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Prebys Cardiovascular Institute at Scripps Memorial Hospital
Healthcare Design Magazine recently had a feature and photo tour on the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute in La Jolla, California on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital. This facility opened in November, 2014 and began admitting patients in March. The $456-million, seven-story facility features 108 inpatient beds in private rooms, 59 intensive care beds, six operating rooms including hybrid operating rooms, and three advanced technology cardiac catheterization labs with space to add three more. The interior is inspired by the light, color, and textures of the surrounding natural landscape. This facility is the intial phase in of a 25-year master plan for the La Jolla campus.
To go on the photo tour and read the entire article in Healthcare Design Magazine, click here.
Zoned for patient care, nurse work, and family visits, the design of the patient room balances the required medical technology with a warm palette, including wood-toned headwalls and footwalls. The footwall vignette also includes a flat-screen TV and a white board. Photo: Stephen Whalen/Courtesy of HOK
On every patient floor, central nurses’ stations are located at junction points along the curved corridor. Large circular skylights and a well-defined ceiling plane help to organize the space, while both the ceiling and floor patterns provide intuitive wayfinding cues. Photo: Stephen Whalen/Courtesy of HOK
Special-use rooms located on the building corners of offer expanded vistas over the campus through full-height windows. Adjoining rooms connect to create a suite of spaces for family visits. Photo: Stephen Whalen/Courtesy of HOK
Source: http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/photo-tour-prebys-cardiovascular-institute
