Funding will go toward imaging, equipment upgrades, IT, parking, and more improvements
Rural Health Medical Program Inc. has received a $1,015,000 federal investment to renovate its Uniontown Health Center, the organization announced last week. The money came through the fiscal 2026 federal appropriations process, RHMPI said.
The project, which RHMPI is calling a rural health renaissance for Perry County, targets facility, clinical, diagnostic, technology and infrastructure needs at the center.
Planned work includes upgrades to clinical and medical equipment, laboratory and clinical support areas, X-ray and diagnostic imaging, and information technology and telecommunications; improvements to the roads, parking and patient access around the center; and renovation of clinical, administrative and patient-care spaces to improve patient flow, accessibility, privacy, safety and the overall patient experience.
CEO Keshee Dozier-Smith said the goal is a center that is “modern, safe, accessible, technologically advanced, and designed around the needs of the community,” and that patients should never have to accept less in the quality of their healthcare environment or their access to comprehensive services because they live in a rural community.
RHMPI, founded in Uniontown in 1977, is a federally qualified health center that has grown from a single clinic in a public housing authority to eight sites and a mobile medical unit, including health centers in Marion and Uniontown.
