NASHVILLE, Tenn.– Gresham, Smith and Partners recently completed a 220,000-square-foot, 48-bed patient-room addition for Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio. MVHS, which is part of Premier Health Partners, opened in 2007 as an outpatient and emergency facility and added a 10-bed inpatient wing in 2009. The five-story addition includes 48 private patient rooms on its top two floors, with another two floors of shell space on floors two and three, which will allow the addition of 49 more private patient rooms.
“Our MVHS design is aimed to help the hospital meet its long-range inpatient-care goals,” said Kenneth A. Priest, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, principal at Gresham, Smith and Partners. “Its patient-centered elements, including everything from smart wayfinding to a peaceful two-story atrium and extra-wide, smartly-designed corridors, serve to improve the inpatient experience and the staff’s efficiency.”
The addition features a new entrance leading to the monumental glass connector with views to the courtyard. Patient floors benefit from private rooms, wide corridors with decentralized nurse stations and supply alcoves adjacent to the rooms.
Large windows with a view of the woods at the end of each corridor help to create an open, comfortable space and healing patient environment. The addition also includes a new obstetrics department and dining area on the first floor, as well as new conference center facilities.
Prior to designing the addition, GS&P completed a master plan update for MVHS that organized general onsite growth patterns. The team facilitated meetings with hospital department managers to identify current and future needs on the campus that would influence growth plans. GS&P also reconfigured MVHS’ surgery department and designed two new orthopedic operating rooms.
“We knew that the southern neighborhoods of Dayton were ready for what we had to offer, but we couldn’t have anticipated how fast that has occurred,” commented Joann Ringer, CEO for the hospital. “This latest addition helps meet the ever-increasing demands of our community, including the addition of inpatient beds, which have always been a part of our long-range plan.”
