Northwest Health – Porter Offers $50 Heart Scan: Calcium Scoring Screening

Northwest Health – Porter Offers $50 Heart Scan: Calcium Scoring Screening Northwest Health – Porter now offers a $50 heart scan. The heart scan is a noninvasive, painless cardiac calcium scoring scan that measures the extent of plaque buildup in the coronary arteries. The 30-minute procedure can help predict coronary...

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The Northwest Health – La Porte Auxiliary Awards 13 Continuing Education Grants

The Northwest Health – La Porte Auxiliary Awards 13 Continuing Education Grants The Auxiliary at Northwest Health – La Porte recently awarded $12,000 in continuing education grants to assist 13 hospital employees in furthering their education. The mission of the hospital’s Auxiliary is to support Northwest Health – La...

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Northwest Health & the MAAC Team Up to Offer Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) Training Course

Northwest Health & the MAAC Team Up to Offer Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) Training Course  Individuals interested in a career as an emergency medical technician (EMT) need look no further for a local training opportunity. Northwest Health is offering the Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) course at the MAAC training campus...

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Northwest Health Opens Registration for National Diabetes Prevention Program

Northwest Health Opens Registration for National Diabetes Prevention Program Northwest Health announced it is opening registration for its Diabetes Prevention Program. The program was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has partnered with organizations like Northwest Health with the goal...

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Your Back-to-School Good ZZZ’s Guide from Northwest Medical Group

Your Back-to-School Good ZZZ’s Guide from Northwest Medical Group The new school year is here, which means the lazy, relaxed days of summer are now replaced with hectic school mornings, homework and after school activities. Most likely, your kids have been staying up late and sleeping in during the summer break, so...

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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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Northwest Medical Group Welcomes New Primary Care Physicians

Northwest Medical Group Welcomes New Primary Care Physicians Northwest Health will be welcoming two new family medicine physicians, Andrew House, M.D., and Monica Medrano, M.D., MBA, to Northwest Medical Group this September. Dr. House completed a family medicine residency at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital...

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