Central Ohio Hospital Council

What Central Ohio Hospital Council does

Central Ohio Hospital Council (COHC) is a nonprofit regional hospital association founded in 2008 and headquartered at 65 E. State St., Suite 315, Columbus, Ohio. It operates as a coalition of the four major Franklin County hospital systems—Mount Carmel Health System, Nationwide Children's Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center—and serves as a collaborative forum for these systems to jointly address community health priorities such as infant mortality, behavioral health, opioid addiction, health equity, and energy stewardship. The council also partners with Columbus Public Health, Franklin County Public Health, CelebrateOne, and more than 30 community organizations to deliver shared programs including the Franklin County HealthMap 2025 community health needs assessment, the Hospital Energy Efficiency Collaborative, the "Dream Big with Safe Sleep" infant mortality campaign, the multilingual Health Information Translations website, and newer Workforce and Supplier Diversity initiatives.

COHC's underlying technology footprint is a community-health coordination platform built around collaborative assessments and shared digital resources rather than a commercial software product. Core assets include the HealthMap Community Health Assessment Platform (developed jointly with Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health to analyze hundreds of health indicators and gather resident feedback through focus groups) and the Health Information Translations Website, which provides multilingual educational materials for diverse community members. The organization does not publish APIs or commercial SaaS; outputs are joint reports, standardized hospital protocols, multilingual educational content, and public-facing community-benefit documentation distributed through member hospital systems and its own website and social channels.

The business model is a subscription-style membership-fee structure in which the four Franklin County hospital systems fund COHC through recurring dues; the organization does not sell a product, charge for services, or generate advertising or grant revenue disclosed in the input. With 1-10 employees, COHC operates as a lean coordination layer whose value proposition is reducing duplication of community-benefit work, aligning health messaging, and enabling collective impact on issues that no single system could address cost-effectively alone. Jeff Klingler serves as President and CEO.

Name

Central Ohio Hospital Council

Legal name

Central Ohio Hospital Council

Website

https://centralohiohospitals.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Central Ohio Hospital Council is a nonprofit coalition of the four major Franklin County hospital systems that coordinates joint community health initiatives, including the Franklin County HealthMap, safe-sleep and energy-efficiency programs, and multilingual health translations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Coalition Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital Shared Services, GPOs & System Support Organizations (HLAFAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF), City/Municipal Public Health Departments (HLAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Community health coordination
• Hospital coalition services
• Infant mortality prevention
• Health needs assessment
• Multilingual health resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Hospital Membership Dues: Membership-based funding model supported by contributions from the four member hospital systems: Mount Carmel Health System, Nationwide Children's Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Central Ohio Hospital Council is a regional nonprofit association that coordinates collaborative community health initiatives among four major Franklin County hospital systems. Its core offerings include the Dream Big with Safe Sleep infant mortality program, the Hospital Energy Efficiency Collaborative targeting 10% energy reduction by 2025, the multilingual Health Information Translations service, and the Franklin County HealthMap community health needs assessment. The organization does not sell commercial products or SaaS platforms but facilitates collaborative programs and shared resources for its member healthcare systems and the central Ohio community.

Product overview

Central Ohio Hospital Council (COHC) is a regional healthcare coordination organization that serves as a forum for area hospitals to collaborate with each other and community stakeholders to improve the quality, value, equity, and accessibility of healthcare in the region. COHC operates as a coalition of four major hospital systems—Mount Carmel Health System, Nationwide Children's Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center—coordinating on shared public health priorities through initiatives including the Dream Big with Safe Sleep infant mortality program, the Hospital Energy Efficiency Collaborative, the multilingual Health Information Translations service, and the Franklin County HealthMap community health assessment. The organization does not offer a commercial product or SaaS platform but rather facilitates collaborative programs and resources for its member healthcare systems and the broader central Ohio community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dream Big with Safe Sleep A collaborative initiative to reduce infant mortality in central Ohio by equipping hospital staff with standardized safe sleep education materials and protocols before family discharge. Produced in collaboration with CelebrateOne for the Dream Big with Safe Sleep campaign.
• Hospital Energy Efficiency Collaborative Collaborative effort among the four Franklin County hospital systems to reduce energy consumption by 10% by the end of 2025, coordinated through the Hospital Energy Efficiency Collaborative.
• Health Information Translations A multilingual health information translations service developed by member hospitals to provide healthcare resources in multiple languages for diverse community populations.
• Franklin County HealthMap 2025 A comprehensive community health assessment report issued by Central Ohio Hospital Council, Columbus Public Health, and Franklin County Public Health, analyzing health indicators and identifying unmet health needs of Franklin County residents.

Quantifiable outcome

• 124 infant deaths in Franklin County tracked as of December 2024, with 20 being sleep-related (16% of total infant deaths)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Columbus Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2025Joint partnership on HealthMap 2025 community health needs assessment. Health Commissioner Dr. Mysheika Roberts co-authored the Franklin County health report analyzing health priorities for the region.
• Franklin County Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2025Joint partnership on HealthMap 2025 community health needs assessment alongside Columbus Public Health and hospital systems. Health Commissioner Joe Mazzola involved in collaborative health improvement efforts.
• Mount Carmel Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember hospital system of the Central Ohio Hospital Council. Participates in collaborative initiatives including infant mortality prevention, behavioral health programs, and the Hospital Energy Efficiency Collaborative working toward 10% energy reduction by 2025.
• Nationwide Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember hospital system and leading pediatric research center. Supports community health initiatives including the Dream Big with Safe Sleep infant mortality campaign, contributing clinical expertise and research capabilities to collaborative efforts.
• OhioHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember hospital system with CEO Stephen Markovich, MD serving as COHC Board Chair. Provides leadership for collaborative healthcare improvement initiatives across Central Ohio.
• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember academic medical center bringing research capabilities and clinical expertise to collaborative community health improvement initiatives.
• CelebrateOnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral Ohio's public/private initiative to reduce infant mortality. COHC produces safe sleep educational video in collaboration with CelebrateOne for the Dream Big with Safe Sleep campaign.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Hospital Association: National membership organization representing U.S. hospitals and health systems. Comparable as the broad-incumbent counterpart to COHC's regional coalition model, though operating nationally with advocacy, policy, and member-service scope far beyond COHC's regional remit.

Direct peers

• Ohio Hospital Association: Statewide membership association representing Ohio hospitals and health systems. Comparable as the parent-level hospital advocacy and coordination organization to which COHC's mission and structure are closely related, though operating at state rather than regional scale.
• Greater Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky Hospital Council: Regional hospital council convening health systems in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region for collaborative community-benefit work. Directly comparable to COHC in mission, member structure, and regional scope.
• The Health Collaborative: Regional health collaborative serving the Cincinnati tristate area, bringing together hospital systems, public health, and community organizations to improve population health. Directly comparable to COHC as a multi-hospital coalition focused on community health needs assessments and collaborative initiatives.
• Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio: Regional hospital council serving Northwest Ohio, coordinating member hospitals on community health, workforce, and policy initiatives. Directly analogous in structure and mission to COHC's regional hospital-council model.

Others

• United Way of Central Ohio: Regional community-impact nonprofit in Central Ohio coordinating cross-sector initiatives across Franklin County. Comparable to COHC's coalition-building and community-benefit coordination model, though broader in scope beyond healthcare.
• Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Independent, nonpartisan Ohio health policy research organization. Thematically comparable to COHC's HealthMap 2025 community health needs assessment work, serving as a peer for population-health analytics and policy translation.

Emerging players

• Ohio Children's Hospital Association: State-level association of Ohio's children's hospitals, including Nationwide Children's — one of COHC's four member systems. Comparable as a specialty hospital-coordination body, partially overlapping with COHC's pediatric and community-health focus.

Regional players

• Michigan Health & Hospital Association: Statewide hospital association for Michigan. Comparable to COHC's hospital-coordination role but operating at state level across a different geography, useful as a structural peer for governance and dues-based funding model benchmarking.
• Indiana Hospital Association: Statewide hospital association serving Indiana members. Analogous to COHC's mission of coordinating hospital systems for community benefit and advocacy, though at state scale in a neighboring region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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