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Northwest Health – La Porte provides necessary care, resources to cath lab patients The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has recognized Northwest Health – La Porte for its demonstrated expertise and commit...
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The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Northwest Health – La Porte. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellenc...
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Northwest Health – La Porte has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2023. This is the highest honor awarded by the American Co...
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Simon Ratliff, chief executive officer at Northwest Health- La Porte and Northwest Health – Starke, has appointed Andrea Back, BSN, as its new director of quality and patient experience champion. In her new role, Back will oversee all aspects of quali...
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Northwest Health – La Porte has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the...
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The Maternal and Child Health Division at the Indiana Department of Health has re-certified Northwest Health – La Porte as an Obstetrical Level of Care II and a Neonatal Level of Care II hospital. This achievement underscores the hospital's unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care to expec...
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...l are met.” He is always a phone call away ready to be of serivce to his team and other hospital staff. Patti Solano, B.S., RRT, AE-C, Manager of Respiratory Therapy, Sleep Lab, and Neurodiagnostics, Northwest Health La Porte and Northwest Health – Starke, Clinical Manager of the Year Solano joined the Northwest Health family in 2017 and has been an outstanding leader since day one. She and her team at both hospitals have...
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Northwest Health – La Porte and Northwest Health - Starke have announced their selections for Employees of the Year, honoring individuals who were nominated by their peers for their outstanding performance and...
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Northwest Health – La Porte earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grad...
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Words like dedication, compassion, competence, skill, and excellence – among many others – were used to describe the three individuals recognized as employees of the year at Northwest Health – La Porte this year. “It’s rewarding to honor the team members from Northwest Health – La Porte who exemplify all the qualities of exceptional professionals. Healthcare is a strenuous, stress...
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On June 3, Northwest Health – La Porte presented the DAISY award for exceptional nursing to Amy Martinez, R.N. Martinez, a labor and delivery nurse, received five nominations for her experience in helping women through t...
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Northwest Health – La Porte recently honored Lindsey Morlan, respiratory therapist, with the PETALS award for outstanding support professionals. Morlan was nominated by a patient’s daughter whose mother was an...
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Northwest Health – La Porte recently honored Justin Pendilla, R.N., with the Daisy Award for exceptional nursing – most notably for his outstanding communication with his patients and their families and always...
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...teinberg, M.D., to learn more about the risk factors that contribute to colon cancer, why it’s on the rise in younger adults in the U.S., as well as diet and lifestyle changes that help prevent it at Northwest Health’s next HealthyU wellness seminar. The free event entitled Colon Cancer: Preventable, Treatable, Beatable will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Health Fo...
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Northwest Health – La Porte recently honored two caregivers: Rachel Faucher, R.N., was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Ashley Hall, a certified nursing assistant (CNA), was the rec...
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Northwest Health – La Porte recently honored two caregivers. Krista Fischer, R.N., was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Barb Ritter, who works in the environmental services departme...
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Northwest Health – La Porte and Starke recently announced its Team Members of the Quarter, honoring individuals for their outstanding performance and exemplary service. “We began our Team Member of the Quarter...
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Northwest Health – La Porte honored two caregivers in June. Melinda Wolter, BSN, RN, was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Cheryl Clobridge, a certified nursing assistant, was the re...
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Northwest Health – La Porte announced on Tuesday, May 30, that it is now a breast milk donation site and dispensation site for pasteurized, donor, human milk (PDHM), in partnership with The Milk Bank. “As we t...
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Northwest Health – La Porte now offers a screening to detect peripheral artery disease (PAD) and it is available for community members who are most at risk for the disease. PAD is a circulatory problem in whic...
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Northwest Health – La Porte honored two caregivers in March. Noelle Pochop, BSN, RN, was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Krista Watkins, a systems analyst on the clinical informati...
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“We are fighting back against the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and it gives us hope,” said Lyn Batzer, a Rock Steady Boxing program participant at Northwest Health – La Porte. Rock Steady Boxing is a program designed for people with Parkinson’s disease. It’s based on boxing exercises that emphasize agility, endurance, hand-eye coordination and strength. ...
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Northwest Health – La Porte recently welcomed four new members to the hospital’s board of trustees. Jackie Dermody is the chief executive officer for Family Advocates, a non-profit agency advocating in the bes...
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Northwest Health – La Porte honored two caregivers in January. Amber Peterson, BSN, RN, was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Miriam Carpenter, certified nursing assistant, was the r...
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Northwest Health – La Porte has announced its Team Members of the Year, honoring individuals who were nominated by their peers for their outstanding performance and exemplary service. Keith Nichols, chief exec...
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