St Louis Children’s Hospital

Strategic Campus Planning

Poltronieri Tang & Associates (PT&A) is currently working with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to develop a strategic campus vision and 15 year roadmap for all future projects within its system.  The plan includes a vision for the comprehensive range of pediatric services provided at this Mid-west children’s hospital which is currently ranked number five in the United States.

 

Some of the key issues being addressed by the planning study include:

• How to fully integrate maternity and NICU services at the campus while maintaining separate identities and accommodating emerging models of fetal surgery
• How to convert all bed units to private room models and increase bed capacity while at the same time implementing lean process improvement goals
• How to create a comprehensive intensive diagnostic and treatment zone within the hospital to included expanded and lean operations within the ED, trauma, helipad, imaging, surgical suite, and critical care units
• How to create separate and distinct circulation systems for inpatients, outpatients, materials management, and staff
• How to better meet the needs of patients and family members particularly for children with chronic complex medical conditions
• How to best distribute pediatric clinics and specialty outpatient services between on-campus and new off-site facilities in the community
• How to establish new green guidelines for children’s healthcare
• How to design to anticipate increasing integration of research and education onto the clinical units

 

      

 

The inclusive planning process includes interviews and town hall meetings with a broad range of constituents, including clinical and support staff members, hospital and system administration, facilities staff members, board members, patient and families, and lean/black belt representatives from the BJC health care system.  The PT&A team is also responsible for development of all related utilization projections, space programs, operational analysis, physical options development, as well as scheduling and cost budget models.