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Markets > Healthcare Rapid technological change is requiring more advanced planning than ever in today's healthcare facilities. When you need to leverage technology to improve your operation, you should rely on experienced professionals to guide your decisions. EDI, Ltd. is a professional consulting and design firm specializing in communications technologies, hospital security, and audio-visual systems that can assist you in meeting the current and future demands of patient care delivery. Whether you are embarking on a replacement project, expanding medical services in your current hospital, or deploying new technology infrastructure, EDI can help you save time and lower costs on your next project. Our multi-disciplined professional engineers and consultants are experts in developing requirements, establishing realistic project budgets, and designing systems that deliver maximum value over their lifetime. Our implementation experience augments your in-house capabilities. Our areas of expertise include: Medical Communications
Information Technology Consulting and Design
Security Systems
Wireless Systems
Network Design
Audio-Visual Systems
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218,000 Square Feet This project consists of a new five-story addition patient tower, including a new three-story main entrance, six new operating rooms, new ambulatory surgery and interventional prep/recovery suites, locker rooms, support areas, 22 ICU patient rooms and three floors with 36 patient beds on each floor. Additionally, the project includes renovating the adjoining spaces on the main level with retail and staff space and upgrading existing OR’s on the second level with major modifications to the patient holding, sterile core, anesthesia care unit and surgical staff areas. The new construction space consists of approximately 154,000 square feet. The renovated areas will consist of approximately 64,000 square feet. EDI is providing the following design and consulting services:
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400,000 Square Feet Royal Jubilee Hospital is currently in the RFP phase for a Patient Care Centre to be built on the existing hospital campus. The new facility will have approximately 500 beds and will be 400,000 square feet in size. Other elements include LEED – Gold, 90% single patient rooms, Acuity adaptable, evidence based design and a Pebble project with Centre for Health Design. EDI is providing the following design services:
90,000 Square Feet Valley Health recently acquired the assets of War Memorial Hospital from Morgan County, WV to build a long awaited replacement hospital in Berkeley Springs, WV. The current building is outdated and the new updated facility will allow Valley Health to serve the needs of this community for years to come. EDI is providing the following design services:
68,000 Square Feet Valley County Health System (VCHS) is a critical access healthcare facility located in Ord, Nebraska, embarking on an exciting construction project of an approximately 68,000 square foot replacement facility. VCHS is using the design/build methodology for the project and has retained the services of TSP as design/builder. The project is currently under construction and VCHS engaged the services of EDI for the purposes of guiding the hospital in the planning of critical low-voltage medical communications, security, and audio-visual systems. EDI is providing a comprehensive set of design and consulting services for the new building which include the following systems:
350,000 Square Feet Begun in 1887, St Francis Medical Center has grown from a small local hospital to a regional referral center in Central Nebraska. Owner Catholic Healthcare Initiatives constructed a new Acute Care Patient Tower consisting of approximately 350,000 square feet (of which 75,000 square feet is shelled) and a 10,000 square foot addition to the Central Energy Plant. Tower rooms have nearly double the space of the older rooms. This 9-story addition houses 6 new inpatient nursing units, a new surgery department, and an expanded ER. Project Leads ACI Boland and the Hammes Company selected EDI, Ltd. to consult and design the technology infrastructure, the medical communications, and the security system for this massive addition. EDI assisted the hospital with the design, procurement, and construction of the data/voice, CATV, LAN network, telephone, patient monitoring NC, security, wireless, telemetry and intercom systems. Technology upgrades for the addition included wireless access, voice over IP phones, and a new nurse call system.
700,000 Square Feet
EDI began this replacement hospital project when All Children’s Hospital (ACH) hired our firm to help plan and vision the technology systems for the new facility. This visioning effort consisted of an assessment of the existing facility, visioning and concept meetings, basis of design documentation, and budgeting for the new facility. EDI was then hired to work with the hospital to provide technical engineering and design assistance. Services EDI provided include:
New: 375,000 Square Feet
EDI is providing consulting and design for the IT, medical communications, and security systems as outlined below. We are also providing procurement and construction observation services as well as technology assessment and relocation management and planning for migration to the new spaces.
1,000,000 Square Feet Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) was one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation’s top-ranked nursing colleges. RUMC also has one of the top graduate programs in allied health, health systems management and biomedical research. RUMC has begun to realize their vision for transforming patient experience in the hospital. Their new facility will feature the latest technology, sophisticated centers of specialty care, and one of the nation’s most advanced emergency rooms as well as a physical environment carefully designed to be both welcoming and patient and family-friendly. EDI is designing the technology infrastructure that will support RUMC’s mission. Services include:
2,000,000 Square Feet EDI is developing standards for the technology systems being implemented and planning and designing the new 15,000 sq ft data center. EDI is providing consulting and design oversight for the IT, medical communications, and security systems as outlined below:
650,000 Square Feet EDI is providing the technology master plan, medical communications and security systems consulting and design for this new, state-of-the-art university hospital. This includes systems design and coordination for the following:
Capital Health System is planning an up to 500-bed replacement hospital in Trenton, New Jersey. This 800,000 sq ft hospital will be located on an approximately 80-acre Greenfield site. EDI is designing the following systems for this new hospital:
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare is planning the development of a new replacement teaching hospital in Elmhurst, IL. The proposed hospital is currently programmed at approximately 866,000 square feet. This new project presents Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare with a great opportunity to improve and modernize their overall technology infrastructure and create a technology vision and platform for the future. EDI will be consulting and providing design services for the following systems:
Parkview Health is planning to move their tertiary hospital services from downtown Fort Wayne, IN to a location on the north side of the city, known as the North Campus. The new facility will be called Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC). EDI will provide the basic services described below for PRMC and the necessary site infrastructure design to provide telecommunications connectivity to and between PRMC and other structures on the existing North Campus site.
West Georgia Health System (WGHS) is expanding their hospital in LaGrange, GA to accommodate their community’s growth and current needs. Phase I of this expansion includes a 4-story, 120,000 square foot addition to the existing hospital. This addition will house an expanded emergency department, labor and delivery services, ICU, and cardiology services. The project presented WGHS with a great opportunity to improve and modernize their overall technology infrastructure and create a technology vision for the future. EDI provided technology visioning and consulting services for the entire campus and Phase I including:
354,000 Square Feet The project is planned for a site in East Norriton, Pa in Montgomery County. The NRMC project is a strategic element in AEHN’s planning for the future. A Medical Office Building (MOB) will also be designed and constructed simultaneously to the NRMC. EDI is providing the following design services:
329,000 Square Feet Midland County Hospital District, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, regularly does business in Midland County, Texas under an assumed name, Midland Memorial Hospital (MMH). MMH currently operates on two campuses known as the Main Campus and West Campus. MMH plans to strategically expand and align the services on the Main Campus. The work on the Main Campus will include a new patient tower, both heavy and cosmetic remodeling of the existing hospital, and central plant renovations. Collectively this work is defined as the “Project” and includes a total of 329,000 square feet of programmed space. EDI is providing the following design services:
39,000 Square Feet “EDI’s broad knowledge of data center design and technology infrastructure, combined with their roll up the sleeves and get the job done attitude, proved to be a very successful model for us and was in large part a reason why this project was done on time and under budget.” - Bill Rieger Technology Services Manager, Baptist Health Baptist Health, a large healthcare and hospital system, realized that in order for their EMR systems to continue to grow and thrive they needed to upgrade their critical supporting infrastructure. Their existing data center was out of space, power, and air conditioning. Another problem they faced was their IT staff was spread out in various locations, both on and off campus, which created further problems and and led to ineffiecincy. They purchased an older facility to construct a new, hardened and improved data center. This space also allowed them to house the entire IT staff in one convienent location. The new data center has a Tier 3 infrastructure and approximately 6,000 sf of access floor machine room space. The data center can be expanded to double the space and infrastructure. EDI served as the overall program manager and lead design and construction consultant. Additionally, EDI provided relocation planning, design and management services during the 5 month phased migration.
To support the Presidential Goal of the creation of a nationwide broadband network and the widespread adoption of electronic health records, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) in 2006 to encourage the development and use of broadband networking services by healthcare providers serving rural and urban communities throughout the nation. In November 2007, the FCC released the Rural Health Care Pilot Program Selection Order, selecting 69 participants covering 42 states and three U.S. territories. The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals (DHH) in Baton Rouge, LA, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Services (UAMS) in Little Rock, AR, were two of the selected participants. The new connectivity will enable medical specialists to provide care to rural areas using two-way interactive video (telemedicine), thereby ensuring that where a person lives does not affect the quality of healthcare they have access to. This project is critically important as it will provide greater access to telemedicine resources, expanding educational opportunities, helping rural businesses grow, and benefiting residents in their daily lives. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received stimulus money to establish and upgrade broadband connections at 474 healthcare and education sites across Arkansas, as well as fiber connections and/or bandwidth upgrades in all of Arkansas’s 75 counties, including 135 Arkansas communities, 81 Arkansas hospitals, all two-year colleges (four-year colleges are already connected), eight public libraries, all state human development centers, the state’s trauma network, community health centers, mental health clinics, and home health agencies. Text Box: The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals (DHH)) also received stimulus money to acquire telehealth network design services for the Arkansas Telehealth Network. DHH had approximately 200 sites that were to be reviewed for existing connections and needed to develop the bandwidth, equipment, and infrastructure requirements for each site. EDI, Ltd. has completed the project for the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals and is currently working on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences project. For the State of Louisiana, EDI evaluated and designed a Wide Area Network for approximately 200 sites throughout the state by:
For the University of Arkansas, EDI’s design scope of work includes:
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