Healthcare Design - May 2016 - 40

COMING SOON

Health Transformation Building,
Austin, Texas

HCDmagazine.com 05.16

LOOKING OUT
the metrohealth system in Cleveland

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The new Dell Medical School at The University of Texas
at Austin welcomes its first class in July 2016. In 2017, the
medical school will open a new outpatient facility within
Austin's burgeoning medical district: the Health Transformation Building, a key part of Dell Medical School's
mission to rethink how people get and stay healthy.
In partnership with the UT Austin Design Institute for
Health and new Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, the building's new ambulatory care programs will demonstrate efforts to transform the healthcare
system and support interprofessional, multidisciplinary,
team-based approaches to care. Services will center on a
"patient as partner" concept, promoting health and wellness while helping people manage diseases.
The use of technology in design seeks to give the patient
some control, such as planned touch screens in the exam
rooms that will allow the patient to interact with his or her
healthcare information. Twelve-by-12-foot exam rooms accommodate simultaneous visits with clinical team members and family. Space will be dedicated to provide clinical
teams areas to work together and coordinate health and
wellness needs; there are no private physician offices.
The specially designed site will integrate:
* New models of care: What does an ambulatory surgical
center look like when the goal is to reduce surgeries?
* New business models: How can a facility open doors to
all patients and payers while building a sustainable
entity?
* Creative design principles: What if your doctor's office
had no waiting room, and thus, no waiting?
With a primary focus on patient and family/caregiver experience, these programs will include medical,
surgical, diagnostic, and treatment specialties, along
with health management through coordinated clinical
interventions, navigators, case managers, education, and
home care-all aligned around integrated practice units
associated with specialty institutes that will be phased
in over time.
The facility is being designed by Page to cluster integrated services surrounding specific diagnoses/conditions, including ancillary and support services for patients
and families. The services will emphasize outcomes, satisfaction, and convenience, with robust technology helping
providers meet the school's mission.-Pamela Redden,
University of Texas, Dell Medical School

has served the community as a safety-net
hospital for more than 175 years. But a
new mission is now guiding its evolution:
"leading the way to a healthier you and a
healthier community."
To achieve that vision, the organization is
undergoing a campus transformation. Currently,
many of the main campus facilities are inefficient
and don't support modern healthcare delivery. As
such, MetroHealth has a plan to rebuild in place,
recognizing the longstanding importance of its
location in Cleveland.
The transformation is expected to be a catalyst
for neighborhood revitalization and economic
development along the urban corridor. This
is as important to the health and wellness of
the community as a new facility will be. In a
neighborhood that has historically been perceived
as unsafe-and underinvested in-physical
changes at MetroHealth will extend to an
investment in the corridor and neighborhood.
The project includes a new hospital on the
main campus, new and renovated communitybased health centers, and further expansion
of community partnerships to best serve the
people of Cleveland in the places where they
live, work, and play. The project will be phased
over the course of the next several years. HKS
Architects, Osborn Engineering, and Gilbane
Construction make up the executive design
team. The first phase, an expansion of an
existing critical care pavilion, will open this
summer with 85 new ICU beds. The remaining
campus projects are expected to be mostly
complete by 2020.

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