Outreach Program

In order to provide comprehensive care to the entire population of Hoosiers with bleeding disorders, the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center Inc. (IHTC) annually offers a series of outreach comprehensive clinics throughout the state. The IHTC’s multidisciplinary medical team travels to Fort Wayne, South Bend, Merrillville, Evansville, Middlebury and Bloomington to bring comprehensive healthcare services to patients living in these areas. The team includes adult and pediatric hematologists, treatment nurses, a research nurse, dietitian, dental hygienist, social worker, physical therapist, pharmacist and genetic counselor. In some locations, the outreach clinic might concentrate on a specific patient population or disorder. For example, the Middlebury clinic primarily serves people with hemophilia from the northern Indiana Amish communities. In Bloomington, a large population of patients with von Willebrand disease is served by the outreach clinic. The IHTC’s outreach programs are state and federally funded; there is no charge to patients for the multidisciplinary care team’s evaluation. However, patients or their insurers are responsible for costs associated with laboratory tests and radiological evaluations.