La Porte, Porter and Starke Hospitals now part of Northwest Health, New Northwest Indiana Healthcare System

9/29/2020

Today La Porte Hospital, Porter Regional Hospital and Starke Hospital announced a change to the name Northwest Health. With this change the three hospitals and their affiliates are part of a new healthcare system that will help residents look forward to more doctors, more locations and easier access to healthcare in Northwest Indiana.

The new Northwest Health combines the resources of the Porter, La Porte and Starke hospitals in a comprehensive system of in-person and telehealth services in more than 30 primary and specialty locations across the area.

Today the system includes 30 physician office locations, five emergency departments, six urgent cares, three outpatient surgery centers, occupational medicine centers, an ambulance service, an inpatient rehabilitation unit, and more. The system now has more than 3,000 employees who work together with the 700 physicians on the hospitals’ medical staffs.

“For the past nearly five years, our organizations have worked together to leverage our expertise and resources. By formally combining into a regional healthcare system, we will be able to use our size and shared resources to add more physicians, expand services, and further improve access to care for Northwest Indiana residents,” said Sean Dardeau, Market CEO of Northwest Health.

“Northwest Health will make it easier for families can get the quality care they are looking for, and to look forward to living well and staying strong,” said Dardeau.

Northwest Health includes:

• Northwest Health – Porter, formerly known as Porter Regional Hospital
• Northwest Health – Starke, formerly known as Starke Hospital
• Northwest Health - La Porte, known as La Porte Hospital until the new replacement hospital opens on October 24
• Northwest Medical Group, combining La Porte Physician Network and Porter Physician Group
• Northwest Health Urgent Care, formerly known as either CareEXPRESS Urgent Care or La Porte Physician Network Urgent Care

All programs and services of these hospitals are also part of the Northwest Health family. In 2019, the combined entities cared for more than 17,000 inpatients, 85,000 emergency patients and 430,000 outpatient visits, and almost 400,000 patients visited physician offices in person or via telehealth.

The next biggest step for the Northwest Health system is the October 24 opening of the replacement hospital in La Porte.

The ownership and leadership at the hospitals are not changing.

More information about Northwest Health is available at NWhealthIN.com and NWmedicalgroup.com.

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