Once fully functioning, the facility is expected to accommodate an estimated 1,000 patients a day, Boush said.
These are just the beginning of services to be offered within the recently completed $100 million medical complex, said Ken Boush, communications and marketing director for the hospital. “Clinics and departments will be relocated and opened in stages through the end of January,” he explained. “Opening will occur by floor. We should be fully open by the end of January 2022.”
Once fully functioning, the facility is expected to accommodate an estimated 1,000 patients a day, Boush said. They will be served by approximately 40 health providers and more than 100 support staff.
Various units within the complex will be opened in stages over the next several months for the 15 clinical practitioners and support staff in specialty and therapeutic disciplines such as cardiology, neurology, physical therapy, orthopedics and oncology. The facility also contains a pharmacy, laboratory draw facility and an eight-chair infusion center, which will allow those who previously had to travel to the hospital’s east campus in Prescott Valley to remain in Prescott.
The three-story 100,000-square-foot building also includes a 450-space multi-level parking garage, which includes charging stations for electric cars.
There’s also an energy station to provide power to the 15-acre hospital campus. Constructed of brick and glass, the building received a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification. Interior spaces are considered modern and spacious with technological innovations appropriate for the highest caliber of medical care. For instance, each floor has banks of windows that are considered electrochromic glass, permitting shading to occur electronically without blinds. Interior color designs range from teal to lemon, with first-floor lobbies finished in off-white.
The first floor features a bistro-coffee bar and a demonstration kitchen with high-definition projection screens for medical presentations or cooking classes.
All three floors have large patient rooms and related medical offices, with additional space for medical support staff and flexible office space. Technologically sophisticated conference areas will permit medical personnel to collaborate not only with immediate colleagues but also others from national and international sites.
“The new Outpatient Services Building is an ideal home for specialty medical practices and outpatient services that need to be close to YRMC West,” Boush said. QCBN
By Ray Newton, QCBN
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