07-02-2025
New name marks new era for LECOM Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pavilion
New name, new beginning. LECOM Health has rebranded their hospital on the cusp of opening their expansion.
They are calling this the new generation of healthcare in Erie with a major focus on technology.
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After years of being known as Millcreek Community Hospital, the center is beginning its next chapter with a new name.
Leaders, officials and physicians gathered Thursday at the Atrium at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine for the official unveiling of LECOM Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pavilion.
The re-branding signifies the close connection between the hospital and school and the impact they've had on the community as well as the students they train.
'The school was actually started by the hospital but as time has gone on the hospital is the training ground for all of our students,' said Danielle Hansen, regional president of LECOM Health.
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Their new identity also comes on the tenth anniversary of LECOM Health.
The program is the only osteopathic academic center in the nation and Hansen said they will put an emphasis on adapting to serve the community.
'We want to be responsive to our community's needs, we want to be responsive to the entire health care landscape and environment changes occur from the way we're reimbursed to the way we treat people and the technologies and innovation associated with that so trying to put all that together and make sure we provide the best services possible to our patients in the community,' Hansen said.
Construction on the hospital's addition will be wrapping up soon and they will be ready to open in the next few weeks.
Groundbreaking was in March of 2023 and two years later, the new multi-story emergency room is an additional 34,000 square feet that includes an intensive care unit, medical-surgical unit and a cardiac cath lab.
'We'll be offering some services that we haven't offered in the past so that's exciting for us and the services that we continue to offer, we'll be offering at a much more comfortable environment for our patients and a much more efficient workflow for our team,' Hansen went on to say.
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Hansen said the program will continue to evolve during their 10-year anniversary.
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