Pilot Site Profile
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
St. Vincent Oncology Center
Web sites:
Hospital: www.indianapolis.stvincent.org
Cancer Center: www.stvincent.org/ourservices/oncology/locations/indy/outpatient/default.htm
Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH, President, St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
Michael Wiemann, MD, Principal Investigator/NCCCP Pilot Leader
Background
St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital is a major referral center for cancer care and other specialties throughout Indiana. The hospital reaches out to nearby communities through St.Vincent Health, the regional system of 16 hospitals of which it is a founding member. St.Vincent Health’s service area spans over 45 urban, suburban, and rural counties in central Indiana, making it the state’s largest hospital system. The 16 hospitals in the St.Vincent Health system saw a total of 2,897 new cancer patients in 2005. The 56,000 square-foot St.Vincent Oncology Center, located at St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, has relationships with the Indiana University Medical Center’s NCI-designated Cancer Center, and other academic research institutions.
Patient Service Area
Indianapolis, with over 9 million people, has the largest population in the state. The county has a growing minority population, with African Americans representing a quarter of the population, and Hispanics representing 5 percent. Nearly 9 percent of families in the county live below the poverty level.
Access and Outreach Initiatives
St.Vincent’s oncology network extends throughout central Indiana to provide on-site care to patients in all St.Vincent Health system facilities as well as at facilities that have no affiliation with the system. The oncology program works with the Suburban Hospital Organization, which includes several smaller, rural hospitals in the counties that ring Indianapolis, on several outreach initiatives, including a partnership with the radiation oncology department at Witham Hospital of Lebanon, Indiana, to provide radiation services to patients who otherwise would have to travel 40 miles or more to receive daily radiation therapy.
