Blackford Community Hospital

Blackford Community Hospital is a 15-bed center designated by Medicare as a Critical Access Hospital. After 79 years operating as Blackford County Hospital, the facility became Blackford Community Hospital on June 30, 2002, and an affiliate of Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc. The Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

A new hospital and adjacent medical office building were opened Jan. 19, 2005. Its affiliation with Ball Memorial Hospital ensures residents of Blackford County and surrounding communities will have access to high quality healthcare services provided close to home for years to come. Blackford Community Hospital continues to provide cutting-edge healthcare with a small-town touch.


BCH News

Blackford Community Hospital continues to enhance medical technology

Blackford Community Hospital has made technology a focus over the last year with significant upgrades in the areas of Radiology, Cardiology and Surgery.

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Blackford Community Hospital now utilizing high-definition monitor equipment

BCH is now using the latest high-definition endoscope technology to help diagnose problems in the gastrointestinal tract, which can include Colorectal Cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S.

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Blackford Community Hospital Celebrates National Hospital Week Promotes Message of Healing

BCH will celebrate National Hospital Week with a series of employee activities May 11-17

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Blackford Community Hospital Celebrates a Special Volunteer, Volunteer Week

A 97-year-old Blackford Community Hospital Auxiliary member was named Volunteer of the Year on Thursday for her service as an information desk attendant.

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Blackford Community Hospital Specialty Clinic welcomes Dr. Tiwari

Blackford Community Hospital is proud to announce the additionof another medical specialty that will be available locally through the BCH Specialty Clinic.  Dr. Ajit Tiwari, Opthalmologist will be included in a rotation through the BCH Specialty Clinic beginning Friday, March 21, 2008.

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Blackford Community Hospital growing as valuable local asset

Blackford Community Hospital has been serving the community from its new facility for more than three years.  One word can summarize the first three years for BCH in its new home.

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JCAHO tabs Blackford Community Hospital with second perfect report in eight months

For the second time in less than a year, surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) left Blackford Community Hospital very impressed following a survey of the facilities.

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Blackford Community Hospital

410 Pilgrim Blvd.

Hartford City, IN 47348

Phone: (765) 348-0300

Fax: (765) 348-0574