Group Health #39;s Puyallup Medical Center Built for the Future
This December 2012 Group Health Cooperative opened its new Puyallup medical center. Just over a year ago, this 50000 square foot, two-story facility was little more than a cardboard mock-up in warehouse in Tukwila. Today, this cutting-edge facility, reminiscent of a lodge and complete with a green roof, graces a wooded park-like setting in Puyallup #39;s South Hill neighborhood, located at 1007 39th Ave SE. Everything in this new medical center, from the location of the exam room doors to the way that patients will access the lab, was carefully thought-out and analyzed in a unique year-long design process that involved the architects, CollinsWoerman; the builder, GLY Construction; and hundreds of Group Health patients, frontline staff, and medical providers who deliver care. "We opened our first Puyallup medical center in 1996 and we built this new medical center to last many decades to come," says Michael Erikson, vice president of primary care for Group Health. "A flexible and modular clinic allows for expanding medical services within the building at minimal costs. Additionally, the actual planning method is intended to reduce the cycle time for building our next new clinic, allowing us to reduce the average of two years to less than one year. By carefully defining our ideal medical center upfront, and applying some customization for the specific market or site location, we can increase our nimbleness in responding to the needs of the community." More than 200 staff ...From:GHCooperativeViews:6 0ratingsTime:01:02More inNews Politics

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