in focus
By Taylor Woodhouse
Hospital Near Home
Rendering courtesy of OhioHealth
OhioHealth expands with Pickerington hospital
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hen OhioHealth built the Pickerington Medical Campus in 2014, it already had expansion plans in mind. So, it wasn’t a surprise when the medical system broke ground on a hospital onsite in December 2021. The new OhioHealth Pickerington Methodist Hospital will not only be a physical expansion, it will bring new health services to the Pickerington community. “Part of the advantage to having a medical campus there for the last seven years is that we got to experience the needs of the community,” says Kevin Lutz, president of Pickerington Methodist Hospital and Grove City Methodist Hospital. “When it came to this expansion, really, the community told us what they needed.” The current campus provides a variety of medical services to the Pickerington community. It was initially built to address a geographical need. As more people flocked to the area, there was a gap in the amount of care available. Pickerington has only continued to grow and OhioHealth saw an opportunity to better serve the needs of the community. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
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