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About Methodist Hospital

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Methodist Hospital maintains its position as a national and regional health care leader through its commitment to excellence, accessibility and prominence. Methodist was recognized in 2007 as the top ranked hospital in the country for quality and safety by University Health Consortium and has been ranked among the top 50 national programs in U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide for 10 consecutive years. Methodist has also been designated as a Magnet Hospital, recognizing excellence in nursing services and high-quality clinical outcomes for patients.

USNews Best HospitalsMethodist leads the way in community outreach initiatives, including the statewide Indiana Poison Center, Indiana Mothers' Milk Bank, ThinkFirst Shaken Baby Program, tobacco cessation and other community health and wellness programs and provided $42 million in benevolent care in 2006.

It is home to the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, one of the few clinically-based medical ethics centers in the country, and home to the Methodist Research Institute which conducts outcomes-based research to understand how medical practices, health policies and health care spending affect the quality of patient outcomes.

Methodist Hospital physicians use cutting-edge technology, such as Mobetron intraoperative radiation therapy, MRI and Intraoperative MRI, Alaris Infusion Pumps, da Vinci surgical robot, RetCam and handheld blood-testing devices.

Other notable facts include:

  • Nationally ranked organ transplant center based on total transplant volume (bone marrow, heart, intestine, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas); one of only a few centers nationally to have each of these programs certified by Medicare.
  • Largest neuroscience critical care unit in the country.
  • One of the largest critical care departments in the country.
  • Award-winning comprehensive cardiac critical care unit.
  • First, largest and most comprehensive intensive care patient electronic monitoring system (e-ICU) in Central Indiana.
  • Nationally ranked orthopedic services.
  • Statewide leader in staff physician specialties, with specialists onsite 24 hours a day.
  • Nationally ranked urology program and home to the International Kidney Stone Institute.
  • Over 1,500 geriatric patient visits per year for medical treatment, education, counseling and research.

 

Learn more about the medical services Methodist Hospital provides >>

Content Modified on: 12/23/2009 14:17:33

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