7/22/2009

Jewish Hospital Medical Center Northeast Taking Appointments

Free health screenings at community open house August 8

Louisville, KY—The new Jewish Hospital medical center in northeast Louisville is now scheduling patient appointments in advance of the facility’s official opening on Monday, August 10, 2009.

To celebrate the grand opening, a free community open house event is planned for Saturday, August 8, 2009, from 9 a.m. to noon. 

There will be free health screenings, facility tours and activities for kids and families, including the chance to win a pair of Jonas Brothers concert tickets from Radio Disney.

Jewish Hospital Medical Center Northeast is a four-story, 120,000 square foot facility located at 2401 Terra Crossing Boulevard, just off Old Henry Road at I-265/Gene Snyder Freeway.

“Medical Center Northeast is part of our continued efforts to take quality health care to areas where our patients live,” said Shelley R. Neal, president of Jewish Hospital Medical Center Northeast.  “This facility is easily accessible and within close proximity to a growing number of neighborhoods and schools.”

Services offered at the medical center include:

• 24/7 Emergency services with care provided by Board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians
• Advanced diagnostic medical imaging – MRI, PET/CT, CT, fluoroscopy, full-field digital mammography, nuclear medicine, x-ray, ultrasound and DEXA/bone density
• Comprehensive outpatient cancer treatment services including radiation therapy and infusion
• Holistic medicine – including massage therapy, reflexology and craniosacral therapy
• Cardiac services including stress testing, EKG, holter monitoring and echocardiography
• Laboratory services
• Frazier Rehab Institute outpatient services (opening later in ‘09)
• EmployCare – 24 hour treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses
• Physician offices – primary care and specialists

Patients can make appointments for services available at Medical Center Northeast by calling 502-587-4327. Holistic Center appointments may be made by calling 502-210-4240.  Frazier Rehab outpatient services will become available later this year.

About JHSMH:
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare (JHSMH) is a regional health network that includes more than 70 health care facilities and 1,900 patients beds in Kentucky and southern Indiana.  The merger of Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services and CARITAS Health Services to form JHSMH combines the strength and honors the heritages of the two organizations to provide a complete array of health care services to this region and beyond, including: hospitals, outpatient care, cancer care, occupational health, psychiatric care and rehab medicine.  JHSMH provides home health care to families in 41 Kentucky and southern Indiana counties and employs a network of physician practices that provide both primary and specialty medical care.  The organization employs more than 8,100 people and more than 100 physicians.