News & Publications

Recent News

• OSF Saint James Announces Fundraiser Featuring Libido Funk Circus
• OSF Saint James Announces Educational Assistance for Health Care Careers
• OSF HealthCare Implements eICU Program
• Ottawa Regional to Join OSF Healthcare System
• OSF Healthcare System to Participate as Federal ACO
• Physician Joins OSF Medical Group in Pontiac & Chenoa
• Two OSF Hospitals Receive Echocardiography Accreditation
• OSF Saint James Names New ED Medical Director
• Family Medicine Physician Joins OSF Medical Group in Pontiac
• Physician Assistant Joins OSF PromptCare in Pontiac
• OSF Saint James Announces Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate

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Press & Media Contacts

For all interview requests or campus visits, please contact:

Pam Meiner
Director, Marketing & Communications
OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center
2500 W. Reynolds Street, Pontiac, Illinois 61764
p: (815) 842-4986 | f: (815) 842-4910

If Pam is not available, please contact Rhonda Hodges at (815) 842-6815 or Ken Beutke at (815) 842-4922.

If the interview involves a patient, a signed consent form must be in the patient's file before any interviews, photos, or videos occur.  If a patient, patient family member, doctor, or employee invited you to interview him or her on campus, you must contact Marketing and Communications to confirm arrangements and obtain any necessary consents.

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Patient Condition Reports

Please call the medical center at (815) 842-2828 and ask to speak with the nursing supervisor on duty.  There are only four words we can use to describe a patient's condition: Good, Fair, Serious, or Critical. Please do not as us to elaborate or provide additional details about a patient.  We are unable to do so because of HIPAA privacy laws.  For more information about HIPAA, please visit their website.

If a patient or his/her family requests that no information be released, we must honor that request.  The patient is then listed as having Do Not Publish (DNP) status and we are unable to even confirm if they are a patient at OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center.

About Our Name

OSF has no periods between the "O," the "S," and the "F." (It's OSF, not O.S.F.)  "Saint" is always spelled out in OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center (not OSF St. James).

Our full name should be used on first reference while second references may use "OSF Saint James" only. If you wish to include "medical center," you must include the entire name.

About OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center

OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center is a part of OSF HealthCare, a comprehensive, integrated network of health care facilities, services, physicians, and employees in Illinois and Michigan. 

The hospital was founded in 1907 and moved to its current location in 2002.  A 42-bed acute care and ambulatory services medical center, OSF Saint James is located on the western edge of Pontiac, Illinois, near the intersection of US Interstate 55 and Illinois Route 116.

Hospital Fact Sheet (PDF) >>>

About OSF HealthCare

OSF HealthCare, owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois, includes OSF Healthcare System consisting of seven acute care facilities, two long-term care facilities, and two colleges of nursing. It also has a primary care physician network consisting of over 600 primary care, specialist physicians, and advanced practice providers.

OSF HealthCare owns OSF Saint Francis, Inc., comprised of health care-related businesses, and OSF Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OSF Healthcare System and OSF Home Care Services.

OSF HealthCare is a multi-state corporation, operating facilities in Illinois and Michigan, providing state-of-the-art, compassionate care to more than 2.5 million people in the communities we serve.

For more information, please feel free to download the following PDF documents.