Great Seal Medical Campus has broken ground on a planned 83,000-square-foot medical facility in Chillicothe, a project its founder says is meant to change how health care is delivered in south-central Ohio, the Chillicothe Gazette reported.
The Oct. 25 groundbreaking at 110 Cohen’s Way drew patients, families, health care professionals and government and community leaders, according to a community announcement reported by the Gazette. The project was founded by Dr. Brian S. Cohen, a physician who has practiced in south-central Ohio for more than 25 years, the Gazette reported.
Plans call for a 20,000-square-foot surgery center with three Aspire Integrated Surgical Environment operating rooms and a cardiac catheterization laboratory, according to the announcement. Another 10,000 square feet is planned for diagnostic imaging and urgent care, with about 53,000 square feet designated for multispecialty medical offices.
The campus is also planned to offer rehabilitation services, and the announcement said its design will incorporate infection-prevention technology and systems intended to reduce potential sources of contamination, the Gazette reported.
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted was among the elected officials who attended the groundbreaking. “I just want to say, Dr. Cohen, thank you for your leadership, for inspiring others, and to this community, congratulations,” Husted said, according to the Chillicothe Gazette.
Cohen said his goal is to change how health care is delivered by focusing on patients and their safety. “My goal has always been to change the way healthcare is delivered, to put the focus where it belongs: on the patient and their safety,” Cohen said, according to the Chillicothe Gazette.
The mix of services in the plan is deliberate: a surgery center and cardiac catheterization lab handle procedures, imaging and urgent care handle diagnosis and same-day needs, rehabilitation handles recovery, and the multispecialty offices put the physicians who order and follow up on that care in the same complex — the full arc of a patient’s treatment under one roof, according to the announcement reported by the Gazette.
For Ross County residents, a campus that combines surgery, cardiac care, imaging, urgent care and specialist offices on one site could mean fewer trips out of the county for procedures and follow-up care once it opens. The announcement did not provide a construction completion date or an opening date for the campus, the Gazette reported, so what happens next is the build itself at 110 Cohen’s Way — and, in time, an opening timeline from the campus.