Saint Margaret Mercy

FOUNDING DATE: 1898

North Campus:
5454 Hohman Ave.
Hammond, IN 46320
(219) 932-2300 or (708) 891-9305
www.smmhc.com

South Campus:
24 Joliet St.
Dyer, IN 46311
(219) 865-2141 or (708) 895-1650
www.smmhc.com

Leading the Way

After more than 100 years of unprecedented medical care, Saint Margaret Mercy holds the distinction of being an award-winning hospital. Saint Margaret Mercy is the largest acute-care hospital in Northwest Indiana with two campuses, located in Hammond and Dyer, IN. And, we're growing to meet your needs with more than 20 off-site facilities, including a 9,000-member health club in Schererville, IN.

• Saint Margaret Mercy offers a comprehensive cardiovascular services program to address patients' needs - ranging from advanced diagnostic procedures to open-heart surgery - coupled with a commitment to producing positive outcomes and providing unparalleled patient care.
• Named "Best Healthcare Provider" in 2003, 2004 and 2005 by readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly
• One of few facilities in Northwest Indiana with a Sleep Disorders Center accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Participant in national clinical trials to offer patients the most innovative treatments and technologies available to conquer cancer
• First hospital in the Midwest to offer Neurosensory Testing for diabetic neuropathy
• Only hospital in Northwest Indiana to receive accreditation from the American College of Radiology for high practice standards in our Oncology Center
• One of 3 percent of hospitals in the nation to receive the highest approval granted by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, with no recommendations, for our Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
• Recipient of a 2004 Indiana Achievement Award for innovation by a large organization for our Volunteer Advocates for Seniors Program

• Founder and operator of the Catherine McAuley Clinic™ for underserved and uninsured residents of the Calumet Region
• Founder and operator of the St. Monica Home for pregnant adolescents
• Founder and operator of the Perinatal Center, a regional referral center for at-risk mothers and their newborns
• Founder and sponsor of the Volunteer Advocates for Seniors Program for decisionally incapable elderly patients
• 2004 Social Accountability
• Uncompensated care: $10.2 million
• Unpaid costs of government programs:  $36.3 million
• Other community support/services:  $3.3 million

• Saint Margaret Mercy Medical Associates, an ambulatory care network of 17 clinics
• Behavioral Health Outpatient Centers in Dyer, Hammond and Munster, IN
• Home Care offices in Dyer and Hammond, IN and Lansing, IL
• Omni 41 Health & Fitness Connection, including Adult and Pediatric Rehabilitation Services, Schererville, IN
• Saint Margaret Mercy Dialysis Centers, Hammond and East Chicago, IN
• Co-sponsor of the Duneland Health & Wellness Institute, a medically based fitness facility in Chesterton, IN

• Saint Margaret Mercy - in a joint venture with its sister hospitals in the Northern Indiana Region - introduced the latest in PET technology. The Siemens Accel Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system is one of only three of its kind in the United States. PET is a medical imaging procedure that provides physicians with information about the body's chemistry, cell function and location of disease - information that enhances CT, MRI, X-ray or physical examination. PET technology is used as a diagnostic tool for cancer and neurological disorders.
• Saint Margaret Mercy offers linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery, a noninvasive technique that delivers a single, precise dose of radiation to a targeted brain tumor, while limiting the dose to surrounding healthy brain tissue to clinically insignificant levels.
• Saint Margaret Mercy's North Campus is home to the first dual-chamber hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the Calumet area. The state-of-the-art MSI i2010 Hyperbaric System administers oxygen to a patient at greater than normal pressure to treat specific medical indications. It has proven effective in treating problem wounds, chronic bone infection, radiation injury, and compromised skin grafts.