Dome - November 2011

November 2011

Image of the new facilities at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

WHEN A BUILDING BECOMES A HOSPITAL
With the construction complete, Hopkins begins an incredibly complex transition plan for moving patients, staff, equipment, medications and furniture; training 9,000 personnel in dozens of new procedures and processes; and preparing for new financial responsibilities.

Articles in this Issue

Leadership Speaks

Putting a structure to safety

Dean/CEO Edward D. Miller talks about his long commitment to patient safety and explains the role the new Armstrong Institute will play in setting standards and protocols for safety and quality throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine

New Clinical Buildings Special

When a building becomes a hospital

Becoming a hospital will bring with it an incredibly complex transition plan for moving patients, staff, equipment, medications and furniture; training 9,000 personnel in dozens of new procedures and processes; and preparing for new financial responsibilities.
An economic boost

The new hospital staffs up, creating a bright spot in a downsized market.
Backfill in motion

With the move to the new clinical buildings comes a plan to recycle vacated space.
A clockwork move

Given its complexity and dependence on interdisciplinary cooperation, the patient move to the Sheikh Zayed Tower and Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center will be a carefully rehearshed operation.
Scheduling with surgical precision

With a fresh suite of operating rooms on the horizon in the new hospital, Surgery looked to end a cycle of delays and cancelations plaguing the OR .
Security central

With the new clinical buildings doubling the area that must be kept safe, the new command center will make that job easier.
The aesthetics of healing

The interior architecture of the new clinical buildings welcomes and comforts patients and visitors.