SHO Welcomes New Members

Suburban Health Organization is proud to welcome three more hospital owners: Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin, Major Hospital in Shelbyville, and Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville.

"It's an exciting time for SHO as we welcome back Johnson Memorial Hospital to the organization. They were one of Suburban's founding members. We're also thrilled to have Major Hospital and Rush Memorial Hospital join as our first Affiliate Members. This is a new category of membership for SHO in 2012. Johnson, Major and Rush are outstanding organizations and have a lot to share with our existing hospitals," said Julie Carmichael, SHO's President & CEO.

The addition of these hospitals also serves to strengthen SHO's presence in central Indiana. We are looking forward to collaborating with both hospitals through the Affinity Group structure and other services.

SHO Patient Safety Heroes Recognized

Every year, the Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety asks each member hospital system to nominate a Patient Safety Hero- an individual or team- that has championed a specific safety project. This year the award recognizes the Hendricks Regional Health discharge re-engineering project.

The project involved an overall centralization of the inpatient discharge process, in accordance with HFAP standards and patient safety goals related to reducing readmissions and medication/follow-up errors by patients post discharge.

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Welcome to the Newest Physicians in the SHO Family!

Welcome to the newest physicians to join one of the SHO hospitals and begin practicing in the first part of 2012! For a complete list of physicians and nurse practitioners who have begun practicing as part of the SHO family, click here.

• Komal Agarwal, MD joined St. Vincent Dunn Hospital in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department. Dr. Agarwal is Board Eligible in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• Kelli M. Burress MSN, FNP-C joined the team at Hendricks Immediate Care. She is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
• Douglas Cipkala, MD began practicing Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent. Dr. Cipkala is Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
• Melissa DeRosa, MD joined Hendricks Regional health where she practices Neurology. Dr. DeRosa is Board Certified in Neurology.
• Christine Kelly-Shock, MD joined the St. Vincent Network in Winchester where she practices Fmaily Medicine. Dr. Kelly-Shock is Board Eligible in Family Medicine.
• Alice Ketchem joined the St. Vincent Hospitalist program in Lebanon as a Nurse Practitioner. She is Board Certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner.
• Polly Knowland joined Hendricks Regional Health where she practices as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.
• Sheron Randolph, MD joined the team at Community Westview Hospital to practice Family Medicine. Dr. Randolph is Board Certified in Family Medicine.
• Jonathan Wilhite, MD began practicing Pediatric Orthopedics at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent. Dr. Wilhite is Board Eligible in orthopedics.