Full Text of HR0258 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to | 3 | | congratulate Edward-Elmhurst
Healthcare System CEO Pam Davis | 4 | | on the announcement of her retirement after 28 years of
| 5 | | expanding and improving healthcare services for families in and | 6 | | around the collar counties; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Pam Davis arrived at Edward Hospital in 1988 and | 8 | | quickly established a
reputation as an innovative executive; | 9 | | during her tenure as President and CEO, she led the | 10 | | transformation from a small community hospital into a regional | 11 | | medical center rated
among the most preferred hospitals in the | 12 | | State with numerous national accolades; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Pam Davis led the effort to merge with | 14 | | Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and
created Edward-Elmhurst Health, | 15 | | a three-hospital system that includes Edward Hospital,
| 16 | | Elmhurst Hospital, and Linden Oaks Behavioral Health; the | 17 | | system has more than 60 locations
across a service area of 1.7 | 18 | | million residents, nearly 8,500 employees, and 2,000 | 19 | | physicians on
its medical staff; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Pam Davis, | 21 | | Edward-Elmhurst
Healthcare System earned a reputation as a | 22 | | healthcare leader by
providing advanced cardiac care at Edward |
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| 1 | | Heart Hospital, state-of-the-art cancer diagnosis and
| 2 | | treatment at Edward Cancer Center, world class stroke care | 3 | | through the Edward Neurosciences
Institute in affiliation with | 4 | | Northwestern Medicine, and mental health services through | 5 | | Linden
Oaks; in addition, Edward has been a magnet hospital for | 6 | | nursing excellence since 2005 and is
one of only six hospitals | 7 | | in Illinois to have achieved magnet status three times or more; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The impact of Pam Davis has been felt well beyond | 10 | | Naperville; she brought convenient
access to high-quality | 11 | | healthcare for residents throughout the west and southwest | 12 | | suburbs,
including the development of the 60-acre Edward | 13 | | Plainfield campus and Edward-Elmhurst
Health Centers in | 14 | | Addison, Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Elmhurst, Hinsdale, Lombard, | 15 | | Naperville, Oak
Park, Oswego, Plainfield, and Yorkville; she | 16 | | led the effort to launch walk-in clinics in
Aurora, | 17 | | Bensenville, Franklin Park, Lombard, Naperville, Plainfield, | 18 | | River Forest, Romeoville,
Westmont, Woodridge, and Yorkville; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Pam Davis did a great service for all Illinois | 21 | | taxpayers, blowing the whistle on
corruption previously | 22 | | plaguing the State hospital application process; when being | 23 | | strong-armed into
hiring specific politically-connected | 24 | | construction firms to receive State approval of her
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| 1 | | application, she contacted the FBI and wore a secret listening | 2 | | device for eight months to
gather evidence of possible | 3 | | extortion that helped lead to successful criminal prosecutions | 4 | | of
Stuart Levine and Tony Rezko, among others; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In February of 2017, Pam Davis was presented the | 6 | | Career Achievement Award by
Chicago Health Executives Forum | 7 | | (CHEF), the largest independent chapter of the American
College | 8 | | of Health Executives (ACHE); she was previously honored by | 9 | | CHEF/ACHE with the 2015
Recognition Program Service Award and | 10 | | 2009 Healthcare Leadership Award; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Pam Davis has created a lasting legacy of making | 12 | | vital healthcare services more
readily accessible for hundreds | 13 | | of thousands of Illinois families, as well as taking a strong | 14 | | stand
against public corruption; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | honor Pam
Davis for her achievements and her integrity, and we | 18 | | wish her well in retirement; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Pam Davis as an expression of
our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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