Community Hospital was founded on August 6, 1956, at the corner of 16th Street and Ritter Avenue on the east side of Indianapolis.

When opened, the $5 million hospital had the still novel installation of air conditioning technology,piped in oxygen, 300 beds, and 111 employees.

The building's design - with two circular towers allowing central nursing stations to observe patients at all times was one of the first of its kind in the nation.

Throughout the next few years, Community Hospital underwent many expansions and upgrades, including the opening of psychiatric inpatient units, a coronary care unit, and specialized services including ambulatory care and a cardiac catheterization lab.

The hospital opened The Community Regional Cancer Care Radiation Oncology Treatment Center, a $7 million addition, in March 2007.

The Indiana NeuroDiagnostic Institute and Advanced Treatment Center will replace the antiquated Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital in 2019.

[2] Community East is currently led by Robin Ledyard, M.D., who assumed her new role as president on August 31, 2009.