What were the considerations in the decision to move the inpatient hospital facility to a new location?
Renovation of our current facility would be prohibitively expensive and would significantly disturb patient care for an extended period. The Board felt a whole-hospital replacement would better serve the community. Numerous factors were involved in the decision-making process including demographics (age, population distribution, etc.), employers, physician issues, and growth trends to name a few. The combination of all of these led to the decision to relocate the focal point of inpatient care.
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