Madison Messenger - Madison Health Special Edition - January 13th, 2019

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Public invited to tour hospital’s new expansion
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For months, Madison Health has
teased the date “01.18.19” on billboards
and in social media posts
and print advertising.
The day has finally come. At 3
p.m. Jan. 18, 2019, the hospital will
hold a grand opening ceremony to
reveal its new, 26,000 square-foot
expansion and renovation.
The $25 million project includes
a new cancer center, emergency department
and medical specialist offices,
as well as a newly renovated
birthing center. A new concourse
connects the Park Avenue Medical
Building to the main hospital. Heating,
cooling and mechanical upgrades
also were completed.
The grand opening ceremony will
take place at the new main entrance
facing Park Avenue and include remarks
from Madison Health leadership,
hospital board members and
local dignitaries.
Special guest Jym Ganahl will
emcee the event. Ganahl is a meteorologist
with WSYX-TV ABC 6 and
WTTE-TV FOX 28 in Columbus. He
has more than 52 years of forecasting
experience and can be seen
doing weather primarily for ABC 6
News at noon. In addition to his
passion for weather, Ganahl is a
United States Army veteran and an
inductee into the Ohio Associated
Press Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Guided tours and refreshments
will follow the ceremony until 6 p.m.
The event is free and open to the
public.
Madison Health is located at 210
N. Main St., London.
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The Madison Health campus, as seen from Park Avenue: The two-story portion of the new expansion is located on the left; the hospital’s
new main entrance is in the center, with the pre-existing building extending behind it; a new concourse connects the expansion
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Moving forward into a bright and healthy future
By Dana Engle
Madison Health Chief Executive Officer
Each year, many of us resolve to grow in
some way. As we prepare for the year ahead,
we may reflect on the previous one and how
we’ve improved.
It’s gratifying to be part of a dedicated
team at Madison Health and realize how far
we’ve come. What’s even more gratifying is
thinking about our impact on the communities
we serve and watching our vision come
to life.
The past few years have involved much
dreaming, planning and creating as we’ve
prepared to open doors to a larger, newer
hospital–one that allows us to continue to
provide exceptional care, close to home.
This project represents our commitment
to the communities we so proudly serve and
the people we care so deeply about. As a
non-profit, Madison Health reinvests its
earnings to give back to the community
through programs and facility enhancements
like this one.
The project also represents your unwavering
support–and for this, we thank you
from the bottom of our hearts. We recognize
that many community hospitals are struggling
to stay open, yet we’ve managed to
grow.
We strive to stay on the cutting edge so
we can provide the highest quality care and
most comfortable experience possible–not
only this year and next year, but for many
years to come. We look forward to continuing
to serve you in our new facilities.
At Madison Health, we’ll keep moving
forward so you can, too. To learn more about
Madison Health and its expansion and renovation
project, visit madison-health.com.
Dana Engle (left), Madison Health CEO, and Bob Waldeck, vice president of strategy and
construction management, stand in December 2017 in what is now the Cancer Center
in the hospital’s newly completed 26,000 square-foot expansion. The addition also includes
a new emergency department and medical specialist offices.
Hospital Leadership
Dana Engle, chief executive officer
Mitchell Spahn, MD, OBGYN, chief medical officer
Mike Browning, chief financial officer
Ginger Kronk, vice president, development
Jennifer Piccione, vice president, nursing and clinical services
Becky Rozell, vice president, human resources
Cindy Stout, vice president, marketing and physician relations
Bob Waldeck, vice president, strategy and construction management
Hospital board of trustees
Tom Blincoe, The Ohio State University, chairman
Melissa Canney
Vinay Chitkara, MD
Ed Goodyear, treasurer
Robyn Morton, Mount Carmel Health System
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Fundraising campaign hospital’s largest ever
By Julie Akers
Madison Health Marketing Coordinator
In 2016, the Madison Health Foundation
launched the “Building on Excellence” campaign,
the largest in the history of the hospital,
to build a new emergency department,
cancer center and medical specialist office
space. In addition, the project included renovating
the Birthing Center, connecting the
Park Avenue Medical Building, and various
infrastructure upgrades.
“This fundraising campaign has been the
most successful in the history of the Madison
Health Foundation, raising $4.5 million
to date,” said Dr. Mitch Spahn, co-chair of
the Building on Excellence campaign. The
campaign goal is $6 million. “The Byers
family lead gift of $1 million followed by the
$500,000 pledge by the associates of Stanley
Electric and the multitude of individual
gifts we have received, shows the commitment
of this community to have quality
health care services close to home.”
Ginger Kronk, executive director of the
Foundation, added, “The support of the community
has been phenomenal. When people
and businesses come together, it makes a
large impact. Through personal experiences,
people increasingly are realizing the
importance of quality health care in our
community. Emergency services, cancer
care and the expanding network of medical
specialists provides enhanced medical care
to the people who live and work in and
around Madison County.”
When asked why they give to the Madison
Health Foundation, Ed and Michelle
Goodyear said, “We believe a local healthcare
presence is important for the service and
comfort of our community’s citizens, as well
as the viability of the community in general.
Supporting Madison Health is a way we can
give back and make the community better.”
Recently, Madison Health became the
highest ranking full-service hospital in the
organization’s market area in patient experience
from the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services. This ranking reflects
Madison Health’s commitment to producing
quality patient outcomes in a life-saving environment,
close to home.
“Having access to an emergency department
within minutes is crucial to a community,”
said Choctaw Lake resident and donor
Angie Wilderman. “On two different occasions,
being so close to Madison Health truly
saved my family members’ lives.”
The mission of the Madison Health
Foundation is to support Madison Health
and close-to-home quality care. The Madison
Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization with 100 percent of contributions
going toward patient services,
equipment and enhancement of hospital facilities.
The funds being raised will continue
to go toward the expansion and renovation
project and increased patient care services.
To make a gift or pledge to the Madison
Health Foundation, contact Ginger Kronk
at gkronk@madison-health.com or (740)
845-7056. Information also is available at
www.madisonhealthfoundationgiving.com.
Ed and Michelle Goodyear donated to
Madison Health’s “Building on Excellence”
campaign in support of the hospital and
the community as a whole.
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Warm, welcoming atmosphere at Cancer Center
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Messenger Editor
As a continuing partner with the James
Cancer Network at The Ohio State University,
Madison Health is opening a new Cancer
Center on the second floor of its
expansion.
The center features 10 infusion stations,
including two private rooms. Each station is
equipped with a television/computer with
access to the Internet. Floor to ceiling windows
flood the area with natural light and
give patients views to Main Street and Park
Avenue.
“The natural light is amazing. During
the design phase, it was the one thing I
would not budge on. I wanted it to be a
cheerful place,” said Leanne Manring, RN,
the center’s director.
The chairs in the open area are set up to
allow patients to chat with one another, if
they choose. Curtains are available for those
who desire privacy.
“What I wanted to keep from the old
building was the sense of community,” Manring
said. “Some of our patients really like
socializing, being able to talk to one another.
We’ve had a lot of friendships develop here.”
In addition to comfort, the new Cancer
Center offers convenience when it comes to
location. Previously, it was located at the
back of the hospital. Now, patients can park
right in front of the center and take an elevator
to the second floor.
With twice the space of the hospital’s former
cancer center, the new facility includes
two exam rooms, a consultation and conference
room, office space for care providers,
two nurses stations, and room for family
members to accompany their loved ones
during treatments.
“One thing that resonates with anybody
who goes to Madison Health is that everything
is done with the patient in mind. The
new cancer center certainly replicates that
philosophy,” said Candace Dark, director of
outreach and network development at the
James Cancer Network. “The center is a
new, comfortable place for patients going
through one of the most difficult times in
their lives, and it’s also a functional space
for staff.”
The center’s on-site staff represents
many years of combined experience in cancer
care. All of the nurses are oncology certified.
Additionally, through a partnership
started in 2014, oncologists from The Ohio
State University Comprehensive Cancer
Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
See CANCER CENTER page 7
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Joel Rice, CNP, and Leanne Manring, RN, look forward to welcoming patients into Madison
Health’s new Cancer Center on the second floor of the hospital’s new expansion.
The center’s infusion area features comfortable chairs equipped with televisions and
views to the outdoors.
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Happy to receive treatment and care close to home
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Editor
Prior to being diagnosed with bone marrow
cancer in June 2016, West Jefferson
resident Dave Harper was unaware that
Madison Health offered cancer treatments.
Now that he knows and has taken advantage
of the service so close to home, he
is spreading the word.
“The treatment and care I have received
here has been a blessing to me and my family,”
Harper said.
There is no cure for bone marrow cancer,
but it can be controlled through treatments
and medications. Harper said Madison
Health’s location and its affiliation with the
James Cancer Network made his decision
on where to receive treatment an easy one.
Initially, he visited the Madison Health’s
Cancer Center weekly for infusions. Now,
he goes every two weeks and soon, thanks
to positive results, will shift to a monthly
schedule. Throughout the process, Madison
CANCER CENTER
Continued from page 6
Health’s oncology team, the specialists at
The James, and Harper’s family practitioner
have stayed in communication with
each other.
“My medical team has monitored me
very closely and treated me like I was their
only patient,” Harper said.
He praised the Cancer Center staff for
the care and understanding they show to
patients and their families. This extends to
resolution of non-treatment issues, such as
insurance. Someone always is available to
answer questions and relieve stress, he said.
“They are taking that environment and
those people into the new space,” Harper
said of the Cancer Center’s new home on the
second floor of the hospital’s new expansion.
He is thrilled that department leaders
sought input from patients on the design of
the new center.
“I look forward to my treatment as it is,
but I’m really looking forward to receiving
it in the new facility,” Harper said.
and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
come to Madison County so patients don’t
have to make the trip to Columbus.
“I think it’s wonderful for the community
to be able to get excellent treatment close to
home,” said Joel Rice, a nurse practitioner
and board certified advanced practice registered
nurse at the center.
Starting in March, the center will have
PET scan capability, eliminating the need
for patients to go out of town for this service.
The imaging test allows for better identification
of cancer cells.
“It’s an important diagnostic tool for
many of our patients,” Rice said.
Manring has worked at Madison Health
for 21 years and has watched the hospital
grow as the community has grown. She is
proud of the cancer center’s place in that development
and what it means for area residents.
“I’ve seen the cancer clinic grow from offering
services one day a week to, in the last
three or four years, five days a week with
more services,” she said.
Last year, the center served more than
340 patients.
Dark commented that construction of the
new Cancer Center at Madison Health and
the department’s ongoing quality of care reflects
the stability and growth of the partnership
between the hospital and the James
Cancer Network.
“It’s good to see cancer programs doing
well and being able to expand and deliver
care to patients,” Dark said.
Madison Health is one of four James
Cancer Network affiliates in Ohio. The others
are Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical
Center in Lima, Clinton Memorial Hospital
in Wilmington, and Wooster Community
Hospital in Wooster.
Kelly Snyder, patient navigator, stands with Dave Harper in Madison Health’s new Cancer
Center. Harper has received infusions for bone marrow cancer at the hospital since
the summer of 2016 and looks forward to continuing his treatment in the new center.
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More privacy in new Emergency Department
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Messenger Editor
More privacy. More beds. More space.
Madison Health’s new Emergency Department
has all three.
In the previous setup,
most of the department’s 11
beds were separated only
by curtains. In the new
space, all 16 beds are
housed in private treatment
rooms with walls and
doors.
“Now, you don’t have to
hear your neighbor’s problems,
and they don’t have
to hear yours,” said Jennifer
Piccione, RN, BSN,
MHA, vice president of
nursing and clinical services.
In addition to enabling
patients to discuss sensitive
topics with the doctors
and nursing staff, the private rooms increase the
number of family members who can accompany
patients, reduces the risk of cross contamination,
and optimizes the use of portable medical equipment.
With 13,000 square feet, the new department
Charles Lutterloh, assistant administrator
at Madison Health, installs a sitstand
computer arm in an exam room
in the new Emergency Department.
is three times the size of the old one, which means
more room for not only patients and their families,
but also staff.
“We learned to work in the old space. It’s going
to be an adjustment having so much more room,
but obviously for the good,”
said Erin Beair, BSN, RN,
Emergency Department director.
Part of the new space is
dedicated to specialized rooms,
including a room for victims of
sexual assault, a safe room for
patients at risk of harming
themselves, and a private consultation
and bereavement
room where medical staff can
meet with patients’ loved ones.
The department also features
a large trauma bay for trauma
cases and patients in cardiopulmonary
distress.
New, too, is a dual entrance
system. Previously, walk-up
patients and emergency squad
personnel used the same entrance. Now, walk-up
patients enter the Emergency Department from
the Park Avenue side of the expansion. Emergency
squad personnel have their own entrance
off of Main Street.
Each of the Emergency Department’s 16 treatment rooms are private. Interior
curtains can be pulled across the sliding glass doors for increased privacy.
“There’s a place to park their
squad vehicles, they have direct access
to the trauma room, and they
have direct access to the decontamination
room, if they need it,” Piccione
said of the emergency personnel entrance.
The hospital also set aside a room
for emergency squad personnel where
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Madison Health’s new Emergency Department has two entrances. Walk-up patients enter
via the Park Avenue side of the new expansion (shown here). Emergency squad personnel
enter via the Main Street side.
EMERGENCY
Continued from page 8
they can take care of documentation, rest,
and get coffee and snacks.
Like the design of the rest of the hospital’s
expansion, the feel of the Emergency
Department is modern and welcoming. The
whole package—function, form and feel—is
meant to match the service the department
has provided all along.
“We know what our staff and organization
brings, and we’re proud of that. Now we
have a space to be proud of, too,” Beair said.
The Emergency Department has seen a
significant increase in patient volume in the
past five years, Beair said. In 2018 alone,
the department cared for more than 17,000
patients.
The staff has matched the increase in
volume with increased efficiency. The department’s
average door-to-doc time is less
than 13 minutes, compared to half-again
that amount of time at other area hospitals.
Madison Health’s new Emergency Department
will open officially on Jan. 21.
New pre- and post-op rooms
Patients coming to the Madison Health for surgery now have private rooms to stay in
before and after their procedures. Previously, the hospital offered six beds divided by
curtains. Now, there are 12 private rooms in four times the amount of space. Each
room has a television and more space to maneuver equipment. For patients’ families,
a new consultation room and waiting area are accessible from the Park Avenue entrance.
Shown here are four of the patient rooms, awaiting finishing touches as construction
winds down.

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Renovated Birthing Center delivers on comfort
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Messenger Editor
While expansion was taking place on one
side of Madison Health, renovation was taking
place on the other side.
Last July, the hospital opened the doors
to its newly renovated Birthing Center. New
modern floors, lighting,
wall coverings,
color scheme and
decor make for a spalike
atmosphere in
which mothers and
families can bond.
“We’re so grateful
that the hospital
leadership made the
renovation a priority.
The thought was,
‘Let’s make it a place
that reflects the care
that we give,’ ” said
Tracy Stewart, RN,
BSN, Birthing Center director.
The more than 5,000 square-foot center
includes three labor and delivery suites and
seven postpartum rooms. The triage room is
now private, with one bed instead of two,
leaving ample space for family members.
The renovated hall bathroom, complete with
The Birthing Center is accessible from the
hospital’s Main Street entrance.
a large, walk-in shower with a rain showerhead,
rivals the amenities of any upscale
hotel.
With all of the choices for change, the
Birthing Center staff kept three goals in
mind: reduce stress, increase comfort, and
make family members feel included. The
new in-room furniture
is one example.
Cushiony gliders
replace the traditional
wooden rocking
chairs, and new
couches easily convert
into beds for
guests. The couches
also include pop-up
tables. This and a
separate small table
with chairs make for
the perfect spots for
two new services the
Birthing Center offers—parenthood
and sibling celebrations.
“We provide a nice candelit steak dinner—
or cheeseburger or pizza dinner, depending
on preference—for the adults and a sundae
bar party for siblings,” Stewart said.
The celebrations also come with gifts.
The package includes everything from dia-
(From left) Harley Severt, RN, Elise Brown, RN, and Tracy Stewart, RN, BSN, stand in one
of the renovated labor and delivery suites in Madison Health’s Birthing Center. The newly
renovated facility opened in July 2018.
pers, wipes and picture books to a onesie for
the new baby that says, “Keep Calm—I’m
Here” and t-shirts for siblings that say,
“Keep Calm—I’ve Got This.”
The updated design, new furniture and
family celebrations go hand-in-hand with
the other services the center provides, including
childbirth and breastfeeding education,
family-centered cesareans, kangaroo
care, nitrous oxide as an option for pain
management, 24-hour epidural anesthesia,
See BIRTH page 11

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Family welcomes baby girl on center’s opening day
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Messenger Editor
When London resident Heidi Nibert
was expecting her fourth child, she
knew where she would go for delivery.
She’d given birth to her first three children
at Madison Health, and she
planned to keep the tradition going.
Delivery No. 4 was a little different,
though. She showed up at the hospital
on July 23 last year, the day the newly
renovated Birthing Center opened. She
and Don Casey were one of two families
to welcome new additions that day.
Their daughter, Amelia Mae, was the
first baby to be delivered in the newly
renovated facility.
“I was lucky to get in just at the right
time. I was more than glad to be the
first one,” Nibert said.
Ever since her oldest child, Trenton,
BIRTH
Continued from page 10
24-hour pediatric care, close parking
and free wireless Internet.
Even with the renovation complete,
Stewart said she and her staff are constantly
looking for new ways to enhance
At the Birthing Center, families celebrate
new arrivals with steak dinners for
parents and sundae parties for siblings.
was born at Madison Health 15 years
ago, Nibert has been recommending the
hospital’s obstetrics department to others.
Now, she said, she has even more
reason to do so. The renovations at the
Birthing Center made a good impression.
“The overall setting was a lot more
services. For example, the center soon
will offer pre-registration, allowing
mothers to complete paperwork prior to
the day they arrive for delivery, eliminating
one more stress on the big day.
Some improvements come at the suggestion
of patients—like the center’s new
homey and comfortable,” she said,
adding that the new furniture, which includes
a couch that converts into a bed
and features a pop-up table, was great
for the visitors she had during her 48-
hour stay.
“Don and the girls—Isabella, 7, and
Aaliyah, 17 months—were there from
when visiting hours opened until they
closed. And we had a lot of other visitors
throughout the day,” she said.
Nibert appreciated the one-on-one
care she received during her stay.
“The care was great. I went in the
week before for fetal monitoring. The
same nurse was excited to see me back
for delivery, and she was there to help
with the after-care, too,” Nibert said.
Little Amelia Mae is now almost 6
months old and, according to mom, “getting
along really well.”
quiet hours. From 2 to 4 p.m. each day,
lights are dimmed and talking in the
hall is kept at low volume.
Nearly 250 births take place at Madison
Health’s Birthing Center each year.
The center is accessible from the hospital’s
Main Street entrance.
On July 23, 2018, Heidi Nibert and Don Casey of London
welcomed Amelia Mae, the first baby born at
Madison Health’s newly renovated Birthing Center.
Amelia joins her older siblings Aaliyah, 1, Isabella, 7,
and Trenton, 15 (not pictured).
Congratulations
on the Grand Opening!
Thank You
Madison Health, for your continued support
of our community’s health and well-being!

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Addition home to medical specialist offices
By Julie Akers
Madison Health Marketing Coordinator
Madison Health prides itself on delivering
specialized care close to home. Even better,
now patients can get this same
specialized care under one roof.
Part of the hospital’s recent expansion
and renovation includes almost 8,000 square
feet for medical specialist office space. The
space opened in October and offers a wide
range of specialized care, with room for expanded
offerings. Specialties and practitioners
currently in the new space include:
• General surgery—Josh Glupker, DO;
• Nephrology—Adeleye A. Edon, DO, and
Pius Kurian, MD;
• Neurology—Xiaomei Gao-Hickman,
MD, and Ann McLean, DO;
• Orthopedic surgery—Stephen Olson,
MD, and Krystal Foley, PA-C; and
• Urology—William Gianakopoulos, MD,
and Adam Weiser, MD.
Specialists leverage the latest techniques
and technology through an alliance partnership
with two of central Ohio’s largest
health systems: The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center and Mount Carmel
Health System.
The facility, located on the second floor of
the hospital’s expansion and accessible from
the Park Avenue entrance, offers on-site,
leading-edge imaging technology for quick
and accurate diagnosis and precise treatment.
Patients and visitors have access to
convenient, free parking and free Wi-Fi.
“Our team is happy to be in the new
space, especially since it is designed with
the patient in mind,” said Dr. Stephen
Stephen Olson, MD, and Krystal Foley, PA-C, discuss a case in the waiting area of the
new medical specialist office space at Madison Health.
An X-ray room outfitted with new state-of-the-art equipment is located next to the orthopedic
surgery specialist offices in the new medical specialist office space at the hospital.
Olson. “For example, access to the new, onsite
X-ray machine is very convenient for
our patients, and it provides excellent images
to aid in medical decision making.”
Other specialists providing patient care
in the community include: Mark Coate, MD,
general surgery; Jennifer Powell, MD, and
Mitchell Spahn, MD, obstetrics and gynecology;
V.B. Revan, MD, allergy and asthma;
Ronald Smith Jr., MD, ear, nose and throat;
Vinay Chitkara, MD, cardiology; Larry
Fish, MD, and Gary Lau, MD, ophthalmology;
Kamel Abraham, MD, pain management;
Michael J. Simek, MD, physical
medicine; and Philip Cain, DPM, and Donald
LeMelle, DPM, podiatry. Joel Rice,
CNP, is a board-certified advanced practice
registered nurse at the Madison Health
Cancer Center.
Visit madison-health.com and select
“find a physician” for more information on
specialty care at Madison Health,
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January 13, 2019 MADISON MESSENGER SPECIAL EDITION - Page 13
Time flies from groundbreaking to grand opening
From planning to completion, Madison
Health’s expansion and renovation project
took approximately 3.5 years. The following
are highlights of the construction journey:
Project planning: Summer 2015-Summer
2016
Design development: Fall/Winter 2016
Site preparation: Spring-Summer 2017
Energy plant construction: Spring-December
2017
Two-story addition: Fall 2017-December
2018
Old power plant and bridge demolition:
January 2018
Construction of concourse between
main hospital and Park Avenue Medical
Building and construction of the pre- and
post-surgery rooms: January-December
2018
Renovation and opening of Birthing
Center: April-July 2018
Opening of the medical specialist office
space: October 2018
Opening of the Cancer Center: January
2019
Opening of the Emergency Department:
January 2019
Madison Health partnered with healthcare
architect firm, Trinity: PDA, to plan
and design the project. Dublin-based
O’Brien Robinson Construction Services
served as the construction manager.
The hospital breaks ground on its expansion project in June 2017. On hand are: (from
left) Dr. Michael Caligiuri, Dr. Mitch Spahn, Dr. Richard Streck, Tom Blincoe, Madison
Health CEO Dana Engle, Rep. Bill Dean, Madison County Commissioner David Dhume,
London Mayor Pat Closser, Senator Bob Hackett, Buddy Byers and Diane Byers.
A view of the two-story addition from Park Avenue in January 2018
A crew works to enclose the stairwell on
the two-story addition in July 2018.
Ron Lewis, the hospital’s former director
of maintenance, has fun with temporary
signage that helped visitors navigate the
hospital grounds during construction.
The framework for the concourse connecting
the Park Avenue Medical Building with
the main hospital goes up in March 2018.
Flooring is installed in the new Emergency
Department in October 2018.
January 2019: Work finishes up on the hospital’s new main entrance, which faces Park
Avenue and sits between the new two-story addition and the new pre- and post-surgery
rooms and concourse to the Park Avenue Medical Building.
Ready for grand opening day on Jan. 18, 2019

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Design choices lend to healing environment
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Editor
Qualified staff and state-ofthe-art
equipment are key to a
hospital’s ability to help patients
heal. Obvious, right?
What might be less obvious
is that a hospital’s interior design
and architectural choices
also can have a positive impact
on patients’ health.
Jill Brengman Woods, senior
interior designer at Trinity:
PDA (Planning Design Architecture),
kept one central question
in mind when selecting everything
from flooring to window
designs for Madison Health’s expansion:
What will help to create a healing environment?
“Instead of entering a place that feels institutional
and reminds you that you are
dealing with health issues, we’ve created an
environment meant to be welcoming and reduce
stress,” Woods said.
Madison Health’s new main entrance
looks like a nice hotel lobby. A fireplace
crackles in the surgery waiting area. Wood
tones throughout the expansion mimic the
warm feeling of home. Neutral finishes and
Natural light brightens the waiting area outside the medical specialist
offices on the second floor of Madison Health’s expansion.
paint colors continue the serene theme.
One of the main design features is one
you can’t touch—natural light. Woods and
the team at Trinity: PDA incorporated windows
wherever possible. Natural light floods
hallways, waiting areas, and employee work
spaces and break rooms.
More importantly, light from outside fills
patient care areas. A prime example is the
Cancer Center, nicknamed “the gem” for the
sparkling light that streams through the
floor to ceiling windows.
“Studies show the healing benefits of natural
light,” Woods said. “Patients who have
a window by their bed versus
those who don’t experience fewer
complications, require less pain
medication, and need to return
less often for additional care.”
The abundance of windows
serves a practical purpose, as
well. In nearly every part of the
expansion, visitors have a view
to the outside, so they can orient
themselves to where they are at
any given time.
“You don’t feel like you’re
buried inside the hospital,”
Woods said.
Design features in the floors
and ceilings also help visitors to
find their way to and through different departments
and back out again. Carpet signals
places to slow down and stop, like
waiting areas. Ceiling tiles and lighting create
a feeling of linear movement that flows
with the flooring.
A concourse with consistent floor coloring
and tiling ties everything together. A visitor
need only look for that tiling to know they’re
on the path back to where they started.
“A big concern for people who come to the
hospital is not being able to find their way
around,” Woods said. “Even for someone
who is adept at directions, the pressure that
can come with a trip to the hospital or the
emergency room can impact how they think.
That’s why we’ve done everything we can to
help guide them and move them through
the space.”
Finishing touches inside and out lend to
the creation of a healing environment.
Woods worked with Melinda Elliott of Fine
Designs & Interiors in London to select artwork
that stands out or blends in, depending
on its location.
“For lobby spaces, we went with artwork
with pops of color and things to study or interact
with,” Woods said.
They chose a different tact for patient
care spaces.
“We didn’t want to present more challenges
for patients, so we went with scenes
that are easily identifiable and soothing,”
Woods said, adding that nature is a common
theme. “When you see something that is
green and flourishing and healthy, subconsciously
it makes you think of healing.”
This thought carries to the expansion’s
exterior where trees, shrubs and flower
plantings are planned. Healing gardens are
a possibility in the future. A big plus, Woods
said, is that views from the expansion include
the city of London’s Cowling Park.
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January 13, 2019 MADISON MESSENGER SPECIAL EDITION - Page 15
Wound care center opens in March
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Messenger Editor
So, what do you do once you wrap up a
$25 million expansion and renovation project?
Take a breather?
Nope. The leadership at Madison Health
continues to look at what’s next for patient
services. And in the short term, what’s next
is a wound care center set to open at the
hospital in March 2019.
“We have a lot of patients in the community
with disease processes, like diabetes
and malnutrition, that leave them with
wounds that don’t heal,” said Jennifer Piccione,
vice president of nursing and clinical
services at Madison Health. “The center will
specialize in caring for these kinds of complex
wounds.”
Because the service is not offered elsewhere
in Madison County, patients often
travel to Columbus for care. The hospital is
partnering with Healogics, the nation’s
leading wound care management company,
to offer this specialized care locally.
“It brings another service close to home,”
Piccione said.
Through Healogics, the hospital will
have access to:
* nationally recognized protocols for
wound treatment;
* specialized training;
* advanced wound care technology;
* a network of specialists to assist with
challenging cases;
* the world’s largest accumulation of
wound data; and
* community education programs.
Healogics provides wound care and consulting
services to nearly 800 hospitals
across the United States. Based in Jacksonville,
Fla., the company works to drive
wound science forward by developing new
treatment and prevention techniques and
sharing that expertise widely.
Madison Health’s wound care center will
be staffed by a wound care specialist and
equipped with the latest in equipment and
technology, including a hyperbaric oxygen
chamber. The center will be located in the
space formerly occupied by the oncology department.
Hospital leaders are working with Trinity:
PDA (Planning Design Architecture) to
determine the best uses for other spaces vacated
in the hospital as a result of the expansion.
A top priority is to transform space
to accommodate additional medical specialists.
“We’re already filling up our new area
upstairs,” said Bob Waldeck, vice president
of strategy and construction management,
referring to specialist offices located on the
second floor of the expansion.
Hospital Fast Facts
Opened on Sept. 11, 1962
Not-for-profit community hospital
Licensed for 94 beds
Affiliate of the Ohio State
University/Mount Carmel
Health Alliance since 1999
Accredited by the Joint Commission
on the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations
Park Avenue Medical Building
opened in 2006
Has primary care offices in
West Jefferson and Mount Sterling
Madison Health Foundation
organized in 1974

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It’s more
than a building...