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Center for Advanced Healing

Fact Sheet

Healing Environment

• Design and decor elements carefully chosen to be calming and restful, bringing colors and elements of nature into the hospital setting
• Use of natural elements: stone patterned ceramic tile, decorative glass, water, and wood
• Indirect, natural lighting throughout the building
• Curved forms in ceilings, walls, furnishings, woodwork for softening effect
• Artwork, ceiling tiles, positive distractions such as music
• Family spaces for conferences, reflection, grieving, spaces to accommodate children
• Patient rooms with exterior views
• Chapel, meditation and reflection rooms

Facilities and Equipment

• New nine-story patient care tower – with capacity for 32 private rooms per floor
• New 16-suite Surgical Operating Theatre
• New Kissler Family Library and Research Center
• New McCleary Auditorium and Conference Center
• New Pre- and Post-Operative Holding and Recovery Rooms
• “Smart beds”, equipped with features to reduce staff injuries and enhance patient care
• Spacious and private family waiting and conference areas
• New circulation route to improve access in and around the campus
• Advanced technologies, electronic medical records
• “Bow-tie shape” to increase efficiency to the patient units and maximize patient views
• Main entrance located at the Central Tower
• Overall expansion project: 400,000 gross square feet

• All private rooms – no open wards or shared rooms
• Patient room privacy enhanced through specially designed areas for patient, family and caregivers
• Larger patient rooms to accommodate family and visitors, with a pull-out daybed for overnight stays
• Patient-controlled environments, including room lighting, air circulation and temperature
• Individual, room service-style dining menu selection through Cuisine-on-Call
• Noise reduction measures to promote restful, healing surroundings

E-mail inquiries: vision2010@sarmc.org

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