BACKGROUND:
CHOC currently provides full service of care through shared services with adjacent St. Joseph Hospital. Patient care demands prompted the institution to undertake a major building expansion. In addition to becoming a stand alone pediatric hospital, CHOC’s goals for their new facility include enhancing the family experience; advancing clinical excellence; and retaining top-level medical talent.
STRATEGY:
Located in an urban setting with no immediate available land area, the configuration of the CHOC campus was evaluated and the value of existing structures examined. The solution was the removal of an old and inflexible office building and a two-level parking structure to provide the optimum connection for a new tower to the existing hospital.
TRANSFORMATION:
CHOC’s new inpatient tower will consolidate all formerly dispersed services into one best-in-class facility committed to a culture of safety and family-centered care. Diagnostic and treatment areas are planned around flexible room concepts to adapt to future technologies and changes in treatment techniques. All floors have shell space allocated for future department expansion.
