The dedication and passion of our clinical staff helped drive the design of our new hospital. The result is the new gold standard of excellence for the best patient and nursing- centric hospital in the country.
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Evidence-Based Best Practices
The design of the hospital and each unit was based on Evidence-Based Nursing Practice. Staff nurses, physicians, clinical associates, and architects collaborated on design decisions that would be best for everyone.
Rooms are designed specifically for Patient Safety, HIPPA, and Infection Control Practices. Design promotes standardization and reduction of medical errors.
Efficient Workflow
All diagnostic and clinical areas were designed to accomplish this goal. A great example is the 5th floor, which will house the orthopedic unit and oncology unit. Physical therapy will be adjacent to both units to accommodate the two highest users of therapy.
By proactively addressing the work force shortages and average age of the American nurse, the design of the patient care units facilitates less time traveling for meds, supplies, and computer documentation areas. All patient units will be telemetry capable, reducing the number of transfers for those patients requiring monitoring.
Technology Efficiency
The patient care environment will be wireless, paper-light, and digital. Computer documentation will be easily available in a variety of locations, both stationary and mobile. Real-time charting, patient safety features, and physician order entry will be utilized. Test results and digital x-rays will be available at the patient's bedside via computer for physician and patient/family discussion.
Personal Nursing Environment
Floors are designed to have "tranquility rooms." These rooms will have low lighting, music therapy, etc. Caregivers who need to regroup and re-energize can take advantage of this area. Adequate space on each patient unit for lounges, networking with colleagues, and educational opportunities.
Perfect Patient Care Environments:
All private rooms designed for specific patient populations. Rooms have views of nature.
All materials selected for patient rooms will enhance the care environment.
All décor was chosen for its ability to establish/denote a healing environment. For example, our NICU has been designed with private rooms, quiet, and with low lighting. Our preemies do best in an environment that simulates a mother's womb.
Case Management
Our case management staff is by unit and consists of a dedicated group of registered nurses, documentation specialists, and discharge planners.
The case management staff utilizes multiple software systems to track workloads, document interventions, collect evidence-based best practice data, monitor denials and appeals, and communicate length of stay and coding information to the multi-disciplinary team.
Wireless telephones allow for efficient communication. Members of case management are actively involved with building evidence-based best practice order sets.
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