http://www.iwsblog.com Serving the Healthcare Needs of Children and Women Since 1911 Thu, 10 May 2007 22:05:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At its May meeting, the Board of Directors approved the initiation of a Child Development Center. Initially the current Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program for children from age three to eighteen and our early childhood Healthy Steps Program for children from birth until age three will be included under ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=14 Thank you to everyone for the teamwork that has resulted in continued growth at Infant Welfare. When we look at the period July - December 2006, we had 8,150 more medical and dental visits and welcomed 444 more new patients to the agency than the same period in 2005. ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=13 Our patient service numbers continue to increase due to the efficient and quality manner in which we provide our services and the dental clinic is leading the way. I also committed to the Board that we would build a robust Development Unit. With the arrival of our Director of Development, ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=12 Infant Welfare held its 95th Annual Meeting at the Union League Club in downtown Chicago.  Remarks were made by Board president, Anna Igoe, Executive Director, Dr. John Wilhelm, Auxiliary president, Marge Tresley, and Board treasurer, Colleen Creighton. The recipient of Infant Welfare's Champion for Children Award was Sr. Catherine Ryan who is currently ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=11 July and August were special months for me.  It felt great to be accepting kudos from people who were recognizing our successes this past fiscal year (July 2005 – June 30).  The number of patients increased (a base of 8,930) as did the total number of patient visits (40,884). This ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=10 I am pleased to be able to share comparison data from the past three fiscal years.  I am proud that there is slow and steady growth, especially following our relocation from Lincoln Park to West Logan Square in April 2005. Patient Base           New Patients          Total Patient Visits FY06 - 8,930          FY06 - 2,465            FY06 ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=9 Since 1971 when Infant Welfare moved to our former facility on Halsted Street, we have been providing pediatric dental services. Granted we began with one chair and ended our stay on Halsted Street with six chairs.  Our move to 3600 West Fullerton Avenue allowed us to add a seventh chair.  Looking at ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=8 We began to lay the groundwork for the stategic planning process which will begin in September.  The initial tasks for our staff are to identify the demographics of our patients (ages, zipcodes); look at the numbers and types of visits over the past three years; compare our service mix to that ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=6 I am Dr. John Wilhelm, the executive director at the Infant Welfare Society. I came to this position last July after being on the Board of Directors for 12 years. It has been a very busy and successful year. I am pleased to have the IWS Blog. I believe ... http://www.iwsblog.com/?p=5