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LifeStyle Options Celebrates Sweet Sixteen
On March 22, Schaumburg Village President Al Larson issued a proclamation honoring the 16th anniversary of LifeStyle Options. The proclamation reads in part, "…LifeStyle Options, Inc. has achieved the highest levels of customer satisfaction as measured and benchmarked by Life Services Network." Molly K. Miceli, a registered nurse who founded the company at her kitchen table, recalls, "I wanted to be part of a company that people could really count on--a company that offered the most reliable home care options available." The first year the company had 15 employees – 50 the second year and today LifeStyle Options has more than 500 caregivers in the Chicago area alone.
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PCCHNS Featured on NBC Channel 5
On April 26, NBC Channel Five in Chicago aired a special report on PCCHNS’ Music-Thanatology program. The report included interviews with PCCHNS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Martha Twaddle, Music-Thanatologists Margaret Pasquesi and Tony Pedersen, and footage of two patients on PCCHNS’ inpatient hospice unit as they and their loved ones received a music vigil. Music-Thanatology is prescribed music that is played on a harp and soothes dying patients both emotionally and physiologically. The music can have powerful results. In addition to bringing a sense of peace and beauty to a patient – and their family – at the end of life, it reduces pain symptoms and regulates a patient's breathing and heart rate to help a patient relax. There are only 70 Music-Thanatologists in the world, two in the Chicago area – at PCCHNS.
For more information about PCCHNS’ Music-Thanatology program, call Nina Kavin at (847) 556-1608
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Springfield Physician Takes Office as President, Illinois State Medical Society
 Craig A. Backs, M.D., a board-certified internist, took office as president of the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) at its recent annual meeting. After earning his medical degree and completing his medical residency at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Dr. Backs served as chief of medical residents in the SIU Department of Internal Medicine from 1984-1985. He has also held the position of Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at SID. As an active member of ISMS since 1984, Dr. Backs' involvement has included membership on the Governmental Affairs Council and the Council on Economics, which he chaired from 2002-2004. He also chaired an ad hoc committee to investigate and recommend to the Board a strategy for ISMS involvement in class action litigation against health insurance companies engaged in down-coding physician services. Among his other numerous leadership roles in organized medicine are his positions as Board Councillor, President, and Chairman of the Membership and Legislative Committees of the Illinois Society of Internal Medicine. He also served as Board member, President, and Utilization Review Committee Chairman of the Foundation for Medical Care of Central Illinois. Dr. Backs is a member of the AMA and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Locally, Dr. Backs has been an active member of the Sangamon County Medical Society since 1984, serving as a Director from 1994 to 2000, as President in 1999, and as a Delegate to ISMS from 1995 to 2003. He has held medical staff positions at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, where he served as president from 1994 to 1996, and Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.
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