News and Updates

2021 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals Henry Community Health, Logansport Memorial Hospital, and Major Health Partners were recognized as 2021 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States. This annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural and community hospitals based on the results of the Hospital Strength INDEX® which assesses performance in eight areas:…

In 2018, the Suburban Health Organization (SHO) CEO Roundtable made the decision to bring on a governmental affairs team. It goes without saying that SHO has been the beneficiary of great representation from partners like the Indiana Hospital Association and other coalition groups. However, given the current healthcare climate within the statehouse, we felt it was best to give more of a voice to our independent…

Please join us in welcoming these new additions to the clinical teams at the SHO hospitals. Dr. Alyssa Zalenski joins the Obstetrics and Gynecology team at Hendricks Regional Health located in Danville. Kelly Peasley joins the team at Hancock Health located in Greenfield. Ms. Peasley is a Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Jennifer Harbaugh joins the Obstetrics…

Suburban Health Organization (SHO) kicked off the fourth Physician Leadership Series (PLS) on June 8, 2021.  With hospitals and physicians progressively more accountable for the quality and cost outcomes of the populations they serve, multidisciplinary collaboration is of growing importance. To this end, the Physician Leadership Series is designed to equip physician leaders with the knowledge and resources necessary to lead…

Suburban Health Organization is proud to announce the purchase of the Premier Operations Benchmarking Platform. SHO’s Hospitals have been looking to implement a business intelligence platform collectively for a number of purposes: to provide peer-to-peer benchmarking nationally and within Indiana to improve efficiency and financial performance benchmarking to provide a unique support model for target setting and performance accountability…

INDIANAPOLIS – Aug. 12, 2020 – American Health Network (AHN), part of Optum, and Suburban Health Organization (SHO) have entered into a partnership to improve healthcare quality and reducing cost of care for thousands of people insured by UnitedHealthcare’s AARP Medicare Advantage Plan beginning January 1, 2021. Teams of clinicians from AHN and SHO will…

Tim Putnam, CEO and Presidents of Margaret Mary Health, was named to the twelve-person national COVID-19 Health Equity Taskforce by the Biden Administration. The Task Force will provide recommendations for addressing health inequities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and for preventing such inequities in the future.

Please join us in welcoming these new additions to the clinical teams at the SHO hospitals. Dr. Amandeep Aulakh joins the Internal Medicine team at Major Health Partners located in Shelbyville.  Dr. Nicole Clark joins the Family Medicine team at Witham Health Services located in Lebanon.  Dr. Nizar Olabi joins the Obstetrics and Gynecology team at Witham…

2020 Indiana Hospital Awards John (Jack) Horner, President and CEO, Major Hospital in Shelbyville, IN was honored with the Distinguished Service Award by the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA). The IHA Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding personal achievement in support of the humanitarian and management goals of Indiana healthcare institutions. Horner was recognized for his many…

2020 marked the beginning of a new clinical offering across six of the Suburban Health Organization Partner Hospitals. Hancock Health, Johnson Memorial Health, Major Health Partners, Margaret Mary Health, Rush Memorial Hospital, and Witham Health Services began a new model of care called Behavioral Health Integration using the support of Dr. Caprice Gilpin, a Clinical…