What's Happening at RCH
Catch up on the latest hospital news, improvements, and stories that matter to our patients and community.
Congratulations to Heather Zapatka, RCH Central Sterilization Technician, for receiving our Fourth Quarter Pillar of Excellence Award!This quarterly award recognizes employees who display positive behaviors and characteristics as defined in our Dare to Soar standards, values and RCH mission. Employees receiving this award demonstrate these behavior...
Scholarships are available through the Rochelle Community Hospital Auxiliary to area students who are planning to pursue careers in the healthcare field. Six scholarships are available in 2026 which include the Ward A. and Mabel T. Miller Scholarship. The $2,000 scholarships are available to those students who are currently attending or graduates o...
Influenza is spreading quickly in our community and across the United States, shares RCH Infection Preventionist, Janine Sobin, and Employee Health Nurse, Kelly Musselman. The CDC estimates that over 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths have already occurred this season. Our community positivity rate for influenza was 28...
Congratulations to Zam Garlan, RCH Medical Laboratory Scientist, for receiving our Third Quarter Pillar of Excellence Award!This quarterly award recognizes employees who display positive behaviors and characteristics as defined in our Dare to Soar standards, values and RCH mission. Employees receiving this award demonstrate these behaviors and char...
CEO Tracy: 'Our focus is reinvesting in services we provide to the community.' Click here to read full article
Congratulations to Julia Faber, RCH Family Healthcare Clinic Coordinator, for receiving our second quarter Pillar of Excellence Award!This quarterly award recognizes employees who display positive behaviors and characteristics as defined in our Dare to Soar standards, values and RCH mission. Employees receiving this award demonstrate these behavior...
XCEL Orthopedics at Rochelle Community Hospital is proud to be the first Ogle & DeKalb County based practice to offer VELYS Robotic Assisted Knee Replacement.Every knee—and every patient—is unique; that's why precision is so important. This advanced technology helps board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gadini Delisca perform highly accurate, ...
RCH Reveals Pillar of Excellence Award Recipient for First Quarter of 2025We have two 2025 First Quarter Pillar Award winners; Tom Harvell and Brandon Schaneberg!This quarterly award recognizes employees who display positive behaviors and characteristics as defined in our Dare to Soar standards, values and RCH mission. Employees receiving this awar...
'I think helping patients and seeing them improve is what drives me here'
On Wednesday, April 9, Rochelle Community Hospital had a presence at the Illinois State Capitol with a couple of staff joining the Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management's (AAHAM) Legislative "Leg" Day.Members met with their respective State Representatives and Senators advocating for support of a State...
"RCH releases information on Measels amid largest outbreak in U.S. in decades" featured in RNL & OCL
I don't believe we will see measles cases locally. Our area is pretty well protected.' Click here to view the full article.
Have you talked with your doctor about prediabetes? Did you know more than 1 in 3 adults have prediabetes? RCH Registered Dieticians, Janelle Stein and Luis Cano are offering a series of classes called Lifestyle Balance, targeting those with prediabetes. Click here learn more our program.
