Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - University Hospitals (UH) Portage Hospital (formerly Robinson Memorial Hospital) has been caring for Portage County and the surrounding communities for over 100 years, achieving clinical excellence in several services greatly needed by our community. UH Portage is a 302 licensed-bed progressive hospital. As the only hospital in the county, UH Portage Medical Center offers an array of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical specialties. UH Portage Medical Center operates a Level III Trauma Emergency Department, two urgent care facilities, and comprehensive imaging facilities, along with a network of physician practices and outpatient centers and medical facilities throughout the county. UH Portage’s medical staff consists of nearly 400 physicians in over 40 medical specialties. Women’s health care over the life cycle is an essential component of UH Portage’s services. In addition to managing their own care, women also provide the backbone for their families’ care. We must do all that we can to help support women throughout the life course. There are significant opportunities for enhancing women’s health care. One of these is in the area of breast cancer treatment, as a great deal of new cases are diagnosed annually at UH Portage. Enhancements to breast health services at UH Portage will increase patient access with vastly improved coordination of care among professionals who will be able to work collaboratively. Specialty breast health equipment and some modest facility updates will make a patient-focused Breast Health Center at UH Portage a reality. The equipment outlined in this request will allow UH Portage Medical Center to better serve women needing screening mammograms, and further diagnosis or treatment if needed. The selected equipment builds on our current offerings of screening mammography, diagnostic mammography, tumor biopsies and breast surgery. Adding this equipment to our existing array of services will bring the most technologically advanced scans to the people of Portage County. Additionally, it will allow us to serve more women in need of these services with a significant increase in capacity for mammography. When an abnormality is detected in a screening mammogram, there are several steps and possible procedures that follow to determine if the abnormality is cancerous. The requested equipment will allow UH Portage patients to receive these subsequent services in a well-coordinated fashion, with a reduced wait time. This gets women into needed treatment faster if needed, and if no cancer is detected, then provides more timely relief for the patient. UH Portage has dedicated caregivers who see the physical and emotional toll breast cancer exacts from patients every day. Their vision is to enhance and expand services by creating a comprehensive Breast Health Center that provides a more comfortable, well-coordinated, and highest quality experience for patients. The physicians, staff, administration and patients of UH Portage Medical Center thank you for your support for this important program to find, diagnose and treat breast cancer. This comprehensive approach to breath health and the treatment of breast cancer will greatly benefit the women (and men) of Portage County and the surrounding area.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).