Foot and ankle doctors at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush offered free foot checks and treatment for the homeless this Thanksgiving.
Enthusiasm and encouragement along the way…
November 22, 2011 By
I just wanted to say thanks for all your efforts in making Sleep Out Saturday a great day. I love both of your enthusiasm and encouragement along the way.
Karen Stewart, Bridge Communities
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Physicians Featured in Jay Cutler Thumb Injury Coverage
November 22, 2011 By
View Chicago Tribune Report: Surgeons: ‘Unstable fracture’
Six-week projection sounds optimistic to experts
MetroSouth Launching New Senior Programs
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PS Communications is helping MetroSouth Medical Center launch its new Senior Program with a new campaign called “Senior Health: Playing the Game For Life” Click here to learn more.
NBC5 Visit by Sleep Out Saturday crew!
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to the great middle schoolers who went to NBC5 Chicago this morning to raise awareness of Sleep Out Saturday!
PS Creates Viral Video for Adventist Health System
September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Adventist Health Systems wanted to create a viral tool to encourage women to get annual mammograms, just in time for the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. P.S. helped to create this video message.
Physicians: Your Patients are Online… Why You Should Be, Too
July 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
When patients enter a doctor’s office with a health concern, chances are they’ve already researched that problem online before seeing a physician. Recent studies have found that Americans are turning to the internet now more than ever for information regarding their own health and healthcare. [Read more...]
Leveraging new technology offered by physician or hospital clients
May 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We recently learned that client MetroSouth Medical Center was training its emergency department staff on a stroke robot. Controlled by the remote physician, the robot can turn its head and zoom in on the patient so closely that he or she can see the patient’s pupils. MetroSouth is one of the very few in the Chicago area to offer this technology – and life-saving service – to its patients. [Read more...]
Cook-Illinois Corporation
November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cook-Illinois, the largest private school bus company in the country, also became the first in Illinois to switch all buses to biodiesel fuel. P.S. Communications created an Earth Day announcement which generated coverage on all Chicago TV stations. The next Earth Day, P.S. created the Clean Air Club Bus, a mobile museum inside an old school bus — and it now visits schoolchildren all over Chicagoland, teaching the importance of keeping our air clean. This Earth Day program also generated coverage by all Chicago TV stations. The nature of the school bus business also requires crisis communications on occasion and P.S. consults with Cook-Illinois management on handling the media in sensitive situations.
PS Communications partners Lisa Stafford and Ann Pitcher with John Benish of Cook-Illinois Corporation after receiving a Gold Tower Award from the Business Marketing Association for the Clean Air Club marketing communications program.
Clean Air Bus
Marriott
November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The new Marriott hotel in Burr Ridge, IL, had just opened and was suffering from an identity crisis, a difficult location and needed to fill rooms starting by creating a “buzz” in the local community.
P.S. Communications coordinated many events, including a celebrity cook-off with professional athletes and TV personalities to benefit Hinsdale Community Service and also coordinated a 5K run to benefit Hanson Center for people with disabilities.
P.S. Communications secured articles in local and Chicago newspapers, TV coverage and free, full-page ads in local newspaper for the event. Three hundred people attended the “Celebrity Cook-off” and one hundred runners ran the 5K. Thousands of dollars were raised for each organization. Hundreds of first-time patrons visited the hotel.
