Program areas at Deaconess Clinic
Patient services revenue-deaconess Clinic is a major source of medical services which encompasses a broad spectrum of expertise, representing more than 20 medical and surgical specialties. Deaconess Clinic employs 154 physicians, 189 midlevel providers and 639 full time nursing and administrative full time equivalents. Deaconess Clinic serves a 25-county tri-state area in southwestern Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeastern Illinois. The Clinic and its facilities have locations in evansville, newburgh, mt. Vernon, petersburg, ft. Branch, princeton, oakland city, boonville, and reo in Indiana. The Clinic also has locations in henderson, morganfield, sebree, dixon, and owensboro Kentucky. The clinics served 1,077,248 patient visits from october 1, 2022 through september 30, 2023.
The Deaconess research institute assists the Deaconess health system through its 20 hospital locations, 100+ of clinics & ambulatory facilities, and various community partners in the tri-state area in gaining access to leading edge medical science and new treatments for acute and chronic illnesses. The institute was awarded 10 new and expanded clinical research grants this year to study investigational drugs and devices across 9 fields of medicine including, but not limited to, new treatments for heart disease, chronic spontaneous uticaria, hereditary, angioedema, pediatric migraind, eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma,, and new technology for cancer screenings. The new research contracts provided treatment or testing opportunities and preventative health services for thousands of patients. In all, the newly awarded grants and contracts this year totaled $0.939 million to cover the costs associated with the conduct of the clinical trials within the region. 113 patients were screened for clinical trial qualification throughout the year, with 107 new patients enrolled onto clinical protocols, resulting in 1,320 research related patient visits.