A message from Mike Packnett
President and CEO, Parkview Health
As the region’s only not-for-profit health system, we take our mission to heart. Parkview exists for one purpose – to improve the health of our communities. That’s all Parkview has ever stood for.
Our roots began at the corner of Lewis and Hanna streets in 1878 with Fort Wayne City Hospital. Over the years, with thoughtful planning and community input, we’ve carefully guided our expansion of services and facilities to anticipate the growing healthcare needs of the communities and the region we serve. We reinvest dollars into the community for a better quality of life in many different ways:
- We prepare our clinical teams to provide the safest and highest quality of compassionate care.
- We partner with community organizations to encourage healthier lifestyles among the citizens of northeast Indiana.
- We use new technology for better clinical outcomes.
- We build state-of-the art hospitals, clinics, treatment centers and outpatient services facilities.
Since forming the Parkview Health system in 1995,
we’ve built:
- Parkview Huntington Hospital
- Parkview Women’s & Children’s Hospital
- Parkview Noble Hospital Parkview Outpatient Services Center
- Parkview North Hospital Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Parkview Orthopaedic Hospital
- The new Parkview LaGrange Hospital
Reaching out, growing stronger
Parkview has two equally important projects underway in Allen County to improve access to healthcare. Both will enable Parkview to grow as a destination of healing and revitalization for families, neighborhoods, the community and the entire region.
Parkview Hospital, Randallia Drive
Parkview Hospital on Randallia Drive was built in 1953 with wide-open spaces and lush, park-like surroundings.
Expansion, growth and increased traffic through Fort Wayne have altered and congested the campus over the years. But in 2011, we’ll begin a transition to restore the campus to the park-like family and neighborhood attraction it once was. While some physical changes may take place, many of our services that are most important to families and the local community will stay the same. Remaining on site will be an emergency room, Family Birthing Center, outpatient services, surgery suites, Carew Medical Park (including the Parkview Eye Institute), and the nearby Parkview Behavioral Health. Specialty services like heart, cancer, and neurology will move north to the new Parkview Regional Medical Center.
To enhance the customer service provided at the Parkview Randallia campus, more than $1.2 million was spent on renovations in 2007. These included renovations to the hospital lobby, first floor, emergency room, cafeteria, and other areas. In addition, eight new private rooms were constructed at the Parkview Heart Institute at a cost of nearly $1.5 million.
The Parkview Regional Medical Center on the Parkview North campus
Parkview broke ground in 2008 on an all-new, $535 million Parkview Regional Medical Center on the Parkview North campus. Planned to open in 2012, the Medical Center will improve access to healthcare for all of northeast Indiana.
Patients will experience a whole new kind of access to healthcare. Through physician partnerships, Parkview is making it possible for patients to get diagnostic imaging, laboratory tests, physician’s office visits, treatments and pharmacy services all on the same campus. With multiple points of entry, the facility will feature specialty centers geared toward specific healthcare needs, including heart, cancer, neurology, women’s and children’s health, and orthopaedics.
More than just a hospital, the Parkview Regional Medical Center will be a destination of healing for families. Low sound and light levels will create calming and healing influences. Elements of nature, including stone, water and natural light, will bring the outdoors in, and encourage patients and families to move to usable outdoor space as weather and health permits. Private, intimate gathering spaces both inside and out will invite quiet conversations and contemplation. Yet on the same campus, families with children can unleash their energies in the new 27-acre family park.