- 01Welcome and Thank You from Our Interim President & CEO
- 022021 UC Health Fast Facts
- 03Providing Hope to Our Community Through Research
- 04Highlights from the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute
- 05Highlights from the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center
- 06UC Health Launches Region’s First Post-COVID-19 Clinic
- 07Father of Two Recovers from COVID-19 After Six Weeks at UC Medical Center
- 08COVID-19 Milestones in the Community
- 092021 Community Highlights
- 10UC Health Expands Support for Trauma Survivors
- 11UC Health Performs First Triple-Valve Endoscopic Procedure in U.S.
- 12Nurses of UC Health: Live to Serve and Love to Save
- 13UC Health Nurses Lead the Way
- 14Investing in Our People and Our Facilities
- 15UC Health’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- 16Your Support Makes a Difference
14Investing in Our People and Our Facilities
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19 in 2021, UC Health continued the organization’s forward momentum to invest in its people and its facilities through the revitalization of the Clifton Campus.
In September, UC Health broke ground on a 41,000 square-foot expansion of the Emergency Department (ED) at UC Medical Center. The project will significantly expand capacity and improve flow, while upgrading facilities to meet the current and future needs of the community. The project is expected to be complete in 2023.
The existing 35,000 square-foot ED, which is more than 30 years old, will also be renovated. Patient care is not being interrupted during the project.
The ED expansion and renovation are part of the $221 million “FORWARD” project announced in October 2019. It includes numerous projects across UC Health’s Clifton Campus, which spans 14 acres in the heart of Cincinnati’s Uptown district. The campus includes 17 buildings that total 1.7 million gross square feet.
All construction will occur within UC Health’s existing footprint, as the health system innovates to provide world-class care in a healing environment. It is the largest capital project in the health system’s history.
“We are proud of the outstanding care that our emergency department team provides every day,” said Tina Koch, RN, a nurse at UC Medical Center for 17 years. “This represents an investment in our patients and our people and will allow us to care for more patients in need.”
In addition to patient care, UC Health’s emergency medicine program is also known nationally for research and teaching.
“I’m proud to be part of the world-class emergency medicine program at UC Health and the University of Cincinnati. It is our honor and privilege to usher in this new chapter in our rich legacy, leading the way both in our region and in our country,” said Arthur M. Pancioli, MD, UC Health physician and Richard C. Levy Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UC College of Medicine.
The UC Medical Center Emergency Department expansion and renovation will improve capacity and patient flow, including reconfigured access for patient arrivals by ambulances or vehicles. The new Emergency Department tower will include an observation unit, a flexible intensive care unit, “surge capacity” for emergency or crisis situations, a shelled floor for future inpatient care use, and a top mechanical floor that will enable a future vertical build of the tower.
