In November, as part of our commitment to advancing patient care, Michigan Medicine is scheduled to open the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion.
As one of the most state-of-the-art hospitals in the country, the pavilion will usher in a wave of innovation in patient care. It’s a momentous achievement for our team.
The work on the pavilion represents nearly a decade of collaboration from teams across the organization, including hundreds of multidisciplinary stakeholders, plus patients and their families. Planning began in 2016. Construction was paused for about a year during the pandemic, but now we are close to the finish line.
This new facility is very meaningful to me and to us all. It underscores two of our most important principles, a commitment to community and a dedication to the future of health care.
Improving Patient and Family Experience
With the pavilion, we’ll be able to increase access to patient care across the health system. University Hospital is consistently in high occupancy, and the pavilion’s 264 beds will help alleviate that strain—not just for today’s patients but for tomorrow’s as well.
One of the many great aspects of the new pavilion is that it was designed with patients and families in mind. Each room will feature comfortable and spacious accommodations for family members who wish to be near their loved ones as they receive care.
Our goal is not only to expand access to care but to ensure that care is available in a soothing and healing environment that puts patients and families at ease.
Advancing Patient Care
At Michigan Medicine, innovation is one of our driving forces. With the pavilion, we plan to bring that innovation to the forefront of our patient care.
The new facility will contain state-of-the-art operating rooms and ICU-convertible inpatient rooms. The 12-story pavilion will also host advanced imaging and high-level, specialty care services for neurology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, oral maxillofacial surgery, ortho spine, cardiovascular medicine, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery and thoracic surgery patients. The top two floors of the facility will have the capability to become respiratory infectious containment units if needed.
With these new features, we can expand care to more patients and better serve those who need complex, multidisciplinary care. Our providers will be able to collaborate and quickly respond to changes in a patient’s condition, delivering new treatments with speed and efficiency.
The pavilion was planned with the goal of environmental sustainability in mind. The facility is on track to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, the highest level of energy-efficient design. If everything goes as expected, the pavilion will be the largest health care facility in the country with this designation.
That kind of progress is what Michigan Medicine is all about.
If you haven’t visited the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion Internal Sharepoint Site lately, I invite you to do so for the latest information and exciting photos of the final stages of construction and preparations for opening.
It will be exciting to see what this next phase will bring for our team members, our patients and our community.