WellSpan Health Breaks Ground on New Shrewsbury Hospital That Will Improve Access to Care Close to Home
23 Abril 2024 - 1:35PM
Officials from WellSpan Health, one of the nation’s most dynamic
healthcare organizations, and Emerus, the nation’s leading
developer of small-format hospitals, today held a ceremonial
groundbreaking for the much-anticipated WellSpan Shrewsbury
Hospital, which will elevate healthcare access for residents in
York County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding region.“As WellSpan
reimagines healthcare, making high-quality care more accessible to
our friends and neighbors is a key priority,” said Roxanna
Gapstur, Ph.D., R.N., president and CEO, WellSpan Health. “The new
WellSpan Shrewsbury Hospital promises exceptional clinical care and
experience close-to-home for this fast-growing community.”
Vic Schmerbeck, CEO of Emerus, said, “We are proud to partner
with WellSpan, one of the nation’s leading hospital systems. We’re
excited to help bring sustainable, compassionate, high-quality
health care that will meet the needs of Pennsylvanians, now, and in
the future.”
The innovative WellSpan Shrewsbury Hospital at 13515 Wolfe Road
in New Freedom, Pennsylvania, will include an emergency department
as well as 10 inpatient beds in a smaller, more accessible
footprint than traditional hospitals. Shrewsbury Hospital will be
conveniently located in a fast growing part of the region, ensuring
essential medical services are readily available no matter where an
individual may live, work and play.
It will operate 24/7, 365 days a year and is projected to open
in late 2025. It is the one of three new hospitals WellSpan is
building in partnership with Emerus over the next two years,
including facilities in Carlisle and Newberry Township,
Pennsylvania. The sites were chosen because of their extensive
distance from current hospital services. The improved access to
care and wide range of services streamlined in a smaller setting
should greatly improve the patient experience.
WellSpan and Emerus have enthusiastically embraced their
collaboration as a way to provide patients with long-term,
high-quality health care services. Small-format hospitals are able
to see, treat and discharge patients in far less time, on average,
than traditional larger hospitals, without a reduction in services
or quality.
In addition to inpatient and emergency care, WellSpan Shrewsbury
Hospital will provide diagnostic capabilities including ultrasound,
computed tomography (CT), X-ray and laboratory services. The
emergency department will treat common emergency care needs such as
falls, injuries, burns and infections. All three of the new
hospitals, including Shrewsbury, will be fully licensed and offer
high-quality patient services, in alignment with the quality
provided at other WellSpan locations.
Emerus has numerous similar partnerships with leading healthcare
systems including Baptist Health System, Baylor Scott & White
Health, Dignity Health and MultiCare. To learn more about Emerus’
approach to these innovative hospitals, visit
www.emerus.com.
For details on WellSpan’s other six acute care hospitals across
South Central Pennsylvania, visit
www.WellSpan.org/Hospital.
- Groundbreaking
- Podium remarks
Ryan Coyle
WellSpan Health
7178513151
RCoyle@WellSpan.org