The Central Ohio Hospital Council is the forum for area hospitals to collaborate with each other and community stakeholders to improve the quality, value, equity and accessibility of health care in the region. Its four members include Mount Carmel Health System, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and OhioHealth. Click here to learn more about the impact Franklin County hospitals have on the central Ohio community.

As a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization, Mount Carmel Health System is a member of Trinity Health, the fourth largest Catholic health care system in the United States. Founded in 1886, Mount Carmel Health System includes four hospitals: Mount Carmel East, Mount Carmel West, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, and Mount Carmel New Albany; numerous outpatient services; a community outreach program for the underserved; a college of nursing; and a Medicare Advantage health plan. Mount Carmel Health System has approximately 13,000 associates, physicians and volunteers at its four hospitals.

Admissions: 45,634
Outpatient Visits: 497,764
Births: 5,985
Beds: 1,048
Total Expenses: $1,291,030,183
Payroll Expenses: $505,400,279
Personnel: 4,789

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s largest pediatric health care networks providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative care for infants, children, adolescents, and adult patients with congenital disease. A medical staff of nearly 900 and a hospital staff of more than 6,000 provide state-of-the-art pediatric care for more than 700,000 patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Research Institute is one of the top ten National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities.

Admissions: 17,919
Outpatient Visits: 738,502
Beds: 696
Total Expenses: $2,093,212,000
Payroll Expenses: $1,154,640,000
Personnel: 16,597

Established in 1891 with Methodist roots, OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health system that has grown from its origins as Columbus’s Protestant Hospital into an expansive network serving 50 Ohio counties. The organization is guided by a core mission to improve the health of those it serves, supported by values of compassion, excellence, integrity, inclusion, and stewardship. OhioHealth’s strength lies in its long-standing commitment to high-quality care, consistently earning prestigious awards, such as being named one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” 15 times since 2007 and receiving honors from Monigle and Vizient for their patient trust, outcomes, and care coordination. With over 35,000 associates, providers, and volunteers across 16 hospitals and more than 400 care sites, OhioHealth leverages its history of community partnership and operational excellence to be a leader in the healthcare industry.

Admissions: 87,393
Outpatient Visits: 1,134,642
Births: 11,313
Beds: 2,288
Total Expenses: $3,008,338,443
Payroll Expenses: $1,153,611,015
Personnel: 13,117

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is comprised of six hospitals: University Hospital, University Hospital East, OSU Harding Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital, OSU Rehabilitation Services at Dodd Hall, and a partner institution, the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Also included is the OSU Primary Care Network, with 13 offices in central Ohio and a Specialty Care Network of outpatient medical-specialty facilities. The Medical Center has more than 13,000 clinicians, researchers, and staff, including OSU Physicians, a unified physician practice of more than 700 doctors.

Admissions: 60,713
Outpatient Visits: 1,773,306
Births: 5,323
Beds: 1,150
Total Expenses: $2,338,403,175
Payroll Expenses: $753,021,612
Personnel: 18,379