[1][2] The health system is currently the largest employer in Crawford County with 1,450 employees at its Meadville campuses and another 250 at Titusville Area Hospital, with its overall economic impact on the community estimated to be $300 million annually.
Such a facility was formed on Randolph Street, with numerous improvements being made, but it quickly became inadequate in meeting the needs of its patients and staff.
[6] Since 1984, Meadville Medical Center has continued to grow its footprint in the community and add health care services for local citizens.
In 1992, the Meadville Medical Center Foundation was founded to assist with this growth and further its mission based on the identified needs of the region.
[7] With the help of foundation, the health system opened the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in 2008 to serve cancer patients who had previously had to travel out of town for such services.