Improving patient visualization, workflows and safety within their Emergency Department (ED) area were priorities. Enhancing clinic areas and improving patient wayfinding were also prime concerns.
This new two-story outpatient clinic addition employs a formally simple diagram as a counterpoint to this existing 1960s critical access hospital in Northeast Iowa. It's orientation maximizes the view, utilizes natural daylighting strategies and emphasizes wellness in every aspect of the design.
We were able to bring together units that had previously worked separately, and offer a wide variety of spaces and functions in an efficient footprint.
To accommodate new technology, UIHC added four new ORs that are 70% larger, two new pediatric cardiac catheterization labs, and four new NICU rooms, all with new support spaces, finishes and HVAC.
INVISION recently completed a new two-story inpatient and specialty clinic addition that represents the hospital’s largest addition to the campus in its history, and is the result of its first capital campaign in over two decades.