high water content...	Varian 21 EX Linear Accelerator (LINAC)
Lithotripter	Volunteer Service Department
Mammography Mammography Mammography is the process of using low-energy-X-rays to examine the human breast and is used as a diagnostic and a screening tool....  (Digital)	Women’s Center
Neurosurgery Neurosurgery Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...  Program	Work Hardening Program

Campuses

• Riverside Medical Center Kankakee Campus (Main) - Kankakee, IL
• Riverside Medical Center Bourbonnais Campus - Bourbonnais, IL
• Riverside Medical Center West Campus - Coal City, IL

Community Health Centers (clinic

Clinic

A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...

s)

• East Court Kankakee Community Health Center - Kankakee, IL
• Manteno Community Health Center - Manteno, IL
• Momence Community Health Center - Momence, IL
• Pembroke Community Health Center - Pembroke, IL
• Peotone Community Health Center - Peotone, IL
• Wilmington Community Health Center - Wilmington, IL

Other locations

• Resolve Center - Manteno, IL
• Betty Burch Bridgewater Center - Bourbonnais, IL
• Riverside Health Fitness Center - Bourbonnais, IL
• Senior Living Campus - Kankakee, IL
• Riverise Atrium - Bradley, IL
• Health Equipment Super Store - Kankakee, IL

External links

• Riverside Medical Center homepage
• Riverside Health Fitness Center