VINCENNES – The year 2025 is proving to be a year of national and state recognition for Good Samaritan hospital in Knox County Indiana. Inside Indiana Business published an interview with Good Samaritan CEO Adam Thacker on Sept. 16 following the hospital being named to Newsweek magazine’s list of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care. According to IIB, the Newsweek rankings were “based on criteria such as working environment, corporate culture, and work-life balance” for healthcare professionals.
In the IIB Q&A, Thacker noted that receiving the awards was “an incredible honor, and it came as a surprise, but at the same time, it’s a testament to our team and the work they do every day and fulfilling the mission of Good Samaritan.” He added: “To have this type of recognition provides a lot of affirmation for what we’re doing in the culture we’re building here and taking care of people every day.”
Earlier in August, Good Samaritan landed on the Forbes magazine list of America’s Best In-State Employers, another national honor. The Forbes ranking was based on national independent surveys that measured employee responses, who were asked “how likely they were to recommend their employer on a scale of zero to 10 and were asked to evaluate their workplace based on criteria including wage parity, work culture, paths to professional advancement and whether the employer takes action on serious issues.”
In the Spring, Good Samaritan was recognized by the Indiana Hospital Association in partnership with State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver M.D. FACEP, for the organization’s “commitment to infant and maternal health” as part of the annual Inspire Hospital of Distinction program.
The INspire program was developed to implement the delivery of best practice care for Hoosier moms and babies and recognize hospitals for excellence in addressing key drivers of infant and maternal health.
Good Samaritan earned INspire Hospital of Distinction recognition based on implementing best practices in key areas, including infant safe sleep, breastfeeding, perinatal substance use, social drivers of health, obstetric hemorrhage, and maternal hypertension.
“This recognition is a true reflection of the hard work, dedication, and compassion our staff provides every single day to the mothers and babies under our care. I am proud of what we have accomplished together, and we will remain committed to providing the highly reliable care our community deserves,” said Perinatal Services Nurse Manager Madelyn Taylor.
About Good Samaritan
For more than 110 years, Good Samaritan has been a health care leader in southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois. Located in historic Vincennes, Good Samaritan is a 158-bed community health-care facility with over 1,900 employees and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient care.
Good Samaritan is proud to offer a broad range of medical services as well as some of the most progressive technology available today. The Imaging Center has two 128-slice CT scanners with the capacity to provide virtual colonoscopies, cardiac angiograms, and cardiac imaging. The Dayson Heart Center’s two cardiac labs provide superior diagnostic capabilities as well as pacemaker and AICD insertion, peripheral vascular stenting, drug-eluting stents, permanent pacemaker insertions, implantable defibrillator insertions, thrombolytic therapy and cardiac PCI, which includes balloon angioplasty and cardiac stenting. In fact, the hospital’s average door-to-balloon time is 63 minutes.
The hospital also has a state-of-the-art Same Day Surgery Center, with surgical suites designed with input from the hospital’s physicians. The Cancer Pavilion is a 25,000-square-foot comprehensive oncology care center, featuring one of the most advanced methods for delivering radiation therapy, a linear accelerator with IMRT. The Pavilion also has 12 fully-equipped infusion suites and other amenities for patients and families.
Good Samaritan is proud that generations of families have chosen us as their preferred health-care provider, allowing us to improve the health of our community, one patient at a time. For more information, please visit https://www.gshvin.org/