Mid-level Practitioners are Redefining Roles in Health Care

Mid-level Practitioners are Redefining Roles in Health Care

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Schererville Plan Commission endorses multiple projects

SCHERERVILLE | A petroleum storage facility is expected to expand and a new medical facility looks to open in Schererville.

Merrillville company provides Olympic technology

Merrillville-based I-Denti-Fied Inc.'s patent-pending health care identifier system  produces an identity card to link to an individual’s medical history.

Merrillville company provides Olympic technology

Dr. Kevin Brunski, I-Denti-fied founder and chief medical officer, has developed a health care identifier system, which produces an identity card to link to an individual’s medical history. It will be used by U.S. athletes of the diving, synchronized swimming and tumbling gymnastics teams.

'Miracle' baby to turn 1 in July

In the shade of a tree outside his Northwest Indiana home, 10-month-old Gage Webber sits in the grass, grabbing handfuls of dirt, sticks and helicopter seeds.

Two region families seek help for their mentally ill, disabled children

Crown Point resident Jill Boykin has had a difficult time paying for her son's mental health treatments after Medicaid has denied her claims.

Two region families seek help for their mentally ill, disabled children

Crown Point resident Jill Boykin and her fiancee, Corey Garner, have had a difficult time paying for Boykin's son's medical treatments after Medicaid has denied their claims.

Region parents struggle to get help for children with mental illness, disabilities

Crown Point resident Jill Lewin-Boykin has had a difficult time paying for her son's mental health treatments after Medicaid has denied her claims.

Unexpected sources

Blood pressure cuff and salt

Medical terminology course starts Feb. 23 at M'ville High

MERRILLVILLE | Merrillville Continuing Education is offering a medical terminology course.

William Forgey

Dr. William Forgey

Identifying the gap

Stress overdose for doctors

According to a Mayo Clinic report, more than half of the internal medicine residents questioned, about 52 percent, reported some symptom of burnout.

Holladay Healthcare, Franciscan Alliance recruiting doctors to Dyer

Brian Dolehide, director of medical leasing for Holladay Properties, looks out over a parklike setting in the former Medical South Pavilion at the Franciscan St. Margaret Health Dyer campus.

Holladay Healthcare, Franciscan Alliance recruiting doctors to Dyer

One of the spaces available for lease is shown at the 65,000-square-foot Medical South Office Pavilion at Franciscan St. Margaret Health's Dyer campus

Holladay Healthcare, Franciscan Alliance recruiting doctors to Dyer

Holladay Healthcare, the largest private health care property manager in the nation, will close on its purchase of the four-story, 65,000-square-foot Medical South Office Pavilion at Franciscan St. Margaret Health's Dyer campus in September and is recruiting physicians and health providers.

A unique experience

Students and professors take part in the international human cadaver prosection program at the Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest. School officials hope to create another unique experience with a curriculum that focuses on urban health care disparities.

Keeping record

Electronic medical records are a hot topic in the health care industry. The online systems help monitor patients medication and care by multiple users rather than relying on one physical chart being passed from health care provider to provider. "Everything you need at the tip of your fingers…

Health care providers need to communicate with each other

I guess I was living in a make-believe world, thinking that doctors had your best interest at hand.