Medicine

Forged by a connection many years coming, Friday marked the blessing and ceremonial ribbon cutting of Franciscan Beacon Hospital. The new 92,500 square-foot facility will open its doors in La Porte, Indiana in the coming weeks.  Construction on...

Patients who have delayed surgery or other non-emergency procedures can now work with their physician to secure care as La Porte and Starke Hospitals have successfully resumed some outpatient elective services. The hospitals are following Indiana...

Valparaiso, IN – One hundred reasons to celebrate! This month, Porter Regional Hospital's multidisciplinary TAVR team celebrated treating its 100th patient with this innovative, minimally invasive procedure. Using TAVR, or transcatheter aortic...

Over the last couple of months, many people have had to put off routine health exams or procedures so hospitals and outpatient centers could focus on providing care during the pandemic. Methodist Hospitals has successfully secured and adapted the...

La Porte Hospital can now process tests on-site for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Until now the hospital has been using test kits to collect a specimen from patients suspected of having COVID-19 and sending the...

Marram Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), has identified new opportunities to help the community live healthier, happier lives and access the healthcare they need, regardless of their ability to pay. The results are a recent...

The term PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) most often refers to the gowns, gloves and masks that health providers don to protect them from exposure to infectious diseases, but Dr. Mohammad Zaman, Medical Director of Methodist Hospitals Emergency...

Patients with large, complex, and non-healing wounds are benefitting from a relatively new procedure called SkinTE that is changing the way some wound care is delivered, speeding up healing, saving limbs, and making care more cost-effective for...

Hospitals are known for using things like X-ray technology to see the body’s skeleton. On Tuesday, the GreatNews.Life team turned the tables and saw the new La Porte Hospital’s skeleton as construction crews continue to make significant progress...

As a chilly snow fell outside, physicians, staff members, and guests shared warmth and excitement inside the new Franciscan Physician Network Crown Point Pediatric Health Center location on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Franciscan Health Crown Point President...