Healing & Treatment Tips

Last year, Eskenazi Health announced a unique partnership between the Indiana Institute for Personalized Medicine, Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute to test the ability of pharmacogenomic testing to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care.

Join the Eskenazi Health Foundation as they host the sixth annual Eskenazi Health Stride on Saturday, May 14. Presented by American Senior Communities, this year’s Eskenazi Health Stride will feature both a 5K and 5-mile course that will begin and end at the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Eskenazi Health campus in downtown Indianapolis.

On Thursday, April 14, The Whipstitch Sallies will perform in the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Concourse at Eskenazi Health, located at 720 Eskenazi Ave., at noon. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Eskenazi Health Parking Garage.

Eskenazi Health was featured in Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2016 list of “150 Great Places to Work in Health Care.”

St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild and the Indiana Blood Center announced that Fran Sercer, RN, MSN, associate director of the Eskenazi Health Minimally Invasive Procedures Suite (MIPS), is the recipient of the 2016 Achievement in Medicine (AIM) Award.

In response to a significant rise in flu activity, Marion County Public Health Department director Dr. Virginia A. Caine has requested temporary visitor restrictions at hospitals in Marion County beginning Friday, March 11.

Eskenazi Health now offers an innovative surgery aimed at relieving the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy. The symptoms of peripheral neuropathy include numbness, pain and weakness in the hands and/or feet.

Home oxygen treatment is a regular treatment for many people with various cardiopulmonary conditions. Despite warnings against smoking while using home oxygen, many people sustain severe burn injuries that result in long visits in the hospital.

Do you have prescription or over-the-counter medications that are expired or that you just don’t need anymore? Pharmacies at 10 Eskenazi Health sites can now accept unwanted prescription drugs through a partnership with the Yellow Jug Old Drugs Program and the Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force.