The Johns Hopkins Hospital's new home, set to open on May 1, will redefine the very essence of the hospital experience, and cutting-edge technology designed to improve care, streamline workflow and encourage efficiencies will play a central role.
The new building grew out of an urgent need to modernize the hospital's infrastructure to a level that matches the institution's scientific and medical expertise.
The 1.6-million-square-foot structure embodies the Hopkins ideal for the future of health care: the latest evidence-based, most scientifically advanced therapies, delivered safely, efficiently and appropriately in a setting that makes the patient experience as pleasant as possible.
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"Our new home represents our vision for healthcare," says Edward Miller, M.D., dean
and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. "It has the space and technology to match our researchers' scientific knowledge, our faculty's medical acumen, and our staff's clinical skills, but it also adds the patient experience as the fourth critical dimension in this equilibrium."
Located at 1800 Orleans St., the building comprises two 12-story towers that rise from an eight-story base. The towers, The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center, and the Sheikh Zayed Tower, feature 560 private patient rooms, 33 ultra-modern operating rooms, and adjacent adult and pediatric emergency departments with shared trauma areas.
Technology will enhance care in three ways: greater precision and safety, better patient experience and improved coordination and smoother workflow to save time and resources.
Precision and Safety
At the new Hopkins hospital, the latest imaging technology will offer a level of detail that will enhance the precision and safety of many procedures.
A 3-D navigational imaging system will help surgeons thread through complex brain structures during delicate neurosurgical procedures. The system uses MRI images and works as a surgical GPS that allows surgeons to determine their location in real time and in a three-dimensional space, explains pediatric neurosurgeon Edward Ahn, M.D.
In the new pediatric cardiac catheterization lab, where cardiologists perform many procedures with minimally invasive techniques, three-dimensional technology will provide high-definition images to ensure accuracy and improve results, says pediatric cardiologist Richard Ringel, M.D. For example, Ringel says, patients with congenital heart disease often require periodic work on their pulmonary arteries, whose complex anatomy is not well captured on standard X-ray images.
