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About Us
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital was founded in 1929 as both a teaching hospital and regional tertiary referral center Weve introduced health care to underserved populations and geographic areas such as Upland New Castle and Hartford City and given consumers choices in their health care

IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is the largest nongovernment employer in East Central Indiana employing nearly 3000 people with a payroll exceeding 110 million This notforprofit organization boasts of a clinical staff of more than 400 physicians representing over 45 medical specialties

IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital has 12 million square feet of facilities and offers an array of services The Cancer Center provides Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy IMRT Stereotactic Radiosurgery and clinical trials supported by the National Cancer Institute IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital has property tax payments of approximately 750K per year

Cardiology Services IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is a regional center for openheart surgery and its cardiac program provides diagnostic and interventional cardiac and electrophysiology procedures

The Total Joint and Spine Center offers hip and knee replacement procedures in a multidisciplinary healing environment

IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is the only facility between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne to offer Perinatology services and a level 3B Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU for the care of highrisk pregnancies and newborns

quotSay hello to our little friendquot the daVinci Surgical System is the newest member of our surgical team The revolutionary system gives surgeons the ability to perform even the most complex procedures in a minimally invasive way

Most recently the new patientcentric 5 story south wing was unveiled The 120 million facility includes 300000 square feet of new and revitalized space including 108 allprivate patient rooms

IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital provides topquality care and has been awarded with more than 35 top national and international awards to prove its efforts IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is the first Indiana hospital to receive NIAHO accreditation for compliance with Medicare rules the first Indiana hospital to earn the American Heart Association Award for stroke care and the first Indiana hospital to be awarded with ISO 90012000 Certification IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is also the third Indiana hospital to obtain BabyFriendly designation from BabyFriendly Hospital Initiative BFHI for its commitment to infant health

The hospital campus is home to the Edmund F Ball Medical Education Center and includes the largest physicianteaching program in Indiana outside of Indianapolis with four residency programs and a total of 62 physicians in training The hospital is affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine and serves as an educational site for the first two years of medical school The clinics provide low cost medical care for 25000 patient visits each year

Our Mission
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital will promote wellness and improve the health status of the people of East Central Indiana and surrounding areas through patient care health education and medical research

Our Values
Compassion

Quality

Customer CareService

Safety

Respect

Fiscal Responsibility

Excellence

Integrity

Teamwork

Our Vision
Image of the Future We Wish to Create
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital will be East Central Indianas health care system of choice for patients physicians and employees in the communities and neighborhoods we serveas well as the premier health care provider and the regional hub for IU Health Partners

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History

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History of IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital

In the late 1800s the five Ball brothers from Buffalo New York moved their glass jar business to Muncie Indiana following the promise of free natural gas and an enthusiastic local workforce The Ball family moved into philanthropic endeavors soon after the glass jar business became successful The eldest of the five brothers Edmond B Ball had a keen interest in improving the quality of health care in Muncie and when he died in 1925 his will established the Ball Brothers Foundation and provided the funding for a modern public hospital

The plan was to construct three buildings on the outskirts of Muncie and since it was to be a teaching hospital primarily for training nurses locating it across from the local college was a logical choice Ground was broken in 1927 and the main structure with accommodations for 142 patients was completed and opened in August of 1929

The original 1929 facility boasted a host of modern innovations including adjustable heightbeds solariums a surgical amphitheatre laboratory xray facility emergency room and the option of private patient rooms for 500 per day

Over the years Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital continued to grow in size and complexity to meet the needs of the local community By the 1970s IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital had become a regional referral center for East Central Indiana with capabilities for open heart surgery cancer diagnosis and treatment and a growing graduate medical education program and residency programs With the opening of the North Tower in 1979 IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital offered a 642 bed capacity expanded surgical suites and was home to a regional laboratory service

When the new South Tower and John W Fisher Heart Center opened in 2009 it ushered in a new era for healthcare in East Central Indiana It includes 108 new private patient rooms innovatively designed to facilitate bedside care and accommodate present and future medical technology

Today the original hospital structure is entirely gone replaced with modern facilities Much has changed in the practice of medicine and in technology But the original mission of IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital remains unchanged to provide the best in health care services to the communities we serve