UChicago Medicine Crown Point, Crown Point, Ind.
Undergoing intensive medical treatment is challenging enough without the burden of long commutes to major hospitals. For patients in rural and exurban areas, this is the reality. Market surveys from 2017-2019 showed 15 percent of Northwest Indiana residents traveled outside the area for medical services, according to COMPdata.
Amid growing awareness among healthcare providers of the importance of bringing crucial care to medically underserved areas, UChicago Medicine (Chicago) has opened a multispecialty care center and microhospital in Crown Point, Ind., designed by Perkins&Will (Chicago).
Opened in April, the 132,000-square-foot UChicago Medicine Crown Point is the academic health system’s largest off-campus facility, designed to deliver advanced care within a personalized and family-centric environment.
Planning a microhospital
Now, patients have access to a comprehensive range of medical care provided by UChicago Medicine’s physicians and specialists, spanning fields from cancer care, cardiology, digestive diseases, and orthopedics to neurosciences, pediatrics, primary care, surgical specialties, transplant care, and women’s health…