Community Health Network hosts town hall on health care reform

December 31, 2008—Community Health Network, one of the state’s leading health care systems, hosted a community town hall meeting on health care reform on Tuesday, December 30, at Community Hospital East in Indianapolis. Live streaming and chat of the event were available at eCommunity.com. The event answered the call by the incoming presidential administration for community health care discussions, from which ideas can ultimately be turned into final health care policy recommendations for the country. Video of the meeting >> | Press release >>

Community Health Network expands and enhances cardiovascular services by uniting programs

December 9, 2008—Community Health Network, The Indiana Heart Hospital and cardiovascular physician practices are uniting services, creating a new structure to deliver an integrated model for heart and vascular care in central Indiana. Beginning January 1st, these integrated services will be called Community Heart and Vascular to reflect the comprehensive cardiovascular services offered, including hospital, ambulatory and physician sites of care.

"We strongly believe that integrating hospital and physician care more closely will benefit patients," said Tom Malasto, current CEO of The Indiana Heart Hospital and CEO of Community Heart and Vascular. "These new integrated relationships set the highest standards for heart and vascular care and will allow us to meet a growing demand for cardiovascular services in the area." Full story >>