Applying Lean Principles at Temecula Valley Hospital
When Universal Health Services (UHS) looked to build a new greenfield hospital in Temecula, Calif., they were challenged to do more with less. They set forth on a journey to design and construct a 140-bed acute care hospital with their pencils sharpened — a mere $144 million budget.
LOS ANGELES — The $20 million Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Public Health opened its doors in October, the first building in a community redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Name: New Karolinska Hospital (NKS)
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Cost: $2.5 billion
Construction Start Date: August 2010
Completion: 2016
• 600 beds
• 35 operating rooms
• 8 radiation bunkers
• 100-bed patient hotel
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s Mayor’s office remains in negotiation with the California Pacific Medical Center regarding a $1.1 billion offer from the center to pay for community benefits for the city’s poor and uninsured as part of its effort to gain approval for a proposed Cathedral Hill medical complex and rebuild of St. Luke’s Hospital.
By Sue Wasserman
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