GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL HEALTH CENTERST. MARY’S GOOD SAMARITAN INC.

MT VERNON, ILLINOIS

The 382,000 square foot replacement facility for St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Inc. advances patient safety and care by adding patient lifts to most patient rooms and equipping them with advanced call systems.

The Good Samaritan Regional Health Center also features the Outpatient Procedure Center, a one-stop destination for services such as endoscopy, angiography, infusion, nutrition, counseling, blood draw and more.The Medical Plaza, a 145,000 square foot facility, is integrated with the hospital to provide floor to floor access for outpatient imaging and physician office space.

A HOSPITAL FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY

Decentralized caregiver stations reduce noise to patients and are proximate to individual room assignments to reduce walking distances.

The building’s lighting improvement above current energy code levels

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90%Of all patient falls occur between the patient bed and toilet room.

The headwalls were installed in about 10 minutes and restrooms in 25 minutes, as opposed to traditional field installation which can take weeks.

The patient bed is positioned at a 10 degree angle to shorten the distance from the patient bed to the toilet room.

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Mike Warren, President, Good Samaritan Regional Health Center

“This facility incorporates some of the best practices and most innovative healthcare design concepts from across the country.”

Good Samaritan Regional Health Center believes that healing is more than science. The hospital has specific areas dedicated to comfort and relaxation that support this theme, called The Art of Nature. All through the hospital patients can view artwork that was commissioned by regional artists. Throughout the interior of the hospital, art provides positive distractions. Each unit boasts custom graphics based on nature and spiritual healing.

THE ART OF NATURE

McCarthy Building Companies - the project’s general contractor - rented warehouse space close to the jobsite, where both headwalls and panelized patient restrooms were constructed. This resulted in increased productivity and quality, as well as significant cost and time savings. The headwalls were installed in about 10 minutes and restrooms in 25 minutes, as opposed to traditional field installation which can take weeks.

The project team used Bluebeam® document control for collaborative document management and a paperless workflow. This minimized rework, reduced the project’s cost and improved overall project efficiency.

COORDINATED TEAM WORK

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