Chicago Family Health Center Announces Grand Opening Of Community Health Center Within Roseland Community Hospital

October 16, 2006

Roseland Community Hospital announcing new Chief Executive Officer, Ian McFadden

Chicago Family Health Center (CFHC) and Roseland Community Hospital (RCH) are pleased to announce the opening of the CFHC Roseland clinic located on the second floor of Roseland Community Hospital. The opening of the CFHC clinic coincides with the announcement of the appointment of Roseland Community Hospital's new Chief Executive Officer, Ian McFadden.

Opened in late spring 2006, the new community health center will help to bring additional healthcare services into an integrated community delivery system. The new clinic will provide comprehensive primary care services from birth through geriatrics including: gynecology/obstetrics; behavioral health; chronic disease management; medication dispensary; health education; nutrition counseling; social services; case management and outreach. The new health center will target the residents of the Roseland community who don't currently have a primary care physician. As with all of CFHC sites, services will be provided on a sliding scale basis for the uninsured. Since the new community health center will be located on the RCH campus, patients will be provided full service, comprehensive care including lab, x-ray and inpatient services.

"The opening of this clinic is in response to the community's need to access primary healthcare", says Wendy Cox, Chief Executive Officer. "The partnership between Chicago Family and Roseland Community Hospital will expand access to services being offered in the community while helping to alleviate a patient's need to use the emergency room as their means of obtaining primary health care for non-emergency issues."

After a six-month nation-wide search the Board of Directors of Roseland Community Hospital (RCH) selected Ian McFadden, a health care executive from Brentwood, Kentucky, as the hospital's new Chief Executive Officer.

McFadden formerly a senior consultant for FTI Cambio Health Solutions, has extensive experience in performance improvement at healthcare institutions and was the former Chief Operating Officer of the Alameda County Medical Center, a 588-bed teaching hospital in Oakland, California.

"We are delighted to have someone of the caliber of Ian McFadden to head our leadership team at Roseland Community Hospital. We believe that he understands our challenges as a "safety-net" hospital in a community like Roseland. McFadden has the skills to ensure that we will continue to provide the services that are vitally important, said Board President Bishop Emery Lindsay, Chairman of the RCH Board of Directors.

Chicago Family Health Center is a community-based, non-profit health center that provides comprehensive, accessible primary healthcare to the residents of South Chicago, Roseland and surrounding communities. In 2005, CFHC served over 17,000 patients regardless of their ability to pay.

For more information, call Barbara Tieder at 773-768-5000 extension 1004.