Before everyone thinks that we are crazy at WMHS, I figured
that I had better explain why we are engaging in a Master Facility Planning
process. Next month, our "new" hospital will be four years
old; it is in great condition and continues to serve us
well. However, much has changed since we planned and subsequently
built the new regional medical center.
In 2010, WMHS accepted an offer from the Health Services
Cost Review Commission to move from a volume-based care delivery model to a
value-based model along with nine other hospitals. With that model,
the goal was to care for patients consistently with the changes being made
under health care reform and treating them in the most appropriate
setting. As a result, we have fared well under this new delivery
model, but our average daily census has declined to around 150 patients per
day. We built 275 beds in 2009 and have subsequently created all
private rooms. Because of how health care has changed and will
continue to change, we will need to re-purpose some of the campus, including
the Willowbrook Office Complex, the Administrative Center / Diagnostic Center
and the newly acquired Imaging Center and its associated property, which is
about 10 acres. Through such changes, we will be able to look at
health care opportunities that are new and exciting for our community and the
patients who we serve.
As an FYI, I will be traveling for the next week and my
blogs may not be appearing daily.
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