Wabash General Hospital President and CEO Karissa Turner delivered a year-end report to the Wabash County Commissioners, highlighting growth, expanded services, and strong patient satisfaction.
Turner reported the hospital provided $1.8 million in charity care in 2025, along with more than $381,000 in community support. She also noted significant gains in patient experience, with the hospital’s emergency department now ranking in the 96th percentile nationally through NRC, the hospital’s patient satisfaction measurement company.
Turner said Wabash General has expanded access to care by extending convenient care hours. The clinic is now open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends, with walk-in availability.
She added the hospital has been named Best Place to Work seven years in a row and recently launched a paramedic training course at Wabash General. The hospital also opened a new clinic location in Olney.
Several new providers joined the medical staff during the year, including specialists in orthopedics, sports medicine, hand surgery, ENT and facial plastics, psychiatry, chiropractic care, cardiology, and emergency medicine, along with additional surgeons from Evansville Surgical Associates.
Turner also updated commissioners on the hospital’s digital health efforts, noting MyChart patient portal utilization has reached 49 percent, meeting a key goal set by the hospital’s finance committee.
She said the hospital remains focused on improving access, quality of care, and services for the communities it serves.
