Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News
ONE YEAR Until the New Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Opens in Lawrenceville
When the new Children's Hospital opens in
"Children's new hospital campus will enable us to further advance pediatric health care for children of the local region and throughout
Technological Sophistication
The new hospital incorporates an unprecedented level of technology that will advance patient care, reduce human error, and improve patient, visitor and staff safety while providing operating efficiencies to manage costs effectively. Children's will be among the first fully digital hospitals in the country.
For instance, Children's will be entirely "paperless," with a Computerized Provider Order Entry system as well as an electronic health record for every patient. Caregivers will be able to make order entries, report test results and view diagnostic images online. The campus' technology is designed foremost with patient safety in mind, including a Patient Tracking System.
"Some of the infrastructure services for the new campus include a wireless data network that will enable access to electronic health records, prescription writing and other clinical and non-clinical applications," said
The technology also is designed for patient and visitor convenience, with amenities such as an entertainment system at every bedside, as well as in lounge and waiting areas.
Family Comfort
Children's is committed to making a visit to the hospital or a hospital stay easier for its young patients and their families. The new hospital design is based on ideas and suggestions from patients, family members and caregivers. The hospital's spacious private rooms will not only offer overnight accommodations for parents, but more importantly will reduce the risk of infection. Each room offers inviting colors and soft fabrics, a comfortable sleeping space for parents and a desk with data ports and Internet access.
The hospital also will boast the largest family resource center of any pediatric hospital in the world, a 20,000-square-foot Elsa M. and Alma E. Mueller Family Resource Center with an atrium, chapel, library, healing garden and business center for working parents.
Research
Part of Children's new 10-acre site will include the 300,000-square-foot, 10-story
Children's Hospital's is one of the fastest growing pediatric research programs in the country. In the last 20 years, research funding to Children's from the NIH has increased from less than
"The construction of our new campus in
Environmentally Friendly
The new Children's Hospital is designed as a "green" campus, meaning that buildings will use key resources such as energy, water, materials and land more efficiently than buildings erected simply to building code.
"It's been established that green (or environmentally sustainable) buildings contribute to the improved health, comfort and well-being of everyone who passes through, including patients visitors and staff, by utilizing more natural light and promoting better air quality," Oxendale said. "We have designed a hospital campus that will transform the lives of those we care for and of those who are providing the care."
In addition to using environmentally sustainable and local resources (everything from building materials to cleaning supplies), Children's will establish a "green" education program for staff, patients and visitors; install a "healing garden" for patients and visitors; and install air filtration and water fixtures that improve air quality and reduce waste.
About Children's Hospital of
Renowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs and medical education, Children's Hospital of
Children's also has been named consistently to several elite lists of pediatric health care facilities, including ranking eighth among children's hospitals (FY 2006) in funding provided by the National Institutes of Health, and consistently is named one of the best pediatric hospitals in
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