Media Advisory: Nationwide Childrens Hospital Hosts Hilliard Close To Home Center Family Day

October 24, 2014

WHAT:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital hosts free Hilliard Close To Home Center Family Day that will include fun activities, refreshments and a tour of the new facility
 
WHEN:
9 a.m.-11 a.m., Saturday, October 25, 2014
 
WHERE:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Hilliard Close To Home Center
4363 All Seasons Drive (off of Britton Parkway just north of Cemetery Road)
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Please note: This newly-developed location may  not show up correctly on all maps software or GPS. 
 
Please refer to the map below.
 
WHO:
Families and Friends of Nationwide Children’s Hospital
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Hilliard Close To Home Center has moved and began seeing patients at the new location Oct. 20. The move will enhance the patient experience by providing expanded services.
 
With the new center, Nationwide Children’s will be able to provide additional services, making it easier for families to access those services “close to home.” Nationwide Children’s bring specialized pediatric expertise to the community, provided by medical professionals dedicated solely to the provision of pediatric healthcare services.
 
Services offered at this Nationwide Children’s location will include:
Urgent care (Hours will be consistent with other offsite urgent care sites: 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. on weekdays and Noon-8 p.m. on weekends) 
Laboratory (ChildLab)
Radiology
Sports Medicine
Sports and Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Developmental Occupational Therapy
Developmental Physical Therapy
Speech Therapy
Allergy and Immunology
 
Nationwide Children’s Close To Home Centers with Urgent Care are always designed to support services already provided by community physicians, such as laboratory, radiology and urgent care.
 
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CONTACT DAY OF EVENT:
Breanne Taylor 
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Hilliard Close To Home Center Site Director
614-800-2582

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.