More than just another wintery Saturday, this past January 13th marked an exciting milestone for our greater community with the opening of the brand-new Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital and medical office building. The entire complex was abuzz for the community open house event, featuring FC Cincinnati players signing autographs, and local groups, clinical service providers and physicians chatting with community members and sharing information. Visitors were invited to take a self-guided tour throughout the airy, light-filled hospital, with staff stationed at various points to provide additional details as they walked by. Talk about a warm winter welcome—nearly 1,000 community members attended the four-hour event. Then on January 20th, Mercy Health officially opened its doors at 7 a.m. to begin 24/7 care for the first time.
Now, Mercy Health’s 60-bed, state-of-the-art hospital and attached medical office building offer high-quality healthcare services for Mason, Deerfield, Loveland, Maineville, Lebanon and their surrounding communities—areas that have grown exponentially in recent years, but lacked an acute care facility close to home. It’s the main reason Mercy Health chose to invest in this community.
“This was an opportunity for us to serve a need and provide a convenient, community hospital in a growing area. In addition to the hospital, we’ve also seeded the area with primary care doctors, plus we have a medical office building that includes several specialties to which residents now have access,” explains Jason Asic, Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital President.
The hospital offers cardiac and surgical services, emergency care, imaging and critical care—including a cardiac catheterization lab, ICU unit and inpatient beds. Right next door is the medical office building where patients have access to key specialties such as ENT, audiology, general surgery, pulmonology, orthopedics, cardiology and lab services.
“People now have a convenient option where they can receive this level of care right in their community, which will lead to quicker medical interventions and easier access,” says Jason. “Patients staying in the hospital can be closer to home.”
A Mercy Health associate since the early 2000s, starting as a lab technologist and then advancing through administrative roles, Jason was also part of the Mercy Health West Hospital opening. “I was able to see how a brand-new hospital behaves and grows—and the different situations one can encounter—then use that knowledge for this hospital,” he shares.
Jason was brought on in the fall of 2020 to begin helping with the Kings Mills Hospital project, and in partnership with Danis Construction and GBBN Architecture, they expertly navigated a remote design process and supply chain shortages. They broke ground in 2021 and within two years, were able to move into the hospital to prepare for patient care.
“Concepts that were important to us when designing the hospital were flexibility, growth and technology—you need all three of those things working in concert,” Jason explains. “Technology is such an integral part of anything we do in healthcare, so you have to make sure the infrastructure is there with flexibility for needs changing over time.”
They also focused on features that would immediately make a difference for visitors, such as a warm, welcoming ambiance with lots of natural light and easy wayfinding. “When someone comes in the front doors of our campus, navigating around is very clear and intuitive.”
Just as important? Hiring staff who would not only fill in-demand skilled positions, but also help augment and enhance the culture. “I want to make sure we’re meeting the community needs, and that our associates and physicians can do what they do every day to help patients,” Jason shares. “We’re building a culture where patients want to come here to receive care, physicians want to practice here, and staff want to be here.”
Beyond the health and wellness benefits the Kings Mills Hospital brings to residents, the economic and workforce contributions are many. The construction process brought more than 200 workers into the area, while the hospital currently has 200 associates—with a projection to grow to approximately 275 staff between the hospital and medical offices over the next two years.
According to a report by the American Hospital Association, health systems and hospitals have become “economic pillars that create jobs and purchase goods and services from others in their community.”
“The heart of it is that when we are in a community, we are a true partner of that community—from a health, well-being and economic standpoint, as well as outreach and involvement with local institutions and municipal services like fire, EMS, police and area schools,” Jason explains.“We try to be a good partner to show we are here to interact, and help them improve the overall health of the community.”
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The heart of it is that when we are in a community, we are a true partner of that community.
People now have a convenient option where they can receive this level of care right in their community.
