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AdventHealth Ottawa to reopen labor-and-delivery unit Sept. 22; hospital cites sales-tax funding for services
Summary
AdventHealth Ottawa announced it will reopen its labor-and-delivery program Sept. 22, with a community ribbon cutting Sept. 18, and hospital officials said local sales-tax revenue helps fund charity care, capital purchases and operations.
AdventHealth Ottawa announced Aug. 27 that it will reopen its labor-and-delivery program Sept. 22 and plans a community ribbon-cutting on Sept. 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. Hospital representatives told the Franklin County Commission the unit’s reopening responds to area need after recent rural closures.
The hospital said its patient-experience scores have improved “above the ninetieth percentile” in recent months, and that quality metrics including the CMS star rating and Leapfrog scores are being tracked. “Right now we’re Leapfrog B…we think we’ve got strong enough quality metrics to move back to a Leapfrog A,” said Erin, an…
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