COLDWATER, Ohio – Mercer Health announced the opening of Mercer County Community Hospital’s new Sanderell Family West Wing, after breaking ground in September 2016 and officially beginning construction on April 2017.

The new 67,000-square-foot West Wing allows Mercer Health to continue its mission to positively steer the community’s health.

The three-story West Wing includes a new outpatient center, an impatient center, a surgical center and the atrium.

The Outpatient Center, located on the first floor, provides specialty services offered in this center, including injections and infusions, chemotherapy, pain management, central line and implanted port care and much more.

The new Outpatient Center includes 10 Outpatient Treatment Rooms, two Chemotherapy Infusion Rooms and two Procedure Rooms.

With the number of Outpatient Center procedures per year increasing from 2,764 in 2011 to over 5,853 in 2017, the new center will help accommodate an increased amount of patients.

The Inpatient Center, located on the second floor, provides 18 new private patient rooms and bathrooms. Annual inpatient admissions has increased from 1,876 in 2014 to 2,171 in 2017.

The Inpatient Center located on the third floor in the current East Wing, including the ICU rooms, will continue to be utilized, allowing for over 40 inpatient rooms at Mercer Health’s Mercer County Community Hospital.

The Surgical Center, located on the third floor, features four large operating rooms, two scope rooms, six recovery rooms, 16 private pre-and post-operating rooms, two private consultation rooms and a larger, more enhanced surgical waiting area.

The new Surgical Center also includes a larger and enhanced central sterile processing center for more efficient processing of instruments used for surgical procedures.  The number of surgical procedures per year has increased nearly 25 percent since 2011.

The new state-of-the-art Surgical Center will also allow for additional opportunities for future technological enhancements and the recruitment of additional surgeons providing more specialized surgeries locally at Mercer Health’s Mercer County Community Hospital.

The Atrium connecting the current East Wing to the new West Wing features Hazelnut Coffee Bar, an Outside Healing Garden, a Baby Grand Piano generously donated to Mercer Health and enhanced dining spaces including an outdoor pavilion.

In addition to this, an enhanced café, The Cedar Table Café, located in the space of the former dining room, will open in November 2018.

Design group of Columbus, Ohio was selected as the architect and Weigand Construction of Ft. Wayne, Ind. as the Construction Manager of this project.

Mercer’s new hospital wing opened its doors to patients on Oct. 18, 2018.

Reports from Mercer Health contributed to this story.

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CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield held a dedication ceremony on Jan. 23 for its new outpatient services building after its completion in December 2016. The new facility was constructed to accommodate the growing needs of outpatient healthcare services on the hospital’s west campus and to provide flexibility for future department growth within the building.

The 106,000-square-foot, five-story building had a budget of $40 million. The architects on the project were BSA LifeStructures in St. Louis, with general contractor McCarthy Building Companies, also in St Louis. The new outpatient Center Building adjoins with St. Luke’s Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge, Jr. Outpatient Center, and provides additional space for new physician offices as well as the expansion of St. Luke’s physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation services. Additionally, the nutrition wellness and diabetes center, anticoagulation clinic, wound care and hyperbaric medicine services have all relocated into the new outpatient buildings since the completion of construction in January.

“The dedication of St. Luke’s new outpatient services building is a significant event for St. Luke’s Hospital and health care in our region,” said Christine M. Candio, RN, president and chief executive officer at St. Luke’s in a recent statement. “As our community grows and changes, we work to stay ahead of patient needs by continuing to provide convenient access to the highest quality care and services possible.”

The new outpatient center possesses a number of features designed to improve the overall patient experience, care and services, according to Ellen Post, interior designer at BSA LifeStructures. A single-loaded corridor creates a wayfinding element with multiple entry points, shortening the distance patients would travel while exposed to the outdoors, with large windows in the corridor allowing natural light to enter the clinic spaces. A number of design elements balance the physical and stylistic connection between the adjacent Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge, Jr. Outpatient Center and the new outpatient center according to Post, such as an indoor walkway that allows patients, visitors and staff to travel inside, between the buildings.

“The interior and exterior design language of the Desloge Outpatient Center drove the aesthetic of the new facility,” said Carter Haas, designer at BSA LifeStructures. “The design embraces the natural fall of the existing topography, enabling a partial basement level to accommodate mechanical systems and a service and delivery zone.” The location of the partial basement and the distance from the street shapes the location of the core and main canopy drop-off at the new building, according to Haas.

Overcoming structural challenges in connecting the two outpatient buildings was one of the biggest obstacles that the design team faced on the project, but in the end these goals were achieved successfully, according to Haas. In an effort to improve overall efficiency and communication for the project, iPads and advanced construction software — including BIM 360, NoteVault and Bluebeam applications — were utilized by McCarthy and its design and construction team.

The new outpatient building is seeking LEED Core and Shell certification, and is currently being reviewed, according to Corey Black, project manager at McCarthy Building Companies. The new building is energy and water efficient, according to Black, and generated minimal construction waste throughout the duration of the project. The new facility integrates sustainability through the use of healthy, regional materials, and bioretention basins to slow and treat onsite stormwater runoff. Additionally, the building implemented CO2 emissions reduction and improved indoor air quality.

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