| Hospital
investment roundup
Virginia's hospitals
frequently are the largest employer in their region
and a major driver of economic development. The following
hospitals are making major investments in facilities
or equipment
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Virginia Business
November
2004
Halifax
Regional Health System
(Halifax County)
$9.5 million investment in technology announced
Halifax Regional Health System is investing
$9.5 million in patient-care delivery technology over
the next three years. The technology will enhance Halifax
Regional's existing information systems. It includes
new hardware and software applications designed to automate
health care delivery systems, create electronic health
records, and improve existing medication safety practices.
One application implemented this fall was the medication
safety feature Meds Manager. This centralized pharmacy
information system helps reduce adverse drug events
and reduces the cost of medication usage.
Martha
Jefferson Hospital
(Charlottesville)
Wound care center opened
Martha Jefferson Hospital opened a wound center this
year that offers a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach
by a team of physicians and other health care professionals.
Martha Jefferson Wound Care Services, directed by Dr.
Lewis V. Owens, a board-certified vascular surgeon with
special training in wound care, provides comprehensive
wound treatment that is tailored for the patient's needs.
The focus is on all aspects of wound care. Specialists
in vascular surgery, general surgery, plastic surgery,
podiatry, nursing, diabetes, physical therapy and nutrition
are available.
Sentara
Healthcare
New medical building opens
(Chesapeake)
Greenbrier HealthPlex is the first facility to open
on Sentara's 14-acre comprehensive medical campus in
Chesapeake. Situated in the retail and residential hub
of Greenbrier, the 44,000-square-foot facility houses
Sentara services and independent physician offices for
obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine and treatment
of varicose veins. Sentara Women's Health Source relocated
from a block away, and Sentara's Reference Laboratory,
which performs about 4 million samples annually, is
featured.
Ground
broken on new heart hospital
(Norfolk)
Construction has begun on the Sentara Heart Hospital,
after receiving state approval for the project. The
groundbreaking ceremony was held in the River Pavilion
outpatient parking area at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Sentara Heart Hospital, adjoining River Pavilion on
the first, second and third floors, will be the only
heart hospital in southeastern Virginia and northeastern
North Carolina. Expected to open in 2006, the nearly
300,000-square-foot facility will enable patients seeking
heart care to receive comprehensive cardiac services
— everything from diagnostics and interventional
cardiology to open-heart surgery and transplantation
— under one roof.
Williamsburg
medical campus planned
(Williamsburg)
Sentara recently broke ground on a $120 million regional
medical center in Williamsburg. Along with the medical
center, Sentara Williamsburg also has plans for an outpatient
care center to be housed on the Williamsburg Regional
campus, at an additional cost of $23.4 million.
HCA
$51 million investment in cancer facility planned
(Chesterfield County)
CJW Medical Center is planning a new 114,428-square-foot
cancer center at its Chesterfield campus. The project
will also include a 700-space parking deck. The CJW
project will consolidate cancer-care services in one
building. Currently, cancer patients who require chemotherapy
or radiation treatment have to travel to several locations.
HCA
expands in Chesterfield
(Chesterfield County)
HCA expanded operations at its Patient Account Services
Center in the Boulders office complex in Chesterfield
County. The expansion brought 160 jobs to the area with
an annual payroll of $4.8 million. The new Richmond
Patient Account Services Center employs 670 workers
who provide billing, customer service and collection
services for 30 HCA hospitals in five states. The new
positions include accountants, customer service representatives
and other business office staff.
Surgical
tower is part of $37 million construction project
(Salem)
Lewis-Gale Medical Center recently celebrated the placement
of the last structural beam in its new surgical tower,
part of a $37 million construction and renovation project
under way at the hospital. The 45,000-square-foot, two-story
addition above the emergency services department will
include 11 state-of-the-art surgical suites. The suites
will allow the use of the latest in technology and equipment.
This phase of the construction project is slated for
completion by the end of the year. The Lewis-Gale Medical
Center is a 521-bed tertiary facility, which has provided
medical care for residents of the Roanoke Valley and
Southwest Virginia for nearly 100 years.
Bon
Secours
Regional medical center is expanding
(Hanover County)
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center is in a
yearlong expansion project that will nearly double the
capacity of its emergency department and will add a
24-bed critical care unit to the campus. Since it opened
five years ago near Mechanicsville, the 225-bed hospital
has been one of the fastest-growing hospitals in Virginia
because of population growth in the area. Memorial Regional
is the region's third busiest community emergency department.
Additional
$25 million expansion planned for St. Mary’s Hospital
(Henrico County)
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital recently announced a
$25 million, three-story addition to the south tower
of its Henrico County facility. An advisory panel of
the Central Virginia Planning Agency recently gave the
76-room addition conditional approval.
Winchester
Medical Center
Health care complex breaks ground
(Winchester)
Winchester Medical Center has broken ground on a $3.5
million facility called Our Health on North Cameron
Street in Winchester. "As we move earth today,
we move closer to more accessible health care tomorrow,"
said Dr. Robert Kendall, chairman of the board of Our
Health. The 22,000-square-foot facility will provide
low-cost office space for seven nonprofit, health-related
agencies in the region. Phase one of the project includes
renovating several existing buildings and constructing
an addition.
Southside
Community Hospital
New multidetector CT scanner installed
(Prince Edward County)
Southside Community Hospital has installed a state-of-the-art
multidetector computed tomography system — the
Asteion CT Multislice Scanner. Chest CT exams that used
to take 20 to 30 minutes to perform can now be completed
in 15 to 30 seconds. "Now, local patients don't
need to leave our area for the latest, most sophisticated
scanning technology," says Gwen Eddleman, president/CEO
of Southside Community Hospital. For trauma patients,
such as auto accident victims, this technology can provide
more precise images of bones, internal organs and internal
bleeding than older CT systems. For patients with blood
clots, infections, and diseases such as cancer, early
diagnosis with the scanner is expected to result in
faster, more effective diagnosis and treatment.
University
of Virginia Health System
University of Virginia Health System to upgrade facilities
(Charlottesville)
Construction has begun on a six-level addition at the
rear of University Hospital as well as substantial internal
renovations, providing clinical and associated support
space for four critical hospital services: the Heart
Center, Perioperative Services, the Department of Radiology
and the Department of Clinical Laboratories. The construction
accounts for approximately 130,000 square feet over
six levels including five occupied floors and an intermediate
mechanical floor. The renovations entail approximately
150,000 square feet. The existing Level 2 hospital floor
plate (about 126,000 square feet) will be renovated
to accommodate changing needs. A new connecting link
will be built across the existing two-story hospital
cafeteria for more direct access by the patients to
the Heart Center. Two new patient/visitor elevators
will be provided in the lobby area to access the newly
organized second floor services. Construction began
in 2003. All phases of the project are to be complete
by July 2006.
Riverside
Plans for new facility in Williamsburg unveiled
(Williamsburg)
Riverside Health System has entered into an agreement
with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to purchase
the "Tutter's Pond" tract in Williamsburg.
The tract, together with the Best Western Motel site
and several adjacent tracts in James City County recently
acquired by Riverside, contains about 380 acres. The
health care and mixed use development to be generally
known as Quarterpath at Williamsburg is being designed
in accordance with the existing comprehensive land use
plan of the City of Williamsburg by Sasaki & Associates
Inc. of Boston. The firm is providing strategic design
and technical expertise to enhance the planning, construction
and environmental sensitivity of the entire project.
New
emergency/trauma center opens
(Newport News)
Riverside Regional Medical Center's new $17 million
Emergency/Trauma Center is 35,000 square feet —
double its former size — and consists of 42 treatment
rooms. Eleven of these rooms are designated fast track
and intermediate for minor emergencies and faster discharges.
There are two trauma rooms, three psychiatric rooms,
three isolation rooms, 26 universal rooms, and a forensic
and decontamination area. The facility has a complete,
Web browser-based electronic patient tracking and documentation
system.
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