For hospitals, maternity care builds relationships with young families that often last for decades. About 40 percent of women experience their first encounter with hospitals for reproductive services.
Indiana University Health and Community Health Network have joined the national trend of posting online reviews, in a quest to win prospective patients and boost transparency.
The projects range from full-service hospitals in Bloomington, Brownsburg and Shelbyville to a flurry of “micro-hospitals,” free-standing emergency rooms and urgent care centers.
Starting Jan. 1, every U.S. hospital will be required to post standard charges online for every item and service they provide, from bandages and drugs to operating rooms and organ transplants.
The health system’s plan to build a $130 million orthopedic hospital and medical campus might be rejected if Franciscan doesn’t commit to paying property taxes in perpetuity.
It’s the foundation’s first capital campaign since 2010, when it raised $200 million. The money will be used for pediatric research, patient care, maternity and newborn health, and family support programs.
Franciscan Health has opened an 87,000-square-foot clinic in Greenwood offering urgent care, primary care and specialty care. The clinic, at 1703 W. Stones Crossing Road, opened Nov. 14. It is called Franciscan Health at Stones Crossing. With a price tag of $35 million, it’s the biggest investment for Franciscan in central Indiana since it spent $300 million […]
The hospital system said the facility would help meet the soaring demand for hip and knee replacements while also serving patients with the “most complex” orthopedic conditions.
IU Health Medical Center and Riley Hospital for Children were the only two hospitals in Indiana to win national rankings in specialty care in this year’s U.S. News hospital rankings.
During the past 20 years, Riley Children’s Foundation has raised $500 million, the majority of which has been spent for pediatric research and patient programs at Riley Hospital.
Carmel-based American Specialty Health specializes in connecting patients with chiropractors, acupuncturists, physical therapists and others who treat pain without using pharmaceutical drugs.
St. Vincent, one of the oldest and most familiar names in Indiana’s hospital landscape, is about to undergo the most sweeping rebranding in its history.
he state’s largest health system said in June that it has formed a dedicated management group to oversee its suburban hospitals and “any future expansion of services.
Franciscan Health is the undisputed king of south-side health care providers, but its executives see a huge opportunity to expand services even farther south into fast-growing Johnson County.
The YMCA of Greater Indianapolis has been on a growth spurt the last decade. And now, with 12 facilities, it is one of the largest corporate chapters in the country.
The Indianapolis-based system has spent $9 million on the “high-tech integrated service center,” but hopes to save up to $3 million a year through standardizing inventory, ordering in bulk at a discount, and streamlining delivery routes.
The agreement means that Anthem members will not have to pay extra out-of-pocket costs to use one of St. Vincent’s neighborhood hospitals that are springing up around central Indiana.
