American Senior Communities is at the forefront of the movement to replace drugs with a holistic approach that relies primarily on tools such as music, aromas and robotic pets to put residents at ease.
CAR-T therapy, a life-saving treatment for certain types of cancer, became available at IU Health in July 2018, four months after FDA approval.
In a county known for its affluence, the clinic has become a lifeline for the working poor and the small businesses that employ them.
OPTIMISTIC, a project of Dr. Kathleen Unroe and researchers at the Regenstrief Institute, gives frail nursing home patients the medical care they need without moving them to a hospital.
A partnership forged six years ago to match disabled college students with paid internships has blossomed into the Eskenazi Health Initiative for Empowerment and Economic Independence.
Dr. Elisabeth von der Lohe started a women’s heart clinic at IU Health’s Methodist Hospital in 1998, an effort that gained traction as recognition grew nationally that diagnosing and treating heart disease in women and men weren’t one and the same.
Dr. Paula Gustafson is a legend of sorts in Shelby County, where she’s both pediatrician and sleuth.
Dr. Krista Brucker's mission is to rescue the opioid abusers who crowd the Eskenazi Health emergency department every day.
Kids with aggressive or recurring cancers have a new team looking out for them at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health.
The opening of the Franciscan Hospice House in 2015 gave the terminally ill a home-like place to die with dignity.
Dr. Robert Batler learned of a more effective method for early detection of prostate cancer and brought it to central Indiana.
Organizers of the Crooked Creek Food Pantry estimated they would serve 200 families a month when the pantry opened in 2015. At last count, 1,200 families a month shop there, filling their carts with mostly healthy food options, at no cost.
The Pediatric Center of Hope starts picking up the pieces for sexually abused children the minute they walk into the exam room.
The Nurse-Family Partnership pairs Medicaid-eligible, first-time mothers-to-be with registered nurses who coach them through their pregnancy and beyond.
Bud Swineford is in his 25th year of door-to-door fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter.
Community Achievement in Health Care Nurse-Family Partnership Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana has lofty goals, like lowering the state’s unacceptably high infant mortality rate and breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Those are ambitious—some might say impossible—challenges. But a program Goodwill introduced in Indianapolis in 2011 is working […]
Teenage cancer patient Emma Stumpf is on a mission to share with others the relief she finds in art.
The Pet-a-Pet program, staffed by dogs who brighten people’s day, is a happy mash-up of Denise Whitfield’s care for patients and her interest in training and showing Shetland Sheepdogs.
St. Vincent art therapist Joani Rothenberg helps patients lose themselves in the creative process.
Greg Denniston is a certified recovery specialist at Aspire Indiana, a job he found the hard way, part of a long journey that started with a mental breakdown in 1985.
