Community Hospital North

The history of Community Hospital North

Community North history (printable PDF)

1983

• MedCheck Castleton opened on Community North campus.

1985

• Community North opened with 100-bed acute care inpatient capacity, emergency department, inpatient and outpatient surgery and support services.
• 125-bed Behavioral Care Pavilion moved to Community North campus from Community Hospital East.
• 7250 Clearvista Drive professional building opened.

1987

• Family rooms opened, Indianapolis’ first single room maternity care, or LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum) rooms with normal and special care nursery.
• 8180 Clearvista Parkway professional building opened.

1988

• MedCheck Carmel opened.

1989

• 8101 and 8103 Clearvista Drive professional building opened.

1990

• Regional Cancer Center opened north pavilion.
• Cardiac cath lab opened. 

1992

• Indiana Surgery Center North, joint venture with physicians, opened.
• 8040 Clearvista Drive professional building opened.

1994

• Community Hospital North expansion opened:
  • 19 LDRP suites.
  • 24-bed intensive care unit (ICU)/progressive care unit (PCU) opened.
  • Expansion of two large surgical suites plus expanded preop/recovery area.
  • Imaging expansion with permanent CT, MRI, SPECT, and upgraded ultrasound and general x-ray.

1997

• Community Health Pavilion Fishers at 131st Street and State Road 37 in Fishers opened.
• Community Health Pavilion at 56th Street at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence opened.

1998

• 11 additional LDRP suites opened.
• Assisted Fertility Services, with success rates that exceed national norms, opened.
• North Sleep/Wake Disorders Center opened with four suites. 

1999

• 15-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) opened, staffed around-the-clock by on-site Riley Hospital neonatologists.
• North Sleep/Wake Disorders Center increased to six suites.

2000

• Emergency department expanded (more than doubling its size).
• Indiana Surgery Center Noblesville, joint venture with physicians, opened.

2001

• Community Home Health Services opened at 121st Street and Cumberland Road in Fishers.

2002

• Expanded imaging services with additional CT, MRI and ultrasound capabilities.
• Increased NICU beds to 19.
• Community Health Pavilion Carmel opened at 119th Street and Meridian Street in Carmel.

2003

• The Indiana Heart Hospital, the world's first all-digital hospital, opened with 56 inpatient beds, 32 day/outpatient beds, and full service heart emergency department.
• Carmel Sleep/Wake Disorders Center opened with four suites. 

2004

• Groundbreaking for Community Health Pavilion Saxony at 131st Street and Olio Road.
• Groundbreaking for The Next Evolution of Community Hospital North expansion project.
• Free-standing outpatient imaging center opened.

2005

• Established Maternal Fetal Medicine program for high-risk pregnancy care.
• Endoscopy unit opened.
• Community Health Pavilion Saxony opened.
• "Topping out" ceremony held for campus expansion.
• North Sleep/Wake Disorders Center moved to 7250 Clearvista Drive professional building, increasing to eight suites. 

2006

• New physician lounge and health information management area opened.
• Four new operating rooms opened in expanded surgery area.
• Daybeds unit opened with 10 beds. 
• Pediatric unit opened.

2007

• Inpatient surgical care unit opened.
• Pediatric Sleep/Wake Disorders Center opened with four suites. 
• Bamboo Café opened.
• Grand opening celebration for The Next Evolution of Community Hospital North expansion project.
• Newly constructed 42-bed private room NICU opened. 
• Largest maternity unit in the country opened with 60 private patient suites.
• State-of-the-art Community Spine Center opened.
• Pediatric hospitalist program started.
• Inpatient pharmacy implemented barcode-driven medication ordering, storage, and dispensing technology.
• MedCheck Express opened in Fishers and Noblesville. 

2008

• Community Hospital North became the first hospital in the state and one of the first nationwide to implement sterile product compounding robotics.
• Center for Joint Health opened on the ortho/neuro/spine unit, featuring 12 private suites and physical therapy gym.
• Centricity Admin, a barcode-driven medication charting system, was implemented in all inpatient areas.
• PCU expanded from 12 to 32 beds. ICU then expanded.

2009

• Five dedicated breast surgeons in the north and south markets integrated with Community to form Community Breast Care.
• Ortho/neuro/spine unit (ONS) started performing Video EEG (VEEG) studies.
• Interventional radiology (IR) suite opened.
• No One Dies Alone (NODA) program started.
• Community Breast Care granted full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

2010

• Community Health Pavilion Noblesville opened at 146th Street and Cumberland Road.
• Imaging added a 20-slice CT scanner with bariatric table and advanced radiation detection software.
• Community North Bariatric Clinic named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) National Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.
• Renovation of inpatient behavioral care services at Behavioral Health Pavilion.
• VolunTEEN program started.