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Norton Brownsboro Hospital. Providing quality care in a patient-centered environment. How it all Started…. Sod farm I-71 and Gene Snyder Families began moving to area Shopping? Eating? Healthcare? Norton Medical Plaza – July 2006 Major goal for Norton Healthcare.
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Norton Brownsboro Hospital Providing quality care in a patient-centered environment
How it all Started….. • Sod farm I-71 and Gene Snyder • Families began moving to area • Shopping? • Eating? • Healthcare? • Norton Medical Plaza – July 2006 • Major goal for Norton Healthcare
Not Your Typical Hospital • Did not want to build a new “old” hospital • Had to be different • Feedback from several sources • Clean slate / green field • Most up-to-date practices • Latest technologies • Information systems • Medical equipment
Hospitals Aren’t Typical Construction • More complex • Very schedule driven • High degree of integration with technology • Infection control issues • Moisture/water control during construction • State and regulatory requirements • Budget constraints • New hospitals not built every day
Project Management Challenges • Not to exceed budget - $146 M • Accelerated implementation schedule • High risk • High expectations
Program not a Project • Definition of a program • “Group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually
Program Management Team Norton Brownsboro Hospital Janice Weaver, PMP Program Manager Program Management Team Information Systems Janet Yackey, PMP, EPMO Program Management Janice Weaver, PMP, EPMO Project Events Lori Beaton Marketing and Communications Design and Construction Greg Blakemore, PMP, Nehemiah Group Information Technology Karen Coke, PMP Processes Jennifer Murley EPMO Emergency Preparedness Tammy Campbell EPMO Training and Education Janet Yackey, PMP, EPMO Integrated Testing Denise Dodd, PMP, EPMO Owner Installed Equipment Bob Gilbert Medical Staff Janet Yackey PMP, EPMO Day 1 Supplies Nadareca Thibeaux, EPMO Staffing Tammy Campbell EPMO Go Live Denise Dodd, PMP, EPMO
Structural Specifics • 298,000 square feet • 5 stories plus a full basement • 127 beds • 10 surgical suites • 24-hour emergency department • 16 bed intensive care unit
Services • 24 hour emergency department equipped to handle serious trauma cases • Inpatient and outpatient surgery • Cardiac catheterization lab • Diagnostic services • MRI • CT scans • Ultrasound • Physical, occupational, respiratory, speech and music therapies
Operational Challenges • People • Processes • Technology
The Goal • Attract, train and retain the brightest and best people to enhance the healthcare services • Provide the best and safest environment in which to work and learn • Deliver exceptional care • Be recognized as an employment destination of choice • Provide supportive spaces and amenities for staff
Recruiting Strategy • Job fairs • On site recruiters taking applications • System-wide market adjustments for RNs • Offer to pay for RN student loans that govt wouldn’t pay • News coverage • Employee picnic
Training and Education • Created extensive education and training matrix for each department • Identified all training needs for each different role • Peer review of training matrices • Use of the LMS
The Approach • Established multi-disciplinary teams from across the system • Macro level processes • Micro level processes
New Technology • Nurse call system • Bed tracking • Bedside medication verification • CPOE • Emergency department system • Patient self-registration system • Get Well system • Mobile communication devices • Philips vital signs monitoring system • Asset tracking • Pharmacy carousel
1st Floor • Main entry – 2 story atrium serves as the hub of the hospital
1st Floor • Access to the coffee shop or café
1st Floor • Access to the emergency department; walk-in entrance and ambulance entrance
1st Floor • Access to various outpatient diagnostic areas
1st Floor • Access to the Chapel
Hospital Layout – 2nd Floor • Engine of the hospital • Dedicated to surgery; PACU, Pre, Post • 625 square feet each
2nd Floor • Natural light brought into the surgery staff corridors via series of skylights
3rd Floor • 16 bed ICU
3rd Floor • Pharmacy
3rd Floor • Standardized patient rooms • More pleasing surroundings with better headwall usage
3rd Floor • Regular patient room with family space
3rd Floor • Rooftop garden respite accessible on 3rd floor brings natural light to patient rooms
4th Floor • Additional nursing units – nurses’ station
4th Floor • Additional nursing units
5th Floor • 1 nursing unit • Physical, occupational, respiratory, speech and music therapies • Hospital administration • Shelled space for future use
Basement • Mechanical space • Information services • Biomed • Lab • Materiel management • Loading dock
Holistic Environment • Pleasing aesthetics and innovative features • Focusing first on the needs of the patient • Reducing stress for patients and staff • Ensuring easy access to service and tools for clinicians to provide safe and effective care • Creating an innovative patient unit design • Offering all private patient rooms • Using more natural light • Standardized patient rooms, storage rooms, etc.
Amenities • Large patient rooms and bathrooms ~ 256 square feet • Comfortable and spacious visitor seating and work area • Family sleeping accommodations • Flat screen TVs • Internet accessibility • Patient education and entertainment • Patient and family refrigerators • Security cabinets
Amenities • Providing refreshment and resource centers for families
Amenities • Comfortable surroundings for visitors and patients
Amenities • Greater privacy and less interruptions for patients
Amenities • Reduced noise level through: • no overhead paging, • new communication technology • carpeting in hallways • nurse call system • Creates a quieter, calmer environment
Sustainability • Use of “Green Guide for Healthcare” • Guided the planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of Norton Brownsboro Hospital • Voluntary, self-certifying toolkit of best practices • Reflect the fundamental mission to protect and enhance individual and community health
Summary • Innovative design • Natural lighting • Noise reduction • Design of patient rooms • Evidence based practice • Patient and family centered care • Staff amenities • Healing environment • Access to needed tools and technology
Background • Opened Wednesday, August 26, 2009 • 5th hospital in Norton Healthcare family • Located in eastern Jefferson County, Ky • Addresses much needed healthcare services in this growing region