When the client calls, Prairie Oak focuses on what needs to be done - from planning to execution. Working remotely or on-site, our approach is to deliver communications aligned with the organization's needs.

Healthcare Communications

• Award-winning website writing (PROVEN stories of care) to spotlight an array of patient success stories in a wide range of medical specialties - orthopedics, cancer, migraines, obstetrics and more.
  Client: Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago

• Onsite communications support - including media relations, social media, internal communications, website writing and marketing communications -- for a two-campus medical center.
  Client: Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center in Chicago
  Visit the medical center newsroom
  View examples of website writing
  2010 Media Placements:
  Elmhurst Press - Doctor Still Practicing After 50 Years
  Chicago Nursing Today - Making a Difference in the Emergency Department and Beyond
  Chicago Hospital News - Dr. Friedman and SME Receive Awards for Community Work

• Media relations work to build brand awareness of the world-renowned Diamond Headache Clinic and inpatient unit at Saint Joseph Hospital.
  Client: Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago
  Watch the Fox 32 Chicago News segment on Kids and Migraines
  Suburban Life Publications, Sept. 29, 2008:
  Read 'Migraines for the miniatures: Kids diagnosed with adult condition'
• Provided support for a national media campaign to promote a new patient resource, www.MyBiopsy.org, which provides an array of information on the most common cancers - including breast, lung, colon, prostate and skin. The public education campaign generated placements in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Self.com and others.
  Client: College of American Pathologists in Northfield
  Read the Washington Post story
• Media relations work, website writing and internal communications to promote Saint Joseph Hospital as among the top 5 percent of U.S. hospitals for quality patient outcomes in women's health care. The hospital received HealthGrades' 2009/2010 Women's Health Excellence Award™.
  Client: Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago
  Read the news release
  Visit the Saint Joseph Hospital website
• Media relations work and website writing to generate awareness of new programs/services, procedures and the healthcare team at West Suburban Medical Center.
  Client: West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park
  Read about an entire family that works at West Suburban on Triblocal.com
  Read about an innovative single-incision LAP-BAND procedure on the West Suburban website
• Developed an award-winning communications program to support an innovative documentary on total joint replacement, which aired on public television in 10 markets - including New York, Los Angeles and Baltimore-Washington, D.C.
  Client: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Rosemont
  Visit the AAHKS documentary web page
• Newsletter and brochure writing - highlighting innovations and other important news to persons with narcolepsy and other sleep disorders, researchers and healthcare professionals.
  Client: Center for Narcolepsy Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
  View Eye Opener newsletter