Highlights from in the hospital’s recent history:

• Named “Best Healthcare Provider” in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 by readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly. In 2005, we shared the title with Saint Anthony Memorial, our sister hospital in Michigan City


• One of few facilities in Northwest Indiana with a Sleep Disorders Center accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine


• Participant in national clinical trials to offer patients the most innovative treatments and technologies available to conquer cancer


• First hospital in NWI and the first in the Chicagoland area to received accreditation from the American College of Radiology for high practice standards in our Oncology Center. The Oncology Center is also accredited by the American College of Surgeons and has been recognized as a Five-Star Community Investor by the American Cancer Society


• One of 3 percent of hospitals in the nation to receive the highest approval granted by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, with no recommendations, for the our Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation unit


• Recipient of 2004 Indiana Achievement Award for innovation by a large organization for our Volunteer Advocates for Seniors Program


• In 2004 and 2005, Saint Margaret Mercy Home Care received the Home Health Quality Improvement Excellence Award from Health Care Excel, the Indiana Medicare Quality Improvement Organization. The Home Health Quality Improvement Excellence Award recognizes those agencies that exhibit a commitment to superior care, and strive to better serve their customers, their staff, and their communities


• Saint Margaret Mercy’s Laboratory received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists with no citations


• Saint Margaret Mercy received a Five-Star Indiana Business Wellness Certification from the Wellness Council of Indiana for a commitment to workplace wellness and helped lead the City of Hammond to earn the state’s first Indiana Healthy Community Award

After more than 100 years of unprecedented medical care, Saint Margaret Mercy holds fast to its mission: Continuing Christ’s Ministry In Our Franciscan Tradition. Saint Margaret Mercy is the largest acute-care hospital in Northwest Indiana with two campuses, located in Hammond and Dyer, Ind., offering all private inpatient rooms. And, we’re growing to meet your needs with more than 20 off-site facilities, including a 9,000-member health club in Schererville, Ind.

We offer:

• Bariatric Surgery


• Behavioral Health Center


• Cardiovascular Services


• Conventional, Laser and Outpatient Surgery


• Critical Care


• Diabetes Management


• Fitness - Omni 41 Health & Fitness Connection


• Health and Wellness Education


• Home Care Services (Indiana and Illinois)


• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy


• Image Recovery CenterSM


• Imaging/Interventional Radiology


• Inpatient Rehabilitation


• Joint Replacement Center


• Neuro-Spine Surgery


• Newborn Intensive Care


• Obstetrics and Gynecology


• Oncology


• Pain Management Center


• Pediatric Services


• Perinatal Center


• Rehabilitation Services – Adult and Pediatric


• Sleep Disorders Center


• Women’s Services


• Wound Healing & Prevention Institute

For more information about Saint Margaret Mercy or for a physician referral, call:
(219) 933-2100 from Indiana
(708) 891-9111 from Illinois
(800) 931-3322 toll-free

Advances in services and technology:

• Saint Margaret Mercy offers private inpatient rooms at both the Hammond and Dyer campuses


• Saint Margaret Mercy’s Dyer Campus in Dyer, Ind., celebrated the completion of its $45 million expansion project in January 2007. The expansion project represents Saint Margaret Mercy’s commitment to building a healthier future for the communities it serves. The project included the vertical addition of two patient floors and a mechanical level over the stilted pavilion at the front of the hospital. Those floors are topped off with a Federal Aviation Administration-approved heliport for emergency transport. The project also included the construction of an outpatient center offering imaging diagnostics, laboratory services and radiation oncology


• Saint Margaret Mercy is among a select group of U.S. hospitals, and was the first (and second) in Northwest Indiana, equipped with industry-leading 64-slice computed tomography (CT) technology. There is one scanner at our Hammond Campus and two at our Dyer Campus. The 64-slice CT scanner delivers high-speed, high-resolution imaging. Physicians can capture precise images of any area of the body, whether bone or tissue structure or rapidly moving organs like the heart, while minimizing the patient’s radiation exposure


• Saint Margaret Mercy’s Hammond Campus is home to the first two-person hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the Calumet area. The system administers oxygen to patients at greater than normal pressure to treat specific medical indications. It has proven effective in treating problem wounds, chronic bone infections, radiation injury and compromised skin grafts


• Saint Margaret Mercy offers a comprehensive cardiovascular services program to address patients’ needs - ranging from prevention, advanced diagnostic procedures and medical intervention to open-heart surgery - coupled with a commitment to producing positive outcomes and providing unparalleled patient care. Experience, high-tech diagnostic and treatment capabilities, and state-of-the-art facilities characterize our heart program


• The Dyer Campus opened a new cardiac catheterization lab in 2004, doubling its previous size. The Cath Lab suites include the latest imaging equipment, which is fully digital and allows physicians to capture and view the most detailed images of coronary arteries. The system exposes patients to less radiation during procedures than other systems. Physicians use the cath labs to conduct minimally invasive procedures to treat a wide range of clinical problems including coronary and carotid artery disease and other peripheral vascular disorders. The Hammond and Dyer campus cath labs have a telemedicine system that allows real-time transfer of images between campuses as well as remote locations which makes physician consultation during a case possible


• Saint Margaret Mercy’s Oncology Center in Hammond is recognized as one of the top hospitals for cancer treatment in the Midwest, and the center is fully accredited by the American College of Radiology and the American College of Surgeons. In 2007, Saint Margaret Mercy’s Oncology Center expanded to a second location at our Dyer Campus. The Oncology Center offers university-level care, advanced technology, a holistic approach and the services of a renowned staff. Participation in national clinical trials offers patients the most innovative treatments and technologies available to conquer cancer. The Oncology Center offers: 3-D computed tomography simulation system; 3-D conformal radiotherapy; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy; linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumors; CT-guided prostate seed implants; high-dose-rate, remote-after-loading brachytherapy; coronary artery brachytherapy; diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, biologic response modifiers and blood transfusions


• Saint Margaret Mercy’s Comprehensive Bariatric Center offers a multidisciplinary program for weight management in the morbidly obese. The center provides a warm and supportive environment for potential bariatric surgery candidates and for patients who have undergone the surgery


• Physicians at Saint Margaret Mercy continue to lead the way in surgical services offered in Northwest Indiana. We were the first in Northwest Indiana to offer cryoplasty, kyphoplasty and artificial disc replacement. In addition to bringing advanced medical care to the community, Saint Margaret Mercy is driven by its mission as a Catholic healthcare provider


• The Volunteer Advocates for Seniors program is dedicated to serving and safeguarding the healthcare, social service and legal protections needs of incapacitated seniors who are inpatients in the Lake County healthcare system. The program – a collaborative effort between Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers and Lake County Superior Courts – provides trained and supervised volunteers to serve as court appointed Limited Guardians to assist this vulnerable population and the courts in decision-making regarding these critical needs


• The St. Francis Center provides an adolescent resident treatment program for male and female youths, who would be unsuccessful unless in a highly structured environment


• Catherine McAuley Clinic in Hammond opened in 1996 to serve the uninsured working poor in the Calumet area


• The Spiritual Companion to the Sick Program at Saint Margaret Mercy gives trained employees an opportunity to provide love and support to patients who are on their faith journey


• St. Monica Home for pregnant adolescents in Dyer. The home offers a medically sound and emotionally healthy environment for a pregnant teen to reside while waiting for her baby. Residents of St. Monica Home learn to foster positive relationships and parenting skills under the guidance of experienced and encouraging resident advisors. They take part in educational programs, counseling sessions, prenatal services, continue their education and gain work experience


• The Project Respect/Sex Can Wait program promotes sexual abstinence as the best decision young people can make for themselves. The educational program empowers adolescents who learn that choosing a sexually abstinent lifestyle gives them a limitless future and makes a long-range, positive impact on their lives


• Each October, during Respect Life month, Saint Margaret Mercy hosts a celebration of life. Children from local schools erect a display of thousands of crosses, which symbolize the babies aborted daily in the U.S.


• Saint Margaret Mercy employees volunteer to build a new home in Hammond with Habitat for Humanity


• Through its Adopt-a-Family program, each Christmas Saint Margaret Mercy’s employees provide Christmas presents and a holiday meal for local families in need


• We continue to research and adopt the most advanced technology for the benefit of our patients

North Campus:
5454 Hohman Ave.
Hammond, IN 46320
(219) 932-2300 or (708) 891-9305
www.smmhc.com

South Campus:
24 Joliet St.
Dyer, IN 46311
(219) 865-2141 or (708) 895-1650
www.smmhc.com