May 13 was a historic day for Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. It was the day Scripps Encinitas received the final approval needed to expand its campus and services.
On May 13, the Encinitas City Council supported the Planning Commissions prior unanimous decision to approve the major use permit for Scripps Encinitas to expand its campus and facilities. The expansion plans are the first in nearly two decades for the hospital.
Scripps Encinitas hasn't expanded since the early 1990s, despite significant population increases in the communities it serves. To support its mission to care for a growing community, Scripps is bringing forward a $350 million expansion plan at a time when more health care services are needed because of the sheer population increases in North County's coastal communities.
The region has 50 percent fewer inpatient beds than the state average. Scripps' expansion objectives are to provide for the region's growing health care needs by providing a hospital campus that can accommodate projected population growth through 2022 and beyond.
Although North County residents exist in an environment where finding overall health care access is difficult, Scripps has put together an integrated, interdependent campus plan for Encinitas and the surrounding communities.
The campus plan includes Emergency Department beds, operating rooms, physician availability and inpatient beds. It increases the number of operating rooms and inpatient imaging services.
Located at the busy intersection of Interstate 5 and Santa Fe Drive, Scripps is efficiently planning for growth by keeping convenience for its patients and the community in mind. Plans include more parking, enhanced entrances and exits, outpatient services and physician access.
Four leading design principles paved the way for the campus layout. These principles include being efficient, environmentally conscious, clinically flexible and patient- and family-focused.
The plans include a green roof, low water use, decreased energy use, more power efficiency, the use of green building standards and a LEED certified outpatient services and medical office building. In addition, the new facilities will feature large private rooms for a more comfortable healing environment for patients, as well as better access for physicians, nurses and other caregivers.
The project in its entirety will take many years to complete. The first component is a parking structure that will take approximately 14 months to build once building permits are secured.
In the meantime, the Scripps Health Foundation is seeking $38 million in community support to start construction on the new, two-story Critical Care Building. An additional $27 million will be sought for the full build out of the Critical Care Building, which will house a 27-station Emergency Department and 36 inpatient beds. Additional phases will be built in the future, depending on funding and community need.
Scripps has listened to its patients and the community and is addressing their needs through this multi-phased expansion plan. The surrounding community will benefit from a campus circulation plan that supports more parking, underground utilities along neighboring streets, widened roadways and sidewalks, a screening wall along the west side of the campus, low-profile lighting and beautiful landscaping.
On May 13, the Encinitas City Council supported the Planning Commissions prior unanimous decision to approve the major use permit for Scripps Encinitas to expand its campus and facilities. The expansion plans are the first in nearly two decades for the hospital.
Scripps Encinitas hasn't expanded since the early 1990s, despite significant population increases in the communities it serves. To support its mission to care for a growing community, Scripps is bringing forward a $350 million expansion plan at a time when more health care services are needed because of the sheer population increases in North County's coastal communities.
The region has 50 percent fewer inpatient beds than the state average. Scripps' expansion objectives are to provide for the region's growing health care needs by providing a hospital campus that can accommodate projected population growth through 2022 and beyond.
Although North County residents exist in an environment where finding overall health care access is difficult, Scripps has put together an integrated, interdependent campus plan for Encinitas and the surrounding communities.
The campus plan includes Emergency Department beds, operating rooms, physician availability and inpatient beds. It increases the number of operating rooms and inpatient imaging services.
Located at the busy intersection of Interstate 5 and Santa Fe Drive, Scripps is efficiently planning for growth by keeping convenience for its patients and the community in mind. Plans include more parking, enhanced entrances and exits, outpatient services and physician access.
Four leading design principles paved the way for the campus layout. These principles include being efficient, environmentally conscious, clinically flexible and patient- and family-focused.
The plans include a green roof, low water use, decreased energy use, more power efficiency, the use of green building standards and a LEED certified outpatient services and medical office building. In addition, the new facilities will feature large private rooms for a more comfortable healing environment for patients, as well as better access for physicians, nurses and other caregivers.
The project in its entirety will take many years to complete. The first component is a parking structure that will take approximately 14 months to build once building permits are secured.
In the meantime, the Scripps Health Foundation is seeking $38 million in community support to start construction on the new, two-story Critical Care Building. An additional $27 million will be sought for the full build out of the Critical Care Building, which will house a 27-station Emergency Department and 36 inpatient beds. Additional phases will be built in the future, depending on funding and community need.
Scripps has listened to its patients and the community and is addressing their needs through this multi-phased expansion plan. The surrounding community will benefit from a campus circulation plan that supports more parking, underground utilities along neighboring streets, widened roadways and sidewalks, a screening wall along the west side of the campus, low-profile lighting and beautiful landscaping.