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Moffitt Cancer Center To Open $400 Million Inpatient Surgical Hospital

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Moffitt Cancer Center, one of 54 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, is opening the doors to its $400 million inpatient surgical hospital in Tampa, Moffitt McKinley, which it expects will accommodate a 63% increase in patient volume and a 33% rise in cancer surgeries over the next 10 years.

Construction began in 2020 with design plans entailing a hospital that could treat all types of cancer and provide surgery for solid tumors. The design was based on feedback from more than 170 stakeholders, including physicians, nurses, lab personnel, pharmacy staff, hospital leaders, administrators, patients, and families.

The 10-story facility is 498,000 square feet and is made up of 19 operating suites, 128 inpatient rooms, and 72 perioperative rooms. It also has an intraoperative MR suite, a diagnostic CT scanner, and two nuclear medicine cameras. The hospital will start with 80 available inpatient beds but can expand to 400 in the future.

“We are significantly increasing our capacity to help more patients and save so many lives here. We’re expanding all over so we can bring therapies closer to our patients and perform life-saving research that will give them even better hope for tomorrow,” said Moffitt president and CEO Dr. Patrick Hwu in a statement.

The new MR scanner provides doctors with real-time views of the patient on the operating table and does not require the patient to be moved to another room for scanning, according to WUSF Public Media.

“Everyone clears the room and an MR scanner comes in from [another] room on a track and comes over and looks to see if we got the whole tumor. If not, the surgeon will take more of a margin,” said Hwu.

Each patient room is 350 square feet and includes virtual whiteboards and flat-screen TVs, foldout sofas and recliners, and technology that identifies each team member that enters. The hospital also has a 26,000-square-foot central utility plant, a three-story parking garage, and a pedestrian bridge that connects it to the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Outpatient Center.

In addition to this project, Moffitt Cancer Center broke ground back in January on the construction of its 775-acre Pasco County campus, Speros Florida, which will include 140 buildings for clinics, research, housing, and more. It is expected to start seeing patients in 2025.

For Moffitt McKinley, it partnered with Barr & Barr Inc., Hammes Company, HDR, Horus Construction Services Inc., Walter P. Moore, and Ardurra Group Inc.

The hospital held a ribbon-cutting event on June 21. Its first surgical case is scheduled for July 31. 

 

Source: HealthCareBusiness News

Tennessee Oncology Building New $120M Nashville Corporate Headquarters And Medical Center

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Tennessee Oncology, one of the nation’s largest cancer-care providers, is building a new, $120 million medical center and corporate headquarters in downtown Nashville.

The 200,000-square-foot medical center and office building will be located at 322 22nd Ave. N. in Midtown, between Centennial Medical Center and Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown. Medical services will include oncology, infusion, imaging, pharmacy and related services, the company announced this week.

The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.

“We are excited to build a state-of-the-art cancer center in Nashville and expand our ability to care for patients throughout Tennessee,” said Natalie Dickson, president and chief strategy officer for Tennessee Oncology, in a news release. “There is enormous innovation in cancer care bringing patients more diagnostic and treatment options than ever before. By making this significant investment in a new cancer center, our physicians and staff are demonstrating our commitment to ensure patients in Tennessee continue to have access to the most cutting-edge treatments available anywhere in the world.”

The company has partnered with Birmingham, Alabama-based Johnson Healthcare Real Estate for the development and management of the project. Nashville-based Gresham Smith is providing engineering and design services.

 

Source: yahoo!news

CenterWell Senior Primary Care Bringing Seven Personalized Primary Care Centers to Middle Tennessee

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CenterWell Senior Primary Care is opening seven new senior-focused primary care centers in middle Tennessee throughout 2023, giving local seniors access to a personalized, care-team approach to healthcare.

The upcoming June 28 and 29 grand openings at CenterWell Tusculum and Murfreesboro, respectively, mark the first two senior primary care centers in the area. The grand openings are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will include tours of the centers, low-impact exercise demonstrations with SilverSneakers, live music from ReWind, games, and free treats from Alley on Main.

CenterWell Senior Primary Care is the largest and one of the fastest-growing senior-focused, value-based care providers in the country. Together with its sister brand Conviva Care Center, CenterWell Senior Primary Care delivers care to seniors in more than 250 centers across 12 states, with plans to open 30-50 new centers per year through 2025.

“I’m excited to lead CenterWell Senior Primary Care in the place I’ve called home for 24 years,” said Jason Spector, Market President for Tennessee. “Our board-certified physicians and integrated care teams are set to deliver comprehensive, holistic care in seven state-of-the-art facilities, with Murfreesboro and Tusculum already seeing patients and five more centers opening this year. Whole-person care means we’re committed to addressing all the factors that affect the health and well-being of our patients and this community. I’m looking forward to expanding that care to Middle Tennessee seniors and helping break down barriers to healthcare in our underserved communities.”

Dr. Anitha Mullangi, CenterWell’s Chief Medical Officer for the Tennessee market, emphasized CenterWell’s focus on whole-person health.

“It’s so important how you relate to patients, how you understand them, their culture, and their needs, and CenterWell’s care model allows doctors to do this,” Mullangi said. “Our longer appointment times, the integrated care teams looking after the physical, social and emotional needs – all of which affect seniors’ overall health – help patients live healthier, happier lives. We are committed to providing that kind of excellent healthcare to seniors in our communities.”

All new CenterWell Senior Primary Care locations in middle Tennessee will be staffed by board-certified physicians, nurses, social workers, and medical assistants, and patients will have access to clinical pharmacists, behavioral health specialists and referral specialists, all who have been specially trained to treat the senior population. In addition to its healthcare offerings, CenterWell facilities include activity centers for local seniors.

CenterWell Tusculum, located at 4901 Nolensville Pike in Nashville, and CenterWell Murfreesboro, located at 1715 S. Rutherford Blvd., Suite A in Murfreesboro, began accepting patients in April. Other centers with planned openings this year include Clarksville, Hermitage, Lebanon, Madison and Smyrna. Full details will be released at a later date.

The Primary Care Organization of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), which includes CenterWell Senior Primary Care, serves nearly 266,000 members from many different Medicare Advantage health plans, as well as some patients who have Original Medicare.

For more information on CenterWell Senior Primary Care, please visit CenterWellPrimaryCare.com.