Passavant Area Hospital expands women's health care services

BY MICHELLE OWNBEY

Passavant Area Hospital has expanded women’s health care services offered on the hospital’s campus with the opening of a renovated facility dedicated to women’s health. The Passavant Women’s Health Center, which opened Jan. 2, allows women in the Jacksonville area greater access to obstetric and gynecologic care, including care related to high-risk pregnancies, closer to home.

“Our mission is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve,” said Harry Schmidt, Passavant president and CEO. “Passavant Area Hospital serves rural communities in which women tend to have restricted access to specialized health care compared to women living in more urban communities. We are happy our new Women’s Health Center will provide women increased access to the basic and specialized care not previously available to them.”

The Center is located at 610 N. Westgate, on the northwest corner of the Passavant campus. The public is invited to tour the facility and meet the physicians during an open house event from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1. The Center will be staffed by three physicians and one nurse practitioner.

“Before opening new services or expanding on existing services, we consider industry trends and analyze community needs,” said Schmidt. “Morgan and the surrounding counties present great need for expanded access to women’s health care services so we are we are responding to that need with our new Women’s Health Center.”

Dr. Robert Abrams, associate professor and division chief for maternal-fetal medicine at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, has expanded his practice to accommodate patients with high-risk pregnancies at the new facility in Jacksonville.

Passavant obstetrician-gynecologists Drs. Alexander Hrynewych and Jeffrey Olejnik have each moved his practice to the new facility. Both physicians formally saw patients within Passavant’s OB/GYN offices on the third floor of the hospital proper.

“The new space is easier for our patients to find and, because we have more exam rooms and staff, we’ll be able to better accommodate our patients,” said Hrynewych. “I’m impressed by the new facility -- it’s beautiful, everything is top-of-the-line.”

New to Passavant is Dr. Alexander Raw and Caitlen Wiese, a board-certified family nurse practitioner.

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