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AULTMAN HOSPITAL Stark County’s largest medical care provider has grown, and plans to keep growing. In September, Aultman Health Foundation added the North Canton Medical Foundation’s clinical practice, located behind the Aultman North building. Renamed Aultman North Canton Medical Group, the 204-employee practice allows Aultman to offer a full-service campus at the Whipple Avenue NW facility.
Also this year, Aultman expanded its five-year collaboration with Akron Children’s Hospital, which will run Aultman’s inpatient pediatric unit. Next year, Aultman Hospital plans to start work on a new cancer care center, adding roughly 12,000 feet, said CEO Ed Roth. The existing cancer center also will be upgraded in the $20 million project, which is expected to last four years. Money will be raised through the Shoppes at Aultman, a combination gift, medical supply and convenience store. The expanded 6,000-square-foot retail center opened in November. Aultman is aiming to become a High Reliability Organization, training all employees and examining its practices and communications to improve patient safety, said Roth.
ABOUT AULTMAN HOSPITAL Location: 2600 Sixth St. SW, Canton Years in Stark County: 121 Aultman Health Foundation CEO: Ed Roth
What makes it special: Aultman Hospital is Stark County’s oldest and largest hospital — and the only one vertically integrated with an insurance provider (Aultcare) and colleges of nursing and radiography. Licensed beds: 808 Number of employees: About 5,000 (includes hospital, colleges, insurance provider) Satellites: 18 facilities in three counties Accepts: AultCare insurance plans. NonAultCare patients can be admitted through Aultman’s “Yes,You Can” program. Website: www.aultman.org
ED ROTH Title: CEO, Aultman Health Foundation Years at Aultman Health Foundation: 33 Years as CEO: 13 “We’re moving in health care from this volume-based, ROTH provider-driven world, to a more consumer-based, valuedriven model.We’re shifting from not managing sickness, but managing the health of a population over a period of time.”