Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Inc

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: World-renowned UChicago Medicine emergency medicine experts bring the forefront of care to Northwestern Indiana. With our emergency department in Crown Point, IN, we offer our patients access to board-certified, fellowship-trained emergency medicine physicians and highly skilled support staff with immediate, 24/7 medical care closer to home. Common conditions treated include abdominal pain, back pain, bleeding, broken bones, chest pain, complications from chronic conditions, such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, dizziness, fainting, seizures, severe high fever, skin infections, and upper respiratory infections. At UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana, patients will find cutting-edge imaging tools, experienced radiologists and emergency medicine doctors skilled at reading those images. There is in-house imaging, including CT, X-ray, PET, MRI, ultrasound capabilities, and in-house lab services. This helps reduce delays in results and treatment. Patients needing an ambulance can request to be taken to UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana ED as they talk with paramedics. If a patient needs to be admitted directly from the ED for additional care, Crown Point features an eight-bed, fully-equipped inpatient unit with a highly experienced physician staff and medicine subspecialty consultants.

Ambulatory surgery center: uchicago medicine northwest indiana provides an ambulatory surgery center for outpatient surgeries, including minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, thoracic surgery, urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric orthopaedic surgery, and pediatric plastic & reconstructive surgery.

Other program services related to the provision of healthcare include radiology, laboratory services, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, pharmacy services, heart and vascular and neurophysiology.