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In its annual report to the community, Northwest Health - Porter detailed the scope of its clinical operations and economic impact across Porter County and Northwest Indiana, reporting more than 438,000 patient encounters in 2025. Beyond care deliv...
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Northwest Health – Porter has successfully completed its first combined minimally invasive procedure to treat patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib), addressing both abnormal heart rhythm and st...
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Northwest Health – Porter will mark American Heart Month by offering a series of lunch-n-learn seminars, providing convenient, midday opportunities for the community to learn more about important heart health ...
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Northwest Health – Porter has announced the appointment of Dan Doherty, FACHE, as its new chief executive officer, effective October 27, 2025. Doherty will oversee daily operations and lead the hospital’s focu...
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Northwest Health welcomes board-certified general surgeon Reuben Rutland, M.D., MBA, FACS, to Northwest Medical Group. Dr. Rutland has experience in general surgery and trauma surgery. He joined the Northwest ...
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Northwest Health – Porter has announced its selections for Employee of the Year, Clinical Leader of the Year and Non-Clinical Manager of the Year. The winners are as follows: Employee of the Year: Kimberly Sul...
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For years, minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery has been offered at Northwest Health - Porter and today we’ve taken another step forward to provide our patients with access to the latest technology. This new technology helps surgeons minimize trauma to surrounding tissues and ...
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Fuel to Heal: The Food & Fitness Formula is a free seminar open to the community. It will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m., in the Community Room at Northwest Health – Porter, 85 East US Highway 6, in Valparaiso. We’ve been told that nutritious food and exercise are important for good health, but new studies show they have even more power than was thought....
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On October 1, cardiac electrophysiologists at Northwest Health – Porter performed its first pulsed field ablation, an innovative new cardiac ablation therapy to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults. When a pers...
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Northwest Health – Porter announced today that it has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality® orthopedic facility for total joint replacement surgery. The hospital earned the Institute of Quality status...
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Northwest Health – Porter provides necessary care, resources to patients with heart attack symptoms The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has selected Northwest Health – Porter, as an accredited Chest Pain ...
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Northwest Health employees who show exceptional caregiving skills are awarded the DAISY award for exceptional nursing or the PETALS award for exceptional non-nursing skills and support. Award recipients are se...
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...ave any sign or symptoms of lung cancer. To learn if you are a candidate and schedule screening call 219-325-6396 for Northwest Health – La Porte or Northwest Health – Starke and call 219-983-8399 at Northwest Health Porter.
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James Leonard, D.O., FACEP, the chief executive officer for Northwest Health – Porter has appointed Gena DeMuth, MS, BSN, RN, CEN, as the hospital’s chief nursing officer (CNO). With an extensive background in nursing leadership and a passion for patient care, DeMuth b...
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Northwest Health – Porter now offers an affordable heart scan. The heart scan is a noninvasive, painless cardiac calcium scoring scan that measures the extent of plaque buildup in the coronary arteries. The 30...
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The board of directors of Northwest Health – Porter has named James Leonard, D.O., FACEP, as the organization’s new chief executive officer (CEO). Dr. Leonard is the first physician to be named CEO of the organization. He has served as...
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Northwest Health – Porter recently honored two caregivers: Makenzie Marx, RN, was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Amber Jordan, a patient care technician, was the recipient of the ...
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Jackie Martinez was having a normal pregnancy until her water broke at 26 weeks. “I went to the Northwest Health – Porter ER, where I was admitted and placed on complete bed rest in hopes of delaying delivery,” said Jackie. A little more than two weeks later, Jackie’s son, Gabriel, was born prematurely a...
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Northwest Health – Porter is proud to have earned an international quality award for its cardiac imaging heart flow program. This award signifies that Northwest Health was in the top 15% of medical centers pro...
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Northwest Health – Porter has been re-certified as a Level III Obstetrical Service and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) by the Indiana State Department of Health. These certifications recognize ...
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Northwest Health – Porter honored two caregivers in August: Jennifer Carpenter, MSN, RN, PCCN, was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Wil Ortiz, a security officer, was the recipient ...
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Northwest Health – Porter honored two caregivers in May. Sierra Sweeney, BSN, RN, was the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Paul Brandfass, a nursing assistant, was the recipient of the ...
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Northwest Health – Porter recently honored Danielle Doud, BSN, RN, with the Daisy Award for exceptional nursing. Doud, an emergency department nurse, was nominated by a patient who brought her son to the North...
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Northwest Health – Porter announced that Ana Ruby, R.N., has been selected to receive its Nursing Excellence Award for 2023. This peer-nominated award, given in recognition of the critical role nurses play in ...
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In March, Northwest Health – Porter celebrated National Doctors’ Day by making a $5,000 donation to the Valparaiso Parks Foundation in honor of its medical staff. “We really wanted to find a special way to honor our phy...
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