Defiance Regional Medical Center

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Defiance Regional Medical Center
ProMedica Health System
Geography
Location Defiance, Ohio, United States
Organization
Care system Public
Affiliated university None
Links
Website http://www.promedica.org/dpage2.aspx?pageid=50
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Defiance Regional Medical Center is a public hospital in Defiance, Ohio that is part of the ProMedica Health System.

Their cafeteria is very popular with local residents; between January and June 2004, the number of meals served on Sundays more than doubled.[1]

Indianapolis 500 champion Sam Hornish sponsored the creation of a heart facility there in 2006, the Sam Hornish Family Heart Center; by July 2007, it had already performed 700 procedures, saving residents trips to hospitals in Toledo or Fort Wayne.[2]

Also in 2006, Timothy Jakacki took over as president of the hospital, adding on to his duties as head of Fostoria Community Hospital, in a larger management shuffle by ProMedica; he succeeded John Horns, who was promoted to larger regional responsibilities.[3] Jacacki complained of the difficulties of recruiting doctors in rural northwestern Ohio in a later interview; though specialist recruiting remained an issue, he emphasized that some family physicians actually preferred coming to smaller communities like Defiance because it enabled them to broaden their area of practice.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hospital Cafeteria a Hot Spot for Dining", Associated Press, 2004-06-23, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95767514.html, retrieved 2008-03-26 
  2. ^ Markey, Matt (2007-07-08), "Many organizations benefit from efforts by local hero", The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31828486_ITM, retrieved 2008-03-25 
  3. ^ Lund, Eric (2006-08-10), "ProMedica shuffles managers", The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/NEWS32/608100312, retrieved 2008-03-26 
  4. ^ Prince, Darlene (2008-01-13), "Recruiting family docs a 'challenge' in NW Ohio", Crescent News (Defiance, Ohio), http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3135731, retrieved 2008-03-26 

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