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Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center’s Dena Lopez was born ready to work in healthcare

Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center’s Dena Lopez was born ready to work in healthcare Dena Lopez feels right at home at Methodist Hospitals Southlake after having spent a good portion of her life there. She was born at the hospital campus in Merrillville. Then, around 19 years ago, Lopez started her career there, working in the...

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Methodist Hospitals Appoints New Assistant Vice President

Methodist Hospitals Appoints New Assistant Vice President Frank comes to Methodist with more than 30 years of nursing leadership experience and most recently served as Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Clinical Officer at Vibra Hospital of Northwest Indiana. His career has also included leadership positions...

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Community Healthcare System welcomes new practitioners to Community Care Network

Community Healthcare System welcomes new practitioners to Community Care Network Community Healthcare System recently welcomed eight doctors to the Community Care Network, Inc., (CCNI) team of physicians. Specialties these physician providers represent include breast reconstructive surgery, cardiology, family medicine, pulmonary...

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RUSH, Franciscan to Partner on Clinical Services for Cancer, Neurosciences

RUSH, Franciscan to Partner on Clinical Services for Cancer, Neurosciences RUSH and Franciscan Alliance, Inc., are partnering to jointly develop and provide clinical services to improve the availability of health care to patients in Northwest Indiana. The partnership includes RUSH (Rush University System for Health) and...

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Franciscan Health Michigan City to host two COVID-19 vaccination clinics

Franciscan Health Michigan City to host two COVID-19 vaccination clinics Franciscan Health Michigan City is hosting two COVID-19 vaccine clinics in an effort to increase education and vaccination rates in underserved communities. The clinics will take place from 12 to 2 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Michigan City Public Library,...

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Northwest Health-Porter adopts new national imaging guidelines to enhance patient cardiac care

Northwest Health-Porter adopts new national imaging guidelines to enhance patient cardiac care From left to right: Andrew Putnam, M.D., cardiologist, Northwest Medical Group; Jay Shah, M.D., cardiologist, Stella Kyung, cardiologist, Northwest Medical Group and Northwest Medical Group. Northwest Health-Porter has adopted new, comprehensive...

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Franciscan Health specialist urges COVID-19 patients to seek antiviral medications upon diagnosis

Franciscan Health specialist urges COVID-19 patients to seek antiviral medications upon diagnosis A Franciscan Health infectious disease physician is urging patients who test positive for COVID-19 to ask their healthcare providers if antiviral medications are right for them immediately upon diagnosis. “What we’re seeing is a lot of patients...

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Porter-Starke Services Opens On-Site Pharmacy at Knox Office

Porter-Starke Services Opens On-Site Pharmacy at Knox Office Porter-Starke Services has opened a full-service, on-site pharmacy at their Knox location. The pharmacy, operated by Genoa Healthcare, will allow clients and patients greater ease-of-access to their prescription medicine needs without having to...

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Franciscan Health Crown Point advances lung cancer program with Ion robotic bronchoscopy

Franciscan Health Crown Point advances lung cancer program with Ion robotic bronchoscopy Patients in Crown Point will have the potential for earlier lung cancer diagnosis, thanks to the new Ion robotic bronchoscopy platform recently installed at Franciscan Health Crown Point. According to the American Cancer Society, more patients die...

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