CARTHAGE — The outpatient therapy-services clinic of Carthage Area Hospital was scheduled to begin operations at the hospital’s main campus on March 12 after relocation. The Carthage Therapy Services outpatient clinic had been operating at 3 Bridge St. in the Carthage Professional Building and was set to move to the hospital’s main campus at 1001 […]
CARTHAGE — The outpatient therapy-services clinic of Carthage Area Hospital was scheduled to begin operations at the hospital’s main campus on March 12 after relocation.
The Carthage Therapy Services outpatient clinic had been operating at 3 Bridge St. in the Carthage Professional Building and was set to move to the hospital’s main campus at 1001 West St. in Carthage.
It relocated from clinical space it occupied since early 2008, the organization announced.
The move affects nine employees, Kenneth Eysaman, strategic communication associate, tells CNYBJ.
The change brings the therapy-services clinic under the same roof as the medical-imaging unit, which therapy-services patients often use. The move also represents an “adaptive reuse” of updated space that previously housed the hospital’s skilled-nursing unit. That unit ended operations at the hospital in September after all residents were transferred to other North Country facilities.
“This investment puts our patients first while improving their access to a wider menu of care on the main hospital campus,” Rich Duvall, CEO of Carthage Area Hospital, contended in a hospital news release. He noted that Carthage Therapy Services new home for its outpatient clinic is a larger facility that is “conveniently located down the hall” from its medical imaging staff.
The move makes “strategic use” of unused space in the hospital and a chance to “evaluate” clinic space at the Carthage Professional Building for future use, Duvall added.
“We are excited about this move, which will improve the delivery of care for Therapy Services patients,” Cheryl Tousant, director of therapy services at Carthage Area Hospital, said. “We have taken positive, proactive steps to ensure it is the least disruptive as possible for our patients as we look forward to treating them in our new location.”
Carthage Therapy Services says it provides outpatient and specialty physical and occupational-therapy services.
Established as a rural community hospital in 1965, Carthage Area Hospital is a 25-bed hospital, serving about 83,000 residents in Jefferson, northern Lewis, and southern St. Lawrence counties.
The hospital formed a clinical affiliation with Syracuse–based Crouse Health last year.
