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of I-71 and Pearl Road in Middleburg Heights for a new 57,600-square-foot community health center. The new facility will replace MetroHealth's busy health center in nearby Strongsville, where patient demand has required expansion of services, and will be the prototype for MetroHealth ambulatory facilities in the future. METROHEALTH M ETROHEALTH'S BOARD OF Trustees recently approved the acquisition of a 10-acre parcel at the intersection MetroExpressCare, imaging, pri- mary care, and specialties including cardiology, neurology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatol- ogy and ophthalmology. Patients will also have access to physical and occu- pational therapy for rehabilitation. "This is the first step in the expan- sion of our ambulatory network, which aims to provide greater access to MetroHealth's comprehensive set of services," says Mark Moran, CEO Mercy Opens New Health Center in Jackson M to Build New Health Center in Middleburg Heights The new health center will offer and president of MetroHealth. Construction is expected to begin in early 2012 and will take approximately 12 to 16 months. The $23 million project will be funded with Build America Bonds that MetroHealth issued last year. The new MetroHealth Middleburg Heights Health Center, which will be the prototype for MetroHealth ambulatory facilities in the future, will add 60 jobs to the local economy. The Center is expected to break even in its second year. ■ ERCY MEDICAL CENTER opened it newest health center — Mercy Health Center and Statcare of Jackson — in November. The $16-mil- l ion, 55,000-square-foot faci l ity includes a laboratory; 4-bed sleep lab; and diagnostic imaging, includ- ing X-ray, MRI, CT, mammography, ultrasound, bone densitometry and echocardiography. Physician offices and Statcare, which offers urgent care for minor injuries and illnesses, are also housed in the building. The new Mercy Health Center and Statcare, which is located on the corner of Wales Road NW and Caritas Circle NW, replaces a smaller health center and statcare on Fulton Road NW. The facility is a developer-hospital- physician partnership involving Signet Healthcare, Mercy Medical Center and local physician practices. ■ 10 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton MD NEWS MDNEWS.COM JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2012