Expansion project gains ground with
relocation, opening of new services
INDIANAPOLIS – Franciscan St. Francis Health has
received the 2015 Women’s
Choice Award® as
an America’s
Best Hospitals for Obstetrics.
The list of more
than 350 Women’s Choice Award winners represents hospitals where women can feel
confident in choosing for their maternity needs.
This recognition
comes in the wake of the recent opening of a new neonatal intensive care unit
and pediatrics wing, which are part of an ongoing $37 million construction
project at the Indianapolis hospital’s Women & Children’s Center. The new unit is the only Level III NICU in south-central
Indiana.
Other recent project milestones include
moving massage and acupuncture services and the
Maternal Fetal Medicine clinic into the new Women & Children’s
Center. Women’s rehabilitation and pelvic health services will be open to the
public at the end of January.
“This evidence-based designation is the only
award that identifies the country’s best health care institutions based on
criteria that consider female patient satisfaction, clinical excellence, and
what women say they want from hospital,” said Lori Warner, director of Women
& Children’s Services at Franciscan St. Francis. “We’re
pleased our hospital and robust women’s health services have been selected for
this honor.”
“New moms have many choices when it comes to
obstetrics. Now they can make informed decisions based on the recommendations
of other moms who have experienced that hospital first hand,” says Delia Passi,
CEO and founder of the Women’s Choice Award, and former publisher of Working Woman and Working Mother magazines. “Most importantly, when a woman sees the
Women’s Choice Award at her local hospital, she’ll know the hospital values her
experience as a critical component of care for her and her loved ones.”
The America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics
scoring process is unique in that it is the only national list that focuses on
female patient satisfaction. Only the hospitals who qualify for this highly
selective designation provide the highest level of obstetric services based on
their exceptional scores for patient recommendation, as provided by data
reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
