State-of-the-Art Iowa Hospital Opens, Focusing on Orthopedics
October 22, 2009
The new Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines, Iowa, focuses on orthopedics and features a variety state-of-the-art elements, according to a report by its parent organization, Iowa Health.
Four of six surgery rooms in the $118 million hospital will specialize in orthopedics and a 34-bed unit with its own physical therapy department dedicated to total joint replacement.
The 95-bed facility mimics a hotel, with curved hallways and cabinets that hide medical equipment, and it sits on a 49-acre lot with a lake, healing garden and outdoor dining.
So that nurses can be closer to patients, Methodist West has eliminated central nursing stations and instead provides alcoves equipped with supplies and charts between every two patient rooms.
Read Iowa Health's release on Methodist West Hospital.
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