Porter Health Care System to present Healthy Hustle 5K Run/Walk

VALPARAISO | Porter Health Care System will present the Healthy Hustle 5K Run/Walk at 8 am, Saturday, June 1 at Sunset Hill Farm County Park, 775 Meridian Road in Valparaiso. Proceeds from the event will benefit both the Lakeshore Paws.

Urgent care serves in-between cases

From strip malls to pharmacies to freestanding buildings, medical care increasingly is being found outside traditional hospital and doctors' office settings.

Porter Health Care System earns United Way award

VALPARAISO | Porter Health Care System was named Company of the Year by United Way of Porter County at the 2013 United Way Volunteer of the Year Awards State Banquet on March 7 in Carmel.

Health Briefs: Coalition to host black history, health celebration

GARY | The Lake County Minority Health Coalition, in partnership with The Indiana Minority Health Coalition, will host its annual Black History and Health Celebration on March 28.

Valpo Chamber named best chamber in Indiana

VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce won the 2013 Chamber of Commerce of the Year award at the annual Indiana Chamber Executives Association luncheon.

Porter Health Care System names Managers of the Year

VALPARAISO | Porter Health Care System recently named Cathy Pera, Director of IMCU and the Progressive Care Unit, as Porter's Clinical Manager-of-the-Year, and Tracey Knapp, Director of Porter Physician Group, as Porter's Non-Clinical Manager-of-the-Year.

Porter Health Care System Names Associate of the Year

VALPARAISO | Porter Health Care System recently named EMS Office Manager Darcy Jackson as its 2013 Associate of the Year.

Countdown continues to opening of new Porter Regional Hospital

VALPARAISO | Seconds, minutes, hours and days continue to fall off the countdown clock on the Porter Health Care System website in anticipation of the grand opening of the new Porter Regional Hospital.