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DMG is a 270 physician multi-specialty group with 36 locations throughout DuPage, Will and Kane Counties.  We are very active in the DuPage Health Coalition, an organization that provides free healthcare services to the working poor in DuPage County.  The DuPage Health Coalition is a partnership between all of the DuPage County hospitals, many physicians, the DuPage County Health Department and many other organizations and business leaders. We estimate that in 2008 over 9000 DuPage County residents were served by this organization.  House Bill (HB) 277 would provide a safe mechanism for healthcare safety net programs like the DuPage Health Coalition to obtain additional medications for their patients as well as preventing these drugs from being disposed of in the sanitary system.

Dr. Brian O’Leary, Vice President DuPage Medical Group recently wrote the following letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune in support of House Bill (HB) 277. 

April 29, 2009

I am writing to urge all Illinoisans to support HB 277, the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act, now pending in the Illinois Senate.  This legislation provides a process whereby unused medication from healthcare facilities can be safely dispensed to patients being served by free clinics or other health care safety net programs.   The bill would ensure that only individually bubble-wrapped medications no longer needed by the patient are re-deployed from a healthcare facility, such as a nursing home, to a pharmacy for verification and then re-distribution.  This legislation would extend the resources of our healthcare safety net programs at a time when State resources are scarce.  It would also decrease the amount of harmful environmental waste from unused medications being disposed into the sanitary system.  According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, at least 37 states have enacted similar laws and programs to date.  We believe this legislation is an outstanding example of public policy that can have an immense benefit to Illinois citizens, particularly during these tough economic times.  Please contact your State Senator to ask them to vote “yes” on HB 277. 

Sincerely,

Brian O’Leary, M.D.

Vice President DuPage Medical Group

Board Member DuPage Health Coalition

Click to view The Wheaton Sun’s May 8, 2009 article or Chicago Tribune’s May 14, 2009 article.

You are invited to our Hinsdale Open House for Dermatology, Aesthetics, and Plastic Surgery.  Meet our plastic surgery and dermatology teams, tour our facility, and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments while learning about the latest in beauty.  Attend this event and receive a goodie bag and a coupon book with special offers.  Be sure to bring a friend with you to join the fun!  Demonstrations will occur at 5:00 pm; 5:30 pm; and 6:00 pm.

Who:  Alix J. Charles, M.D., Board Certified Dermatologist, Joseph Daw, M.D., D.D.S., F.A.C.S., Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, and Dana Roman, L.E.,a licensed medical aesthetician.

When:  Wednesday, May 13, 2009  4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where:  908 N. Elm Street, Suite 202 Hinsdale, IL 60521

RSVP:  by May 6, 2009  630-286-5050     

DuPage Medical Group Cardiology physicians have received the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Recognition for Heart/Stroke.  The Heart/Stroke Program is designed to improve the quality of care that patients with cardiovascular disease or who have had a stroke receive by recognizing physicians who deliver quality cardiovascular  and stroke care, and by motivating other physicians to document and improve their delivery of cardiovascular care.  We are proud to have achieved this standard of excellence. 

Please contact DuPage Medical Group Cardiology at 630-933-8100 for a list of physicians who have been granted NCQA Heart/Stroke recognition.

Please visit our Cardiology page for more information on our Cardiology department.

Click here for more information on the NCQA Heart/Stroke Recognition Program.

Beginning April 2009, Dr. Michael McGill takes DMG Cardiology’s Strong Heart Smart Heart program to schools assemblies.  The Strong Heart Smart Heart Program is fun and interactive program designed to help students (3rd to 6th grade) understand the heart and how it works, the risk factors of heart disease, the importance of being fit, and maintaining a heart healthy lifestyle.

DMG Cardiology is scheduled to present Strong Heart Smart Heart at the following school districts, more being scheduled daily:

Aurora
Bartlett
Batavia
Bloomingdale
Carol Stream
Elmhurst
Glen Ellyn
Glendale Heights
Lombard
Naperville
Wheaton

By the end of this program DMG Cardiology will have shared its Strong Heart Smart Heart Program with over 11,000 students.

For more information, please view our Strong Heart Smart Heart special insert published in collaboration with Central DuPage Hospital and the Chicago Tribune News in Education.

Find a Cardiology office near you: Downers Grove; Naperville; Winfield.

DuPage Medical Group’s Dietician, Cami Morgan, appeared as a guest columnist for HealthNewsDigest.com on April 5, 2009.  In her article, Ms. Morgan discusses how eating foods that are locally grown can be healthy and more nutrient-dense than food from far off places.  Also, purchasing food from local farmers markets will also help out your neighborhood economy. 

Natural fruits and vegetables are just around the corner with summer.  To help you find a local farmers market or local co-op farms where you can buy produce in bulk, please see http://www.localharvest.org/.  Eating more fruits and vegetables can help to decrease your risk of some cancers, heart disease, and diabetes.

Cami Morgan works out of DMG’s Hinsdale office at 908 North Elm Street.  For more information or to schedule an appointment with one of our Dieticians, please see our Diabetes Care page or call 630-286-5090.  With five locations to serve you - Bloomingdale; Downers Grove; Glen Ellyn; Hinsdale; and Naperville- you’ll find an office close to your home or work. 

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