ST. ELIZABETH REGIONAL HOSPITAL - EAST FRANCISCAN ST. ELIZABETH HEALTH LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
defining a community hospital with design The healthcare campus at the new 410,000-square-foot, 150-bed St. Elizabeth Regional Hospital - East unite to create a comforting and welcoming facility that reflects Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health’s commitment to quality care. The new St. Elizabeth East is a culmination of years of listening, watching and learning from interactions with patients and staff that resulted in a community hospital uniquely designed for the citizens of Lafayette, Indiana. St. Elizabeth East was designed to utilize the flow of services and maintenance found at theme parks. The concept known as “front of house” and “back of house” reinforces St. Elizabeth’s patient-centered care and serves as an innovative facility layout. “Front of house” refers to the paths of travel that the public traverses in quiet and open corridors, each with its own set of original artwork. The “back of house” layout encompasses staff and patients only corridors and elevators to provide maximum patient privacy.
The patient rooms embrace a patient-centered care philosophy. All rooms provide the option to bring specialized care directly to each patient and their unique diagnosis.
a program that reflects care mission One quarter of the 150 private patient rooms are part of the Women’s Center
At the core of St. Elizabeth East is the Heart Center, composed of cardiology,
LDRP rooms. A separate entrance and unequaled privacy greets mothers-to-be
cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, open-heart surgery and thoracic and
as they spend the entire birthing process in the same private suite. These private
vascular surgery. The inpatient units feature the concept of “acuity adaptable
rooms, coupled with modern amenities like wireless capabilities and sleeping
rooms”, giving all rooms the capability of providing the highest level of care and
accommodations for family, help create an experience for patients that focuses
the option to bring specialized care directly to each patient and their unique
on accessibility and comfort.
diagnosis. The pin-wheel design allows the most efficient medical care, delivered in teambased units of physicians, nurses and medical staff to reduce walking distances. Further efficiency is brought to the campus through creation of separate entrances for patients of the Heart Center, Women’s Center and Outpatient Center that conveniently guide patients to their destination. Emphasizing a tranquil environment, the design uses a “back of house” approach through a central core design with access to corridors and elevators exclusive to staff in order to reduce noise to the patients. For patients and families, “front of house” is embodied by quiet circulation routes surrounded by artwork and outside views for wayfinding through colors that differentiate floor levels and functions. Pass-through nurse servers allow supplies and linens to be close at hand. The design permits patient room supply cabinets to be restocked from the outside corridor without disrupting patients or creating noise.
Site and landscape design play an active part of in the St. Elizabeth East healing environment. Situated on a 63 acre site with public frontage along a rapidly developing thoroughfare, the site is designed to provide therapeutic value from the moment patients, family and staff arrives. A water feature is positioned between the campus and the major roadway to create a transitional buffer to the hospital. LifeStructures MetricsŽ were used to benchmark the ideal placement of parking, pedestrian drop-offs and other interactive areas on the site. Public entry and wayfinding is accentuated by a design that provides parking within 300 feet of any hospital entry or drop-off. Strategic placement of landscaped courtyards, gardens and meditative walks as well as the materials, textures, and colors allow users to interact and take advantage of a complete healing environment experience. The courtyard, color scheme and custom artwork are designed around the theme of Indiana’s rural landscapes. Public corridors, the chapel, pediatrics and imaging are strategically placed around the interior courtyard to connect to the exterior environment and nature.
1 Main entry lobby
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2 Medical/Surgical Unit caregiver station
3 Pediatric Care Center caregiver station
4 Pediatric patient room with view of courtyard
efficiency for staff, healing for patients Staff accommodations feature team-based units that allow nurses, physicians and medical staff the opportunity to plan and implement work procedures in an efficient process that caters to the strategic layout of the facility. Areas for consultation and lab work are strategically located so those services are close to the patients that need them. The building flows around an interior courtyard that not only serves as a calming influence on staff and patients, but also serves as a marker for wayfinding through the 410,000 square foot facility.
“We appreciated the opportunity to share our opinions and provide input into the hospital’s functional design so that we can do a better job – that’s what a hospital is all about.” DANIEL WICKERT, MD CHAIRMAN, WESTERN INDIANA REGION SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES
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