O'bleness Memorial Hospital

Description

Mission Vision and Values
MISSION
To provide superior healthcare at a cost that represents value to the community

VISION
OBleness Memorial Hospital will aspire to be the healthcare provider of first choice for patients physicians payors employees and the community

VALUES
The OBleness Memorial Hospital family recognizes trust respect and dignity as our preeminent values We recognize the unique physical emotional and spiritual needs of each person We strive to extend the highest level of courtesy and service to patients families visitors and each other

History

OBleness Memorial Hospitalformerly Sheltering Arms Hospitalhas provided healthcare services to the residents of southeastern Ohio since 1921

Sheltering Arms Hospital was established in Athens Ohio on May 21 1921 when two rooms of the Charles and Delia Breinig home on Clark Street became a lyingin hospital for maternity patients The hospital came about at the suggestion of Dr John R Sprague with strong endorsement by Dr Blaine R Goldsberry At that time area residents received healthcare services in physicians offices or in their homes because there was no hospital

Mr Breinig continued to build additions to the hospital and together with Mrs Breinig operated the hospital until it was sold to Dr T H Morgan in 1947 Dr Morgan and his wife Betty Gilham Morgan Anastas who became the hospitals manager soon increased the hospital from 46 beds to 52 beds and nine bassinets and began completely renovating the facility

In 1948 civic leaders organized the Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation Inc to solicit funds to expand the hospitals services When Dr Morgan died in 1957 ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation Inc in accordance with the terms of Dr Morgans will Today the foundation continues to operate OBleness Memorial Hospital and additional affiliates as the OBleness Health System

In the early 1960s area physicians and hospital leadership decided that the growing Athens community needed a larger modern facility A major fundraising campaign was launched that raised 17 million for the construction of a new hospital The hospital was named OBleness Memorial Hospital in honor of Charles G OBleness the hospitals major benefactor Further expansions of the hospital were made possible in part by the communitys overwhelming support of OBleness fundraising campaigns

Throughout the decades the hospital has kept pace with advances in healthcare technology and undergone extensive modernization that has expanded and improved many areas of the hospital Major construction completed in 1995 created a new emergency department laboratory patient registration area business offices gift shop and several waiting areas as well as a medical office building attached to the hospital Renovation expanded the surgery outpatient and radiology departments In 1998 OBleness Birth Center moved into newly renovated space on the hospitals second floor A second major fundraising campaign in the community raised 14 million toward the financing of the building project

In 2004 the Castrop Center was constructed near the hospital in the OBleness Medical Park Several hospital services are located in the Castrop Center including the OBleness Rehabilitation Center as well as satellites for laboratory imaging and patient registration Other affiliates of the OBleness Health System are also located in the Center

The Cornwell Center for Cardiovascular and Diabetes Care opened in 2006 at the west end of the hospital The Center brings together a progressive alliance of healthcare professionals who provide a comprehensive array of services related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus two diseases often linked Stateofthe art diagnostic testing treatment rehabilitation patient education and clinical research as well as professional training programs are available at this contemporary regional center serving Southeastern Ohio OBleness Memorial Hospitals lowrisk catheterization laboratory for cardiac and vascular procedures is located in the Cornwell Center as well as HeartWorks cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program in conjunction with WellWorks at Ohio University

The Cornwell Center for Cardiovascular and Diabetes Care opened in 2006 at the west end of the hospital The Center brings together a progressive alliance of healthcare professionals who provide a comprehensive array of services related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus two diseases often linked Stateofthe art diagnostic testing treatment rehabilitation patient education and clinical research as well as professional training programs are available at this contemporary regional center serving Southeastern Ohio OBleness Memorial Hospitals lowrisk catheterization laboratory for cardiac and vascular procedures is located in the Cornwell Center as well as HeartWorks cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program in conjunction with WellWorks at Ohio University

The OBleness Health System also maintains a website with information about its affiliates