GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—SmithGroup, one of the nation’s leading integrated design firms, has been selected to design the first children’s rehabilitation hospital in Michigan. The facility will be constructed on the Grand Rapids campus of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, internationally accredited rehabilitation system serving communities throughout the Midwest. The project is a joint effort between Mary Free Bed and Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. It will be the ninth freestanding children’s rehabilitation hospital in the nation and one of only three located between the east and west coasts.

“We’re looking forward to bringing the best of our integrated practice to creating an iconic breakthrough building for Mary Free Bed,” said Ann Kenyon, a vice president and health studio leader at SmithGroup who will be the project’s principal in charge. “The new pediatric rehabilitation hospital will be a welcoming destination and gathering place that promotes healing and well-being for patients, their families and the greater community.”

SmithGroup was selected after a comprehensive nationwide search for their team’s extensive experience in creating innovative solutions in the health care industry, including specialization in the design of rehabilitation and pediatric facilities. The project’s integrated design team will provide medical planning, architecture, interior design, MEP engineering, lighting design, fire protection/life safety engineering, civil engineering, structural engineering and landscape architecture. SmithGroup’s health practice features a strong portfolio of forward-thinking and renowned rehabilitation and acute care hospitals across the country and includes work for health systems in Michigan.

“I’m eager to see what the combination of our rehabilitation specialists and the SmithGroup design team will create,” said Kent Riddle, president and CEO of Mary Free Bed. “The children’s rehabilitation hospital will be a revolutionary resource enabling us to serve thousands of additional children each year with leading-edge treatment.”

Mary Free Bed (www.maryfreebed.com) is a not-for-profit, internationally accredited rehabilitation hospital. From a single bed in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1891 to a rehabilitation system with 482 beds across more than three dozen Midwest communities, they will restore hope and freedom through rehabilitation for more than 90,000 children and adults this year.

Corewell Health (www.corewellhealth.org) is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 60,000+ dedicated people.

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NORRISTOWN, Pa.—Encompass Health Corp. recently announced it plans to build a freestanding, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Norristown. The hospital will be located at 2660 Audubon Road in Lower Providence Township.

Complementing local acute care services, the future hospital will serve patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries, including strokes and other neurological disorders, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions. In addition to 24‑hour nursing care, this hospital will offer physical, occupational and speech therapies to restore functional ability and quality of life. Care will be provided by highly specialized nurses, therapists and physicians.

The hospital will feature all private patient rooms, a spacious therapy gym with advanced rehabilitation technologies and an activities of daily living suite, cafeteria, dining room, pharmacy and therapy courtyard.

“We are excited to expand and grow our rehabilitation services in Southeast Pennsylvania,” said Pat Tuer, president of Encompass Health’s Northeast region. “We remain committed to making a difference in the communities we serve by improving access to high-quality, individualized rehabilitative care, and this new hospital will allow even more residents to receive specialized care close to home.”

The planned hospital, once opened, will be Encompass Health’s 10th inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Pennsylvania.

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The seven-floor, 260,000-square-foot outpatient center will allow for further development of hematologic, thoracic and gastrointestinal oncology practices in the area. It will also allow hematologic oncology, infusion capacity, telemedicine and specialty pharmacy capabilities to grow. The expansion will include heightened research efforts around novel treatments and will make improvements to existing survivorship, palliative and rehabilitation programs to support patients and families during treatment.

“The need for comprehensive cancer care in this region continues to grow,” said Derek Raghavan, MD, president of Levine Cancer Institute, in a statement. “This expansion will help ensure that we can meet that need, through providing the very best care to patients regardless of where they live.” A portion of the funding will be used to create a 32-bed advanced clinical unit in Carolinas Medical Center. The center will be capable of treating all advanced cancer patients and will support the institute’s blood and marrow transplant unit, which has surpassed original expectations.

Levine Cancer Institute currently has 25 locations within the Carolinas HealthCare System. “It’s one thing to talk about expanding cancer care outside of metropolitan areas and into isolated communities, but it’s quite another to actually execute on such a vision with great success,” said Michael C. Tarwater, president and CEO of Carolinas HealthCare System, in a statement. “What has been developed at Levine Cancer Institute over a relatively short period of time is truly incredible. Under Dr. Raghavan’s leadership and with the dedication and commitment of hundreds of others, we are providing broader and deeper treatment options that focus on the whole patient across and entire region while changing the course of cancer care.”

Access to cancer treatment is crucial across the entire region, and providing care is one of the driving forces for the expansion at Levine Cancer Institute.
 

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