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St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers - Indianapolis Campus

 

FOUNDING DATE: 1978

 Indianapolis Campus

8111 South Emerson Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46237
Telephone: (317) 865-5000
www.stfrancishospitals.org

St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers serves south-central Indiana at three campuses - Beech Grove, Indianapolis and Mooresville – and offers a full range of services to meet the needs of south-central Indiana.

The Indianapolis Campus is currently in the progress of construction of a six-story patient bed tower.

MAJOR SERVICE LINES
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The St. Francis Heart Center is internationally acclaimed for its groundbreaking Emergency Heart Attack Response Team, a protocol that is saving lives and improving the quality of life for cardiac patients. The center is further recognized for its heart catheterizations, innovative surgical procedures, heart imaging scans and groundbreaking research and participation in clinical trials.
  • The St. Francis Weight Loss Center is an American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The center offers medical and surgical treatments for obesity, including physician-supervised weight loss, LAP-BAND and Realize adjustable gastric bands, gastric bypass surgery, gastric sleeve surgery, weight management programs and StomaphyX procedures for previous gastric bypass patients.
  • St. Francis is designated a Premier “Spirit of Women” Hospital, and the maternity program at Indianapolis has been recognized with the “Special Delivery Award” by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • The Cancer Care Services program at St. Francis is robust and delivers to patients the latest treatments and technologies such as the highly regarded TomoTherapy. The program also has three nurse navigators specially trained to help guide patients from diagnosis throughout the treatment process.
  • The St. Francis Sleep Disorders Center is fully accredited and serves patients suffering from sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia and other less-common sleep disorders.
  • The Franciscan Center for Integrative Health uses both conventional treatments and “complementary” or “alternative” therapies to provide care for patients. Health and healing are based upon addressing the patients’ physical, mental, spiritual and emotional needs.
  • The St. Francis Diabetes & Endocrinology Center treats adult patients with diabetes or endocrine disorders. The center offers an extensive list of diabetes education programs, recognized by the American Diabetes Association.
  • The Franciscan Spine Center makes use of the latest technologies such as injection therapy and radiofrequency treatments to locate diagnose and treat the causes and symptoms of spinal pain. Physical therapy and behavior modification also are incorporated as effective components in patient care at the center.
  • Diagnostic imaging includes CT, MRI (open and closed), heart diagnostics and the newest HeartCheck Plug scanning technologies.
CHARITY CARE/
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
  • The St. Francis Neighborhood Health Center, located in the Garfield Park neighborhood near St. Francis Hospital-Beech Grove, was established in a medically underserved, medical professional shortage area, in 1997. NHC’s primary focus is to help patients identify a “medical home,” and improve primary health-care access for them through community financial assistance programs.  No patient is turned away because he or she cannot pay for care.
  • St. Francis has a long-standing Parish Nurse program with 28 Parish Nurses. The Parish Nurse program operates in the five counties of Morgan, Marion, Johnson, Putman and Decatur.
  • As a way to serve older adults in south-central Indiana, St. Francis started its Senior Promise program in 1987, serving more than 9,000 members at the Indianapolis. Mooresville and Beech Grove campuses.
  • St. Francis has sponsored numerous community health activities including the Mini Marathon, Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, St. Francis Soccer Alliance and the “Docs versus Jocks versus Drugs” annual basketball game.
  • St. Francis offers a variety of health and wellness programs to the Indiana and south-central Indiana communities. Health fairs are conducted annually at events with high traffic volume such as Indiana Black Expo.
  • Center of Hope offers hope for sexual assault victims, who receive medical and legal assistance in a private, quiet and compassionate environment. The program allows the sexual assault victim and his or her support persons to focus one-on-one.
  • St. Francis supports anti-smoking legislation and offers tobacco cessation classes on an ongoing basis.
HOSPITAL-OWNED
MEDICAL PRACTICES
AND PROGRAMS
  • St. Francis Health Network coordinates the medical care of more than 40,000 patients with 400 physicians and ancillary providers.
  • St. Francis Medical Group is an association of more than 75 physicians representing a variety of specialties and who have partnered with St. Francis Hospital to provide care to patients in Indianapolis and south-central Indiana.
  • St. Francis Sports Medicine Clinic programs prevention and treatment of acute and chronic sports-related injuries.
  • St. Francis Occupational Health Center provides OSHA physicals, drug screenings, flu vaccinations and much more to local employers.
  • The Inn at St. Francis at the Indianapolis campus is a full-service hotel, offering reasonable rates and excellent accommodations to families of patients, visitors and the public.
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