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Granville hospital outlines imaging upgrades, workforce gains and closure of behavioral health practice
Summary
Hospital leadership told commissioners the system finished major imaging upgrades and opened a new endoscopy center; it also announced closure of an internal behavioral‑health practice (about two psychiatrists and roughly 600–680 patients affected) and described telepsychiatry and referral plans.
Granville County’s hospital system presented a year‑in‑review and a list of capital and operational projects on Tuesday, while also flagging a change in behavioral health services. Hospital leadership said the system completed or started a series of modernization projects — new fluoroscopy and digital X‑ray equipment, ongoing imaging remodeling, and an endoscopy center intended to expand outpatient capacity — and received multiple awards and accreditation recognitions this year.
“We finished construction in our fluoroscopy room…we’ve since completely gutted this space,” the hospital speaker said, describing a $5.7 million project to modernize MRI and CT services and the opening of the endoscopy center in Oxford to increase regional access to colonoscopies and other procedures.
On workforce, the speaker said the system has grown its employee base to more than 700 individuals (about 530 full‑time equivalents), has promoted clinical leaders and invested in recruitment as the health system prepares for possible Medicaid changes at the state and federal levels.
Separately, hospital officials announced a decision to close their behavioral health practice, which the presenter said included two psychiatrists and over the last two years had served roughly 600–680 patients. The hospital said the closure was difficult, driven by multiple operational factors, and that staff are coordinating placements and alternative resources for affected patients; the speaker described telepsychiatry partnerships and referrals as short‑term mitigations for continuity of care.
Commissioners asked how involuntary commitment (IVC) patients and security issues would be handled. Hospital leadership said ER clinicians now have access to telepsychiatry consultations (via a partner program) to assist triage and placement and said they coordinate with law enforcement and regional facilities for placements when necessary.
The presentation closed with audience questions about assisted‑living capacity, Brentwood skilled‑nursing occupancy (typically 65–70 of 80 beds) and plans to expand outpatient volume if Medicaid funding changes. Hospital leaders said they are conserving reserves to weather potential Medicaid cuts and working on cost‑savings while expanding outpatient services.
