Other highlights of the renovation include two senior-focused specialty rooms and one pediatric-friendly room; separate areas for patients exposed to hazards and infectious disease; a central workstation with direct patient visibility for physicians and nurse at all times. That high-level of patient monitoring enhances care and is particularly critical for patients in emergency situations, according to hospital officials.
“We are proud of our increased, shared contributions to the Oxford region and surrounding communities in helping meet the community’s health care needs,” said Brett Kirkpatrick, executive director of hospital operations. “The new, expanded emergency department is just the latest example.”
Located at 10 N. Poplar St., the hospital provides service to nearly 100,000 patients each year.
The expansion from 7,000 square feet to about 15,000 square feet is the hospital’s first in about 12 years, although the last construction project was the renovation of the oncology suite in 2009, according to McCullough-Hyde officials.
Most of the space has been converted from existing floor plans, but about 3,000-square-feet of new building was added, officials said. The added space at the new Howard and Mary Jane Bruns Emergency Department means better work flows and larger treatment areas designed to increase the capacity for patient volume by 30 to 40 percent.
The emergency department sees about 15,000 visits a year, officials said.
The project’s total price tag is about $12.3 million, part of TriHealth’s $17 million investment to upgrade McCullough-Hyde’s medical record technologies (already implemented), renovate the emergency department and operating rooms, and grow services.
McCullough-Hyde will now move onto its next construction project: new surgical suites that will allow the hospital expand the number of operating rooms to improve workflow and to add space for innovative technology including robotics equipment.
In addition, the project will enable the hospital to incorporate enhanced lighting and higher ceilings for video towers used in advanced surgeries. The surgical suites project will be completed during the summer of 2017.
Since partnering in January 2015, McCullough-Hyde and TriHealth have worked to create health care delivery options and provide additional access to health care resources, according to Mark Clement, TriHealth’s president and CEO.
That’s included the addition of TriHealth Cancer, Digestive, Surgical and Heart Institute physicians on campus.
That has allowed patients to remain within the Oxford community for services they might have traveled to Cincinnati in the past, officials said.
“Our shared goal is to create an even healthier, productive and vibrant community,” Clement said. “Together, we continue strengthening our local presence and services made possible by our financial partnership and clinical resources.
“We deeply believe our affiliation will enhance quality health care services for the community for generations to come.”
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