Wisconsin Hospital Opens

SUMMIT, Wis. – The new 117-bed Aurora Medical Center recently made its debut, welcoming staff and its first patients.

 

The four-story, 800,000-square-foot healthcare facility is located adjacent to a medical office building, pharmacy, vision center, lab and diagnostic services center. The medical center was constructed to provide the greatest interconnectivity, efficiency, and convenience for patients and staff.

 

The hospital and clinic sections of the facility are connected on all four levels and builders grouped similar services, such as OB/GYN, women’s health, pediatrics, and the hospital’s labor and delivery rooms, on the same levels.

“With the opening of the hospital portion of the Summit campus, we can offer our patients access to a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient services, all under one roof,” says Rebecca Flink, vice president of facilities development at Aurora Health Care.

 

In designing the Aurora Medical Center, architects incorporated soft features, including warm colors, curved walls and furniture, and natural lighting, wherever possible. To create a soothing environment, inpatient rooms were outfitted with home-like furnishings. Each floor includes family lounges, a women’s center features a spa-like atmosphere, and an outdoor healing garden and chapel are located on the premise.

 

The medical center’s 53-acre campus allows space for future expansion of facilities. When fully staffed, it will employ approximately 600 people.

 

Detroit-based Albert Kahn Associates Inc. designed the facility and Mortenson Construction of Minneapolis provided contracting services. Brookfield, Wis.-based healthcare consultant Hammes Co. assisted in developing the hospital.