FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA21) - Some services currently offered at St. Joseph Hospital are moving to other facilities in the Lutheran Health Network as part of the eventual transition from the old hospital to a new one downtown.
LHN officials on Tuesday announced that several programs will be affected.
· The Burn Center will transition to Lutheran Hospital next month. The consolidation of the trauma and burn programs into a tertiary care location aligns with national best practices and will provide burn patients and their families with easy access to additional specialized support, should it be needed.
· Cardiac catheterization services will transition to Lutheran Hospital’s Heart and Valve Center as well as to Dupont Hospital and Kosciusko Community Hospital when cardiac cath services open later this year.
· Transitional care services, which are widely available across Fort Wayne, will end in the coming months. The closure will occur after all current patients have been discharged. We are confident that other providers are able to meet the community’s current and future needs. Lutheran Health Network will continue to offer transitional care services at Bluffton Regional Medical Center and Dukes Memorial Hospital.
· Similar to transitional care, geropsych services will end after all current patients have been discharged. Changes to the approach to caring for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease has resulted in the development of memory units in an increasing number of long-term care and assisted living facilities.
“The St. Joseph Board is supportive of LHN’s vision for the future of healthcare in downtown Fort Wayne," Board of Trustees Chairman Jerry Henry said. "This is a logical approach for the network to take.
“In the near term, St. Joseph will continue providing services most relevant to the downtown area now and will offer a broad range of services in the new hospital to meet the needs of the growing downtown community.”
In a statement, the company said "the majority" of employees involved in the affected programs will relocate to other LHN facilities and stay with the network.
Construction is well underway on the building that will replace the historic "St. Joe's" downtown. It will be a smaller, but modern facility that LHN says will be better equipped to serve local needs and to thrive in a highly competitive health care environment.
The new hospital is being built across the street from the aging one.
“With these adjustments, we are centralizing services in locations across our network in a way that maximizes our ability to serve the community as a cohesive, comprehensive network and improve patient experience and quality of care,” said Mark Medley, Lutheran Health Network's CEO. “We are also affirming our long-standing commitment to caring for patients in the downtown area – now and in the future.”
A 24-hour emergency room will remain in operation at St. Joe, officials said.
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