GRIFFITH – St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago has been named Hospital of the Year by Lake Area United Way for its outstanding contributions in the 2010-11 community campaign. This was the third straight year the hospital has received the recognition. LAUW honored the medical, nursing and administration and support staff at St. Catherine for […]
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte, the LaPorte Hospital Foundation and the LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary, has announced 2011 scholarship awards. The organizations have been offering scholarship to students pursuing healthcare careers since 1983. This year, 41 scholarships totaling $128,750 were presented. The LaPorte Hospital Foundation Kepler Award goes to a student studying to be a
CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point recognized 244 volunteers during its 38th annual Auxiliary Appreciation Awards Luncheon in the Marian Education Center. Collectively, the volunteers logged 54,325 hours last year. They received pins for service hours ranging from 100 hours to 27,000 hours, which was earned by Vivian Kelby. Receiving American Hospital Association
GARY – Cathy Dufresne, an emergency room nurse at Methodist Hospital in Gary, has received the hospital’s Spirit Award for going beyond the call of duty in order to help patients in need of clothing. Diane Schultz, emergency room manager, said she was surprised when Dufresne said the department needed a washer and dryer. Schultz
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Northwest Indiana. Small business incubators dot the region’s landscape – from Valparaiso to Hammond, from Merrillville to South Bend. As the landscape for small business changes from traditional pursuits in manufacturing to high-tech ventures, new questions arise among entrepreneurs on how to ensure success. To help answer
GARY – Latonya Lark, a technologist in the Neuro EDX department at Methodist Hospital’s Gary campus, has received the Spirit Award from the hospital. Lark was cited for “going beyond the call of duty” for working with the mother of a small child to schedule a test at 9 p.m. in order to accommodate the
CROWN POINT – WorkingWell, the occupational health program of Franciscan Alliance’s Northwest Indiana hospitals, reached a milestone recently when the last three of its five sites gained International Organization of Standardization certification. WorkingWell’s Hammond, Munster and Valparaiso locations recently joined Crown Point and Michigan City in gaining ISO 9001-2008 certification. WorkingWell is the only program
SOUTH BEND – The Junior League of South Bend has honored Memorial Hospital’s BrainWorks with its 2011 President’s Award. The award is presented to an individual or organization that has offered invaluable service to the Junior League. “We are so appreciative of the collaboration we shared with BrainWorks this year and believe that is has
LAPORTE – Representatives from GE were at IU Health LaPorte Hospital on Friday to film the advanced electrophysiology equipment and facilities at the hospital. The footage will be used in an international campaign to demonstrate the world-class technology available in only two other sites nationwide. GE chose IU Health LaPorte Hospital because the services there
MUNSTER – Cardiology patients at Community Hospital now have access to the new Stealth 360 degree devise in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. Over the past two years, new treatment options for PAD have come online at Community Health system. “The new Steal 360 degree is as quick and simple to set up as
