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Primary care, sports medicine physician joins Franciscan Physician Network in Michigan City

Primary care, sports medicine physician joins Franciscan Physician Network in Michigan City Primary Care and Sports Medicine Physician Thomas Schmittdiel, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Michigan City and La Porte. Dr. Schmittdiel attended medical school at the University of Missouri...

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Franciscan awards nearly $450,000 in community health improvement grants

Franciscan awards nearly $450,000 in community health improvement grants Program aims to help nonprofit health and human service agencies A total of 55 non-profit organizations across Indiana and Chicago’s south suburbs will receive a boost through $448,000 in funding from Franciscan Health’s Social Impact Partnership...

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Franciscan Health Crown Point emergency department accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians

Franciscan Health Crown Point emergency department accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians Hospital is first in Indiana to receive Gold Level accreditation Franciscan Health Crown Point’s emergency department is the first in Indiana and only one of 13 in the nation to receive the American College of Emergency Physician’s Pain and...

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Internal Medicine Physician Joins Northwest Health in Chesterton

Internal Medicine Physician Joins Northwest Health in Chesterton Northwest Health is welcoming internal medicine physicians, Artemii Lazarev, M.D. to Northwest Medical Group. Dr. Lazarev is accepting new patients at the Medical Offices at Northwest Health – Chesterton, 650 Dickinson Road, Chesterton, Indiana....

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Community Hospital celebrates 1,000th TAVR, recognized for Excellence with ACC Transcatheter Valve Certification

Community Hospital celebrates 1,000th TAVR, recognized for Excellence with ACC Transcatheter Valve Certification Building on its reputation as a leader in cardiovascular care, the Structural Heart and Valve team at Community Hospital on Wednesday performed its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Known as TAVR, the procedure is a minimally...

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Franciscan Health, Diocese of Gary partner for Respect Life celebration

Franciscan Health, Diocese of Gary partner for Respect Life celebration Hundreds of students from Catholic schools across Northwest Indiana and Chicago’s South Suburbs gathered at Franciscan Health Dyer Wednesday morning for the annual Respect Life Celebration. The annual event, co-hosted by Franciscan Health and the...

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Northwest Medical Group Introduces Kristi McCormick, FNP-C to New Carlisle location

Northwest Medical Group Introduces Kristi McCormick, FNP-C to New Carlisle location Northwest Health is welcoming family medicine nurse practitioner, Kristi McCormick, FNP-C to Northwest Medical Group. She is accepting new patients at the at Northwest Medical Group – Primary Care, 8988 E. US Highway 20, in New Carlisle,...

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Franciscan Health Michigan City presenting faith-based diabetes initiative at local churches

Franciscan Health Michigan City presenting faith-based diabetes initiative at local churches Franciscan Health Michigan City is presenting the latest installment in its free, faith-based church diabetes initiative, Fan Out Diabetes. Franciscan Health Michigan City’s Fan Out Diabetes program is a faith-based diabetes initiative that pairs...

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Patients at Northwest Health – Porter to receive new treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

Patients at Northwest Health – Porter to receive new treatment for Atrial Fibrillation On October 1, cardiac electrophysiologists at Northwest Health – Porter will begin using an innovative new cardiac ablation therapy to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults.  When a person has AFib,...

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