GRHealth is one of three bidders vying for the new hospital, and the Columbia County Board of Commissioners voted in March to support any of the three that can successfully obtain a CON.
“We are committed to building a community teaching hospital and health care campus that will significantly contribute to the health and wellness of its residents and neighbors,” said Shawn P. Vincent, Sr. Vice President of Partnerships, International Healthcare and Strategic Affiliations.
The proposed site for the campus is in the Grovetown area, and the hospital will cost about $195 million. The comprehensive plan would include the hospital, an open-staff model with the majority of providers being local, community physicians; and later expansion would include an associated medical office building with outpatient services; and a satellite teaching environment.
In keeping with Georgia Regents University and Health System’s mission, the campus would provide opportunities to more effectively provide wellness, disease prevention, early detection and treatment to one of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, while offering our faculty, students and staff opportunities for investigation, training, and instruction, and to provide cutting-edge clinical care, Vincent said.
“By leveraging health care and IT solutions that some of our partners have not yet made widely available, Columbia County could soon lay claim to the most technologically advanced hospital in the nation,” he added.
We were notified on May 28th that University Hospital has filed its Certificate of Need with the Georgia Department of Community Health.
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