Blackford Community Hospital

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Name will officially change in early 2011
HARTFORD CITY – Effective early 2011, Blackford Community Hospital will be named Indiana University Health Blackford Hospital. Steven West, president and CEO, shared this important information with staff via executive email. The name change is part of a larger effort to establish a new identity that better aligns with Clarian Health’s, soon to be IU Health’s, vision to provide one standard of care.

The names of all hospitals within the Clarian system will align with the Indiana University Health name, yet maintain their local identity.

This change results from Clarian Health’s most significant customer and market research in its history, which gathered insight from nearly 2,800 of its patients and their families, referring physicians and staff members throughout the state.

The name IU Health will better identify Clarian’s unique brand of nationally recognized health care, reinforce its partnership with Indiana University and the IU School of Medicine, which provides patients with access to innovative research treatments, and better reflect the breadth of its mission.
“It’s a significant change that provides not only valuable name recognition, but brings with it a sense of pride to be known as IU Health Blackford Hospital as we continue to provide our patients with assurance that they are receiving quality care when they walk through our doors,” said West.
Related elements, including the IU Health logo will be unveiled first to staff, and then to the general public in early 2011.

Blackford Community Hospital is a 15-bed facility designated by Medicare as a Critical Access Hospital. After 79 years operating as Blackford County Hospital, the facility became Blackford Community Hospital on June 30, 2002, and an affiliate of Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc. The Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.
A new hospital and adjacent medical office building were opened Jan. 19, 2005. On January 1, 2009, Blackford Community Hospital along with Ball Memorial Hospital became partners in Clarian Health. Blackford Community Hospital continues to provide cutting-edge healthcare with a small-town touch.