CHI Health Breaks Ground on Creighton Medical Facility
OMAHA, Neb. — CHI Health broke ground June 15 on a new $135 million medical training building that will be part of the new Creighton University Medical Center campus. CHI Health serves as the primary teaching partner of Creighton University’s health sciences schools.
The new multi-story medical training building will be just west of Bergan Mercy Hospital, a 341-bed facility. The education, research and training at the new clinic will be complemented by inpatient care at Bergan.
It’s the second time in six weeks that a groundbreaking ceremony has been held for a new building that will be part of the future Creighton University Medical Center. CHI previously broke ground on the CHI Ambulatory Building on May 7.
The health care provider’s investment in building the entire medical center project is $170 million — $135 million of which will be spent renovating and building new spaces at CHI Health Bergan Mercy to accommodate education, training and patient care in bold new ways.
CHI Health is looking forward to a lot of work ahead, including expanding surgery, PACU, central sterile, radiology, NICU, cardiovascular and support services functions at Bergan Mercy Hospital. A new trauma center on the east side of campus will build upon Creighton University Medical Center’s Level I trauma program.
The organization is also planning an enlarged emergency department with a clinical decision and observation unit, along with the creation of a new four-bay drive-thru ambulance garage and adjacent helipad.
CHI Health also wants to double the capacity of the intensive care unit, which will move to the third floor and provide dedicated units for medical, surgical and trauma critical care. There will also be a new laboratory on the west side of the campus in the area now occupied by a number of support departments.
The CHI Ambulatory Building, slated to open in late 2016, is a $35 million, 80,000-square-foot facility, which will feature a new, team-based approach to health care, education and the community in one location that will serve the region. It will house the region’s first free-standing emergency department as well as outpatient and diagnostic services and community space.
Specialty care services at the new ambulatory building will include psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology and a pharmacy. The facility will also be home to Creighton University’s Family Medicine Residency Program, providing new technology that enables virtual visits with physicians located across town as well as student-patient learning. The facility’s goal is to enable interaction while reduce patient costs.
The Creighton University Medical Center will run from 75th to 78th streets along Mercy Road and will include CHI Health Bergan Mercy Hospital. The medical center will open early in 2017. Bergan Mercy Hospital will stay open and fully operational during construction.