The transformation of MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), continues with a full-scale, major renovation to the inpatient care floors of its six-story Cooke Building. The $8 million project fuses emerging technologies and conveniences with a reimagined experience for patients, visitors and caregivers alike, ensuring MidHudson Regional Hospital remains the area's leader in world-class, advanced, patient-centered care.
The first of the four floors under renovation, the medical-surgical inpatient unit on the sixth floor, is expected to be fully operational in late 2017. Work on the orthopedics and trauma stepdown rooms on the fifth floor will follow, with updates to the fourth floor (inpatient acute care rehabilitation) and third floor (critical care) next. All facets of this facilities investment will greatly enhance patient comfort, safety, security and environmental protocols.
"Our new inpatient care floors will seamlessly incorporate advanced medical technology in a serene and contemporary space that is conducive to healing and well-being," said Paul Hochenberg, Executive Director of MidHudson Regional Hospital. "We are certain that this project will create a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients who trust and rely on MidHudson Regional Hospital to provide the region's most advanced care."
Once complete, all floors will offer single-bed inpatient rooms that create a more efficient workflow for staff and a more comfortable environment for patients and their families.
Each improved patient room will feature a modern headwall system and a smart, state-of-the art bed. Antimicrobial and antiseptic finish materials, artwork and custom-built cabinetry will join with soothing colors, textures and materials to create a healing environment that is both functional and comfortable. Private bathrooms will be outfitted with environmentally friendly toilets and Corian-brand solid surface fixtures that are considered the gold standard for safety and hygiene.
On each floor, physicians, nurses and clinical personnel will benefit from a technologically advanced centralized nursing station linked directly to a specialized work zone within each patient room to promote real-time reporting, communication and collaboration. All rooms will be outfitted with a full suite of leading-edge medical and support equipment.
The renovated patient care floors will be serviced by a whisper-quiet high-efficiency particulate arresting HEPA-filtered climate-control ventilation system, a new emergency backup generator and sprinkler system in case of emergency, better soundproofing technology between patient rooms, and brand new microprocessor-controlled, regenerative elevator cars.
The new elevators will generate their own renewable power while descending, making them highly reliable and significantly more energy efficient than older elevators. Each car will be retrofitted with LED lighted ceilings, stainless steel hoistway doors and an audible announcement system to signal to passengers with disabilities the location of the car and the direction in which it is traveling.
Investing in Local Communities
MidHudson Regional Hospital's renovations are among a number of improvements in progress at hospitals across WMCHealth. A recent renovation and expansion of the main concourse at WMCHealth's flagship Westchester Medical Center is being followed by the adjacent construction of a 280,000-square-foot Ambulatory Care Pavilion. The Ambulatory Care Pavilion, expected to open in 2018, is the largest healthcare construction project in Westchester County in decades. Plans to develop medical villages at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis and at HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus in Kingston are also under way, as is a multimillion-dollar construction of a new, expanded single campus HealthAlliance Hospital on Mary's Avenue in Kingston. These and other improvement projects are components of a WMCHealth's three-year, $750 million investment in its facilities and the Hudson Valley communities they serve.
MidHudson Regional Hospital is proud to partner with locally based vendors, including Key Construction Services of Poughkeepsie for general contracting services, J&J Sass Electric of Kingston for electrical work and DP Wolff of Katonah for mechanical and plumbing systems. The Fletcher Thompson architectural and engineering firm of Somerset, New Jersey, designed the renovated patient care wing and created all renderings.
