COLUMBUS, Ohio – OhioHealth will take the next step in its integration of MedCentral Health System by renaming its hospitals, on October 24, 2015, to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital and OhioHealth Shelby Hospital.
OhioHealth MedCentral leaders received positive feedback from associates and community members during the decision-making process.
“The new hospital names will make locations and services clear for our patients and community members, allow the individual hospitals to have their own identity in the OhioHealth system, and strengthen the OhioHealth brand and our commitment to the communities that we serve,” said Jean Halpin, president of OhioHealth MedCentral Hospitals.
Renaming is a large undertaking that will not happen overnight. Name badges, signage, patient bills and patient white boards will be updated in the coming months, but other updates will take more time.
“The hospitals made significant strides and accomplished much over the past 19 months, including significantly reducing emergency department service times, recruiting close to 30 physicians and constructing the 156,000-square-foot Medical Offices and Surgical Suites on the Mansfield campus,” added Halpin.
An adjoining parking garage is currently under construction.
The project is part of a $120-million dollar investment OhioHealth is making in Richland County.
The Public is Invited
The community is invited to attend a community open house of the new facility, at 335 Glessner Avenue, Mansfield, on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
About MedCentral Health System
MedCentral Health System, a system of two inpatient hospitals as well as several outpatient locations and employed physician practices, joined the OhioHealth family as a full member in March 2014. Prior to becoming MedCentral, the independent hospitals were named Mansfield General Hospital and Shelby Memorial Hospital.
About OhioHealth
OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit, charitable, healthcare organization with Methodist roots. Based in Columbus, Ohio, OhioHealth is currently recognized as one of the top five large health systems in America by Truven Health Analytics, an honor it has received six times. It is also recognized by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” and has been for nine years in a row, 2007-2015.
Serving its communities since 1891, it is a family of 28,000 associates, physicians and volunteers, and a network of 11 hospitals, 50+ ambulatory sites, hospice, home-health, medical equipment and other health services spanning a 40-county area.
OhioHealth hospitals include OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, OhioHealth Doctors Hospital, OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital, OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital, OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital, OhioHealth Marion General Hospital, OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital, OhioHealth MedCentral Shelby Hospital and OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital. For more information, please visit our website at www.ohiohealth.com.
The community is invited to attend a community open house of the new facility, at 335 Glessner Avenue, Mansfield, on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
