Akron-based announced today plans for $350 million in facility upgrades.
Most of the funds--$270 million--will go toward constructing a new six-story tower and a 50,000-square-foot ambulatory clinic at . The first round of funds will also apply to renovations at .
The remaining $80 million will be invested in other upgrades in the project鈥檚 second phase.
President and CEO says the overhaul will mean lower costs and a more patient-focused approach to care.
鈥淲hat we鈥檙e hoping to do is create a model where we have [a] team-based approach where a multidisciplinary group of clinicians can all be in one location," Malone said. "And when a patient comes in who has more than one issue, we can provide the care around the patient as opposed to the patient going elsewhere.鈥�
Summa Health plans to break ground on its new facilities by this time next year. Project completion at the Akron campus is expected sometime in 2019.
