OhioHealth Grant Medical Center

OhioHealth Grant Medical Center is a hospital in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The facility was established in 1900 as the second member hospital of OhioHealth, a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system. Grant Medical Center is a Level I Trauma Center.

OhioHealth Grant Medical Center
Geography
Location	111 South Grant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Coordinates	39°57′37.66″N 82°59′28.91″W
Organization
Funding	Not-for-profit
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	434
Helipad	FAA LID: OH01[1]
Public transit access	11
Links
Website	Official website
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

U.S. News & World Report regionally ranked Grant Medical Center #16 in Ohio and nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 3 adult specialties. OhioHealth Grant Medical Center is also recognized as a teaching hospital.^[2]

The hospital replaced St. Francis Hospital, also known as Starling Medical College. The hospital was designed by R. A. Sheldon of New York, with assistance from George Bellows Sr.^[3] Grant Medical Center operated a 16-story building, Baldwin Tower, from 1968 to its demolition in 2004.^[4]

Services and clinical programs

Trauma care

Grant Medical Center has a Level I Trauma Center in Columbus having been verified as such in 1993.^[5]

Surgery

Grant Medical Center performed 8,110 annual inpatient and 12,617 outpatient surgeries according to U.S. News & World Report.^[2] Grant Medical Center is also a teaching hospital offering Surgical Critical Care Fellowships.^[5]

Neurosciences

Grant Medical Center is certified by The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center.^[6]

Grant Medical Center received the American Stroke Association award Get with the Guidelines® Achievement Award in 2014 and 2016 ^[7]

Orthopedics

Grant Medical Center is an accredited hospital from The Joint Commission, and has been since 2010.^[8] The Joint Commission Quality Check specifically recognizes Grant Medical Center for its ability in Joint Replacement - Shoulder, Joint Replacement - Knee, Joint Replacement - Hip, and Hip Fracture treatments.^[9]

History

• 
  St. Francis Hospital, first hospital on the site
• 
  Grant Hospital buildings, demolished
• 
  Grant Hospital building, demolished
• 
  Baldwin Tower, demolished

References

1. "AirNav: – Grant Medical Center Heliport". airnav.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
2. "Grant Medical Center: Columbus, Ohio". Health.usnews.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
3. "Bellows' dad was local architect". The Columbus Dispatch. June 3, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
4. "Hospital completing plans to raze Baldwin Tower - Columbus - Columbus Business First". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05.
5. "Trauma Emergency Surgery Fellowship - Grant Medical Center". OhioHealth.com.
6. "Certification History - Quality Report - QualityCheck.org". www.qualitycheck.org.
7. "OhioHealth's Earned Healthcare Awards - Top Hospitals". OhioHealth.com.
8. "Accreditation History - Quality Report - QualityCheck.org". www.qualitycheck.org.
9. "Quality Report - QualityCheck.org". www.qualitycheck.org.

External links

• Official website