Courtesy of Washington University
COMING SOON
Washington University & Siteman
A 12-story, 558,000-square-foot high-rise will expand space for clinical care at Siteman Cancer Center’s main location and provide space for other surgical services and programs. The tower will increase the number of inpatient cancer beds and provide space for an intensive care unit, new operating rooms, and a sixth-floor rooftop garden for patients.
SSM Health SLU Hospital
Groundbreaking on the $550 million SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital is set for August 31; the projected completion date is September 1, 2020. The new hospital and ambulatory care center will occupy more than 800,000 square feet of space and provide 316 private patient rooms.
Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital
Construction began last October on the 78,000-square-foot expansion, which will more than double the hospital’s existing size. The expansion from a 34-bed facility to a 60-bed inpatient facility will allow more children to be served.
NOW OPEN
SSM Health
SSM Health SLU Hospital’s new Center for Radiation Medicine marks the first major construction on SLU’s medical campus since 1986. The new $26 million, 55,700-square-foot SSM Health Outpatient Center in St. Charles is the third such center in St. Charles County and houses an urgent care center, imaging services, an outpatient lab, a pharmacy, and an education center. The expansion and renovation of SSM St. Joseph Hospital in Lake St. Louis includes a 73,500-square-foot vertical patient tower with additional beds, expanded parking, diagnostic outpatient testing center, and acute care services. The new Orthopedics Center on the campus of SSM Health DePaul Hospital is the result of the renovation of 65,000 square feet of existing space and comprises a 30-bed inpatient unit, office space, 26 exam rooms, inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, and imaging.
St. Luke’s
In Chesterfield, the five-story, $40million St. Luke’s Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge, Jr. Outpatient Center Building B on the medical center’s west campus provides additional space for new physician offices and the expansion of St. Luke’s physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation services. In Ellisville, the new St. Luke’s Center for Diagnostic Imaging marks the sixth such center in the region. About $2.5 million was spent, which included the buildout as well as purchase and installation of equipment.
Siteman Cancer Center
At Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Siteman recently completed a $13.1 million project that increases the facility’s size from 19,500 to 37,750 square feet; with the expansion, additional physicians can see patients in newly added exam and treatment rooms. The cancer center also recently expanded its services to North County: A satellite location at Christian Hospital became Siteman’s fifth area location, joining its headquarters in the Central West End as well as three other satellites.
NEW PARTNERSHIPS
Health Systems Innovation Lab: BJC HealthCare and Wash. U. are partnering on this cross-disciplinary endeavor to find ways to deliver cutting-edge medicine to patients more efficiently.
St. Anthony’s–Mercy Affiliation: Earlier this year, St. Anthony’s Medical Center and Mercy entered into an affiliation agreement, with Mercy now overseeing the South County facility.
New Data Exchange: Signature Medical Group and SSM Health are collaborating with pharmacy clearinghouse Surescripts to streamline the electronic exchange of clinical information.
