News and Events

Free Cervical Cancer Screening

Thursday, January 29 6 p.m. at The Cancer Center at BMH.

Are you a woman who is:

• Uninsured or under insured
• Between 18 & 70 years of age
• With no pap test in the past year
• Who hasn't had a total hysterectomy

To schedule please call BMH Access Services at 765.741.1073 or 800.237.9625 to schedule your FREE Cervical Cancer Screening today

Appointments are necessary, no walk-ins accepted.

November 20, 2008 - Cardinal Health System, Clarian Health Partners to merge "The right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons"

Cardinal Health System (CHS) and Clarian Health (Clarian) today announced they have signed an Integration Agreement - whereby the two organizations will effectively merge on January 1, 2009.

The Integration Agreement was signed Wednesday, November 19th, after the unanimous approval of both the CHS and Clarian Boards of Directors.  Directors of Ball Memorial Hospital, Cardinal Health Ventures and The BMH Foundation also approved the integration of CHS into Clarian Health.

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Clarian Health Web Site

Community diabetes education sessions opening soon

Ball Memorial Hospital will be offering diabetes educational classes to assist those with diabetes and their family members to learn more about self-care of diabetes and to promote better management of their disease. Participants will learn more about diabetes through a variety of instructional methods including: demonstration, discussion, DVDs, and other literature.

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Ball Memorial Hospital Best in State for Cardiac Surgery

Ball Memorial Hospital ranks No. 1 in Indiana for cardiac surgery based on clinical outcomes according to a recently released study.

The Tenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study recognized Ball Memorial Hospital as a Recipient of the HealthGrades Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™and ranked BMH as Best (#1) in Indiana and in the top five percent in the nation for Cardiac Surgery.  HealthGrades also awarded BMH its five-star rating for cardiac surgery and for coronary bypass surgery.

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