The Medical Foundation, Your Laboratory Expert!

Maybe you have seen The Medical Foundation logo throughout the past 100 years we’ve been in existence. Perhaps you have had some lab work completed or donated blood. But do you really understand the scope of The Medical Foundation?

Do you realize that the Foundation helps guide the care of patients in the community? Approximately 70% of medical decisions made by physicians are based on the results of lab tests. And to think, you have a regional laboratory right here in Indiana!

Although there have been some blogs under this heading, "Your Lab Matters," it is the Foundation’s hope that you will continue to follow us on social media and our blog to learn more about health matters, view information on our various departments, learn more about pathologists and use us as a resource to make knowledgeable decisions about your health. The Medical Foundation is truly, your laboratory expert!

The Foundation services physicians and hospitals in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. Our transportation department has couriers who drive almost 2.5 million miles a year to the facilities we serve. They carefully transport your specimens to our Central Laboratory in South Bend, where they are routed to various departments for testing.

Our pathologists are responsible for studying tissues obtained from biopsies, surgeries and other means. Unlike many other laboratories, The Medical Foundation has 22 pathologists on staff with various areas of specialties. If a pathologist wants another opinion on a case, all he or she has to do is walk down the hall to another pathologist’s office to discuss the case or share the case via the multi-head microscope. This is just one of the ways the Foundation takes pride in guiding the care of patients we serve.

While the Foundation began in 1912, our blood donor center didn’t begin our collection process until 1951. Since that time, we’ve grown from one facility to five collection sites in South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Indianapolis and Marion. And over the last two years, our blood donor recruitment department has increased its employees to a team of eight and introduced our third bloodmobile to the community in October.

As you can see, this is a very broad overview of the Foundation. But it would take pages and pages for you to learn more about all the great things we do, which is exactly why there are lots of blogs to come!