By Julie Ruiz-Wibbelsmann
Our new Eden Hospital will be equipped with the latest technology, ensuring our patients the highest level of medical care and patient safety. The following are a few of the clinical advantages of our forward-thinking technology.
Pneumatic tube delivery system
“Our hospital will expedite the delivery of care through a computer-controlled pneumatic tube system,” says Bryan Daylor, vice president of ancillary services at Eden Medical Center. “This network of tubes rapidly circulates medications and lab specimens throughout the hospital.”
Integrated Surgical Suites
The new hospital will have state-of-the art surgical suites with integrated technology to create the optimal operating environment for the patient, surgeon and staff. We will customize our suites by installing surgical tables and surgical navigation equipment that are tailored for specific procedures.
“To support all procedure-specific equipment,” adds Daylor. “We’ve installed ceiling-mounted equipment booms, along with surgical lights to illuminate the operating field.”
Bedside care
The new hospital design includes larger, private inpatient rooms that will allow us to provide more bedside services for the patient’s comfort and convenience, including:
- Therapeutic and diagnostic testing
- Physical therapy
- Respiratory therapy
- Diagnostic cardiology and imaging studies
In addition, each floor will also have designated rooms for bedside dialysis.
Medication dosage safeguards
“Pyxis Medication Stations have been installed to increase patient safety and are fully integrated with our electronic health record (EHR) system. These automated medication dispensing systems ensure that the right patient receives the correct medication and dosage exactly when they need it,” explains Daylor.
Patient monitoring and tracking systems
Our cutting-edge, patient-centered technology will allow us to closely monitor the vital signs of patients. We will also be able to track the location of patients, as well as equipment, throughout the hospital, using a radiofrequency system similar to a global positioning system (GPS). An innovative patient-centered scheduling system will allow us to follow patients through the entire process of their care.
By Julie Ruiz-Wibbelsmann
Checking the webcam, you may notice the unusual metal arch lying on the ground in front of the construction site. This is only one section of the 125-foot spire made of 43,000 pounds of steel set to be installed on the new hospital by the end of May.
“Our steel spire was constructed over the course of 10 months by workers in Buffalo, New York,” says Krystal Herrington, DPR project engineer. “All of the steel was made in the United States, except for a few small pieces from the bottom of the spire. These were made in Canada because of their unique size specifications.”
Transporting the spire
On April 30, the 125-foot spire was delivered in three pieces:
- Center portion of mast
- Lower portion of mast attached to the triangular truss frame (22 inches in diameter at the bottom)
- Upper portion of the mast attached to the triangular truss frame (tapering to 16 inches in diameter, at the top)
Assembling the spire
During the first weeks in May, we’ll assemble the parts of the spire by welding together the pieces. We’ll also cover the truss frame with fabric made of white fiberglass Worker assembling the spireand plastic composite that
- Measures about 0.030 inches in thickness
- Weighs around 1,500 pounds
- Covers approximately 2,000 square feet
We’ll use a special corrosion-proof paint specifically made for steel—called tnemec—in a silver color to match the exterior-skin metal panels of the hospital roof.
Attaching the spire
“By the end of May,” explains Krystal, “we’ll hoist our spire onto the south face of the new hospital, just west of the main entrance. Connecting something as heavy as our spire to the building face takes especially strong equipment. To lift the spire into place, we’ll use two cranes each weighing 265 tons: one with a 157 foot-long telescoping boom and the other with a 171 foot-long telescoping boom.”
We’ll attach the 43,000-pound spire to the five existing beams on the south face of the building around the height of the second-floor level. Each connection will have a total of 12 high-strength bolts, 7.38 inches long and 1.38 inches in diameter, with hardened steel nuts and washers.
“Once completed, our spire will rise above the building roof, illuminated by four light beams from the top, bottom and center of the spire,” describes Krystal.
Courtesy of DPR Construction
We’ve made a great deal of progress on the construction of the new hospital and the interior finishing. Here’s a closer look at some of the progress this past week.
The interior detail is coming to life. This first floor nurses station showcases the casework, trim and lighting.
The Imaging Department will feature a new Bi-Plane imaging system, now being installed.
A built-in inant scale in the Labor/Delivery/Recorvery/Post-Partum rooms.
Ceiling work on the exterior of the hospital, at the Ambulance Bay.
The adjacent medical clinic work is advancing quickly, with the exterior "skin" installed along the south side of the building.
Courtesy of DPR Construction
This week’s photos highlight the interior work, including paint, tile, casework and other architectural features. The warm colors of the interior walls are carried over to the rooftop gardens to create a calm and healing environment for patients.
Landscaping materials arrive for the green roof, located atop the third floor rooftop.
The casework for the Nurses Station takes form.
Artistic tile work on the patient floor hallways.
Painters are working on most floors for the finishing touches on the warm hues of the walls in patient care areas.
The CT Scan room took n a unique look with accent lighting that runs the color spectrum.
Courtesy of DPR Construction
The crews are taking a little extra time off to share the holidays with family, but that hasn’t stopped us from admiring the tremendous progress on the new medical center and adjacent medical office building. Here’s a closer look at one of the pedestrian bridges linking the two buildings, soon to be fully connected.
From all of us at Eden Medical Center, thank you to the men and women who serve our country and preserve our freedoms.
Here’s a story to warm your heart:
11-11-11 only happens once in century. But this story may only happen once in a millennium! Baby Emma was born at Eden Medical Center today at 12:12 p.m. weighing in at 6 pounds, 6 ounces and had an APGAR score of 9-9. But that’s not all. Emma’s parents, Elizabeth and Rafael, are both veterans! They met in the Army and later served in the National Guard, where Rafael still serves. All babies are miraculous, but the stars and planets definitely aligned for this growing family. Congratulations and thank you for allowing us to share in this amazing day.
How BIM is changing construction
An interview with Michael Pearson, BIM Manager for DPR Construction, from our YouTube channel.
A look at how Operational Process Redesign is changing how we work and is improving the hospital experience
by Cassandra Clark, Project Communications Director
With only 13 months remaining before our anticipated move-in date, Eden Medical Center is intensively planning every aspect of the transition. But moving into a new hospital doesn’t mean taking with us all of our old systems and ways of doing work. Our employees, physicians and hospital leaders are taking a whole new look at our work processes with the goal to better support the hospital’s mission and improve the way we care for patients – now and in the future.
Our Process Redesign experts do more than look at a specific task. They examine the entire process of providing a service to a person. The employees, physicians and managers performing these tasks are the experts who focus on re-designing the process as a whole in order to achieve the greatest possible benefits to the hospital and ultimately for our patients. The goal is to realize dramatic improvements by fundamentally re-thinking how the organization’s work should be done, rather than focusing on just one specific task improvement.
Leading Eden’s Process Redesign effort is Shelly Young, RN, MHA, CNOR. We sat down with Shelly to learn more about the work she’s doing at Eden.
Shelly Young, RN, MHA, CNOR
Q. Tell us about you.
I have totally embraced Lean and Six Sigma, what we call Operational Process Redesign, because it provides a way to help groups of people from all areas of the hospital solve their own problems in a way that works for everyone.
During my years as a Registered Nurse in the operating room, people who didn’t understand my job were dictating how to care for patients without consideration of how the work was accomplished, often making the work harder. Hoping to facilitate what I thought should be “dictated,” I went back to school. Then, as a member of administration, I still found physicians or patients unhappy with the admin-driven processes. Now, as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, I can help develop effective, helpful solutions by coaching teams of people who do the work and know how it will fit into their existing processes.
Q. What do you want people to know about Process Redesign?
It works! It really works! Using a scientific approach to solving problems, in a way that brings together representatives from each role in a process, we come up with solutions that would not have been discovered any other way. People with different roles in the hospital sit down and solve problems together.
Q. What do you want from employees?
Participation. I want ALL employees to participate. We need employees at the table because they are the experts at their jobs. The people who do the work are very aware of the things that don’t work for them in their everyday work processes, and they often have great ideas for making it better.
Q. What’s the best lesson you have learned?
The smallest, simplest fixes can make the biggest difference. The simplest solutions will improve a process throughout the entire hospital. It doesn’t have to cost a lot of money or require big staffing changes to make a better process. We just have to organize ourselves to be more efficient to get care to patients in a healthy and safe way and, at the same time, create an ideal work environment for staff and physicians.
Q. What do you want to achieve here at Eden?
I want to help Eden employees understand how to make this difference. We care about our patients, about humanity and the future of health care. If we can create something at Eden that works for us, it can serve as a model that can work anywhere else in the country. We could change health care! It’s so simple. We don’t always have to spend millions of dollars in equipment to manage the process, we just have to listen to the people who do the work and remove everyday obstacles that keep them from getting their jobs done. Simple solutions will help us all be better prepared to move into our new, state-of-the art hospital.
I love what I do. I love making a difference for people I don’t even know. I’m excited to share this awareness that process redesign is not rocket science. Some solutions are very simple, some are huge, but most important, those solution come from a team of people who are involved in the work. It’s what sets Eden Medical Center apart and above.
Stay tuned: We’ll take a closer look at some of the Process Redesign teams in progress and follow their success over the next year.
While we haven’t been able to post for a while, we’ve still been working on construction of the new hospital. The progress has been amazing, both inside and outside of the new facility. This past month, we broke ground on the medical office building that will connect to the hospital and be home to many hospital administrative services, physicians and an Urgent Care Center.
Interior work is progressing at a rapid pace. In some areas of the hospital, such as Women’s Health, crews have already painted the walls, installed the flooring and finished details such as the tile in the showers. As you move to the upper floors, the work is focused on wall framing, mechanical, electrical and plumbing and the intricacies of the above-ceiling mechanics for items such as patient lift systems.
We’re pleased to show you some new images of the work in progress. We’ll post more images and articles on a regular basis.
Courtesy of DPR Construction
The land for the new medical office building has been cleared and the pad is being graded to make room for the construction to begin in September.
The kitchen is taking shape as the heavy equipment arrives. The bread and pizza oven is set into place:
The kitchen hoods are set:
The large walk-in freezers are also set into place:
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