ST. MARYS — Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, an affiliate of Grand Lake Health System, has announced the start of a new team of emergency physicians to join its ranks. Effective Feb. 1, emergency physicians of Northwest Ohio, EPNO, is providing care to the emergency and urgent care patients of Joint Township Hospital.

This change was made to address the need to continually improve this important service line for community members. EPNO was founded in 2001 and today consists of board-certified emergency medicine physicians, family medicine physicians and other provider specialties.

Currently, EPNO provides high quality and cost-effective care in hospitals throughout northwest Ohio. A core group of EPNO physicians will consistently staff our service lines to allow for improved collaboration with the patients’ primary care providers and specialists.

Joint Township Hospital and EPNO are working collaboratively to provide excellence in emergency medicine and patient care.