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Making a Difference: Merrillville Rotary Club donates $1,500 in Strack & Van Til gift cards to aid Franciscan clinic food pantry
Franciscan Health St. Clare Health Clinic food pantry will be able to provide additional assistance through its food pantry thanks to a $1,500 donation from the Merrillville Rotary Club.
Franciscan Health Crown Point earns state designations for neonatal and obstetrics care
Franciscan Health Crown Point recently was designated an Obstetric Level of Care III and Neonatal Level of Care III site by the state of Indiana.
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Franciscan Health growing La Porte operations
The upgraded and expanded Franciscan Beacon Hospital in La Porte is on track for construction to be finished by early 2020.
La Porte Hospital nurse Rose Flinchum is Indiana diabetes educator of the year
Nurse Rose Flinchum was named Diabetes Educator of the Year for 2019 by the Indiana Coordinating Body of the American Diabetes Association.
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Regional Health Systems Mental Health Center CEO Bob Krumwied retiring
Robert “Bob” Krumwied, president and CEO of Merrillville-based Regional Health Systems Mental Health Center, will retire at the end of the year and will be succeeded by Bill Trowbridge, president and CEO of Paladin, a Michigan City-based organization that assists people with disabilities.
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Community Hospital in Munster designated as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Community Hospital in Munster now is designated as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Level III Obstetrical Service site under the Indiana State Department of Health’s, new levels-of-care rating system.
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Franciscan’s efforts to improve patient outcomes leads to $14.4 million in Medicare savings
Efforts by Franciscan Health to streamline care delivery and improve patient outcomes yielded $14.4 million in Medicare savings.