 NEA Baptist Health System Will Begin Construction Next Month Mar 02, 2011
According to Health System Officials, construction on the new NEA Baptist Health System medical campus will begin within the next month.
“We are eager to take the next step in this important project,”
said Paul Betz, administrator and CEO of NEA Baptist Memorial
Hospital. “The new facilities will help us completely transform the
way we care for patients because the hospital and the new NEA Baptist Clinic building will be connected. Many of our physicians will be in
the same location as the hospital, meaning physicians and hospital
staff can work together more easily to provide integrated care to
patients.”
“Since strategically integrating in February 2010, the physicians
and staff of NEA Baptist Clinic are excited to see the dream of a new
medical office building become a reality,” said Darrell King, CEO of
NEA Baptist Clinic. “Our building connects each clinic department
with the appropriate hospital floor. This type of integrated design
enhances our ability to provide patients with a high level of health
care and allows our patients and physicians to easily move between
the clinic and the hospital for care and testing.”
Harold Petty, Earl Swensson Associates’ director of medical design
and principal-in-charge of the Jonesboro project said, “The
opportunity to work with the NEA Baptist Health System and the
incorporation of multiple service lines of a large physician group
has been an exciting experience for our design team. We’ve been able
to align NEA Baptist Clinic’s clinical service lines with that of
the new hospital so they become well integrated for high efficiency.
This efficiency, in turn, benefits the patients, families, physicians
and staff in the achievement of better outcomes in the patient
experience. Some of the important design features include easy
wayfinding and entry onto the medical campus; a healing, hospitable
environment within; and comfortable inpatient rooms filled with
natural light.”
Trailers will move onto the construction site in March, and work on
the buildings will begin the following month. The project, which was
designed by architectural firm Earl Swensson Associates Inc., is
expected to be complete in the summer of 2013. The new hospital will
measure 550,000 square feet and have 181 beds. An adjoining 213,000-square-foot professional medical office building will house NEA
Baptist Clinic’s medical specialists and surgeons, as well as
diagnostic testing services. The building will be connected floor by
floor with the inpatient hospital. The project represents a $400
million investment in the Jonesboro community.
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