FRANKLIN, Ind. – An unused property owned by Franciscan St.
Francis Health has been transferred to WindRose Health Network, which will
expand access to care for the poor and medically underserved in south-central
Indiana.
The property, located at 55 Milford Drive on the city’s east
side, previously was used by external physicians, but has since been
unoccupied. Windrose is expected to begin operating at the site in late fall.
“We believe that a health center located on the east side of
Franklin will bring added convenience for hundreds of our existing
patients,” said WindRose CEO Michael K. Kolenda. “It also creates greater
access-to-care for the thousands of uninsured citizens and Medicaid recipients
in the central portion of Johnson County and eastern Shelby County.”
WindRose’s mission
is to improve the health of both its patients
and the communities it serves by providing high-quality, family-oriented,
primary and preventive health care services, with a particular emphasis on
helping the poor, the medically underserved and vulnerable residents.
Franciscan
St. Francis and WindRose have collaborated on several health care projects
in recent years. Most notably, they implemented a prenatal
care program that has created early access to prenatal care for hundreds of
uninsured/underprivileged women in WindRose’s six-county service area.
