Major Expansion Planned for Olathe Health System

Olathe Medical Center announced today it will be undergoing the largest expansion in its history. Four significant construction projects will be underway this year across OMC’s 250-acre campus: a new four-story obstetrics wing with a Level II neonatal intensive care unit that will transform the face of OMC. The expansion will include a free-standing cancer center, the addition of a memory care neighborhood at Cedar Lake Village and an expanded cardiovascular center. 

The total campus projects beginning in 2015 will exceed 200,000 square feet with a cost of more than $100 million in construction and equipment. The expanded services will result in the addition of more than 200 new jobs.

 “OMC is at a pivotal moment in its history,” Frank H. Devocelle, President/CEO, said.  “We are focused on expanding services to meet our service area needs with emphasis on maintaining a high level of quality care and customer service.”

OMC also opened its Hospice House in late October, 2014.  Staff, physicians and volunteers at the first free-standing, in-patient hospice facility on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area have already cared for more than 60 patients and their families.