Wednesday, April 12, 2000
UC physicians consider facilities in suburbs
Research institute, clinic envisioned
BY Ben L. Kaufman
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Moves into northern suburbs were indicated Tuesday by the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Physicians, the private practice group to which its faculty belongs.
In his annual “state of the medical center” address, Dr. Donald C. Harrison said the college hopes to create a biomedical research institute in the next few years, possibly in Reading at the former Hoechst Marion Roussel lab on Galbraith Road at Ronald Reagan Highway.
It's not a done deal, he cautioned, but some off-campus site will be acquired because there is no space at UC.
There is no money, either. “We desperately need someone who can pony up $50 million,” he said.
Dr. Harrison named a handful of universities — including one without a medical school — that have received huge grants for the kinds of research that will draw more money and distinguish them from second-tier institutions.
“We are courting people who can do that,” he said.
Dr. Randy Hilliard, chairman of UC Physicians, and his colleagues told a sales meeting for employers, insurers and outside physicians that his faculty colleagues know they must improve their service if they are to compete as a multispecialty group.
One change would be to add a clinical facility if they are to draw patients from increasingly populous suburbs. “We don't know where it is,” Dr. Hilliard added. “We don't have a piece of property.”
However, outside physicians say their patients complain about coming to offices of UC Physicians in and around University Hospital, Dr. Hilliard said, and the core city is losing population to the satellite cities.
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