EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Emergency Department

Redlands Community Hospital

To better serve their rapidly growing community, Redlands Community Hospital set out to expand their aging Emergency Department. Originally designed to serve 25,000 patients a year, the facility could no longer handle the 45,000 annual visits it was receiving. c|a ARCHITECTS was contracted to renovate and expand the existing Emergency Department by optimizing a balance between more beds and increased flow and efficiency. Redlands Community Hospital implemented a 10,000 square foot expansion into the existing 1st floor of the main tower of the hospital, allowing for the 20,000 square foot Emergency Department. A Lean Project approach was implemented on this project to better understand the current state and to further analyze the throughput and efficiency of the new design.