Any region looking to attract and retain business must have access to quality health care services. As communities grow, so must their health care services.
To meet these needs, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas is seeking approval from the city of Encinitas to pursue a major upgrade and expansion. The more than $200 million plan seeks to make the best use of the existing hospital campus on Santa Fe Drive in Encinitas.
“As Scripps looks to the future, the proposed expansion is designed to support the area's growing demand for health care services, dramatic increases in the region's population and offer residents a choice of quality health care services in North County,” said Tim Collins, chief operating executive of Scripps Encinitas.
Drawing on a 40-year legacy of providing advanced health care services to coastal communities in northern San Diego, the multi-phase plan will more than double emergency department capacity, nearly double the number of hospitals beds and double the space available for a range of health services in a state-of-the-art facility.
Plans also include improved traffic and pedestrian flow throughout the campus. Medical offices and outpatient services are designed to provide physicians who need to respond to emergency patients or make frequent hospital rounds with quick, easy access to the facility.
The plan is part of Scripps Health's regional vision to invest more than $2 billion in new hospital facilities, new medical technology and expanded outpatient services across San Diego County.
The proposed Scripps Encinitas expansion of approximately 529,000 square feet will include approximately 251,000 square feet of additional hospital and outpatient services and a 275,500-square-foot parking garage. At full build-out, the square footage would total approximately 862,000 square feet of hospital and health care facilities, including the parking garage.
Once permits and funding are in hand, the parking garage will kick-off the first phase of construction, followed by the new critical care building that will house the proposed emergency department.
“Despite the population growth explosion in North County, access to hospital beds has decreased with the closing of hospitals and the reduction of hospital beds across the region,” Collins said. “With just 12 emergency department stations, Scripps Encinitas cares for an average of 100 patients per day, with many days well more than 120 patients, a figure that is steadily and significantly increasing.”
The most recent expansion of beds at Scripps Encinitas dates back to the early 1990s when the emergency department, birth pavilion and medical and surgical units were constructed, bringing the total bed count to its current number of 138.
In 2007, the emergency department recorded 31,882 visits, a 21.8 percent increase from 2003. It is estimated that the emergency department will care for upwards of 37,000 patients this year.
For more information about the expansion plans, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.scripps.org.
To meet these needs, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas is seeking approval from the city of Encinitas to pursue a major upgrade and expansion. The more than $200 million plan seeks to make the best use of the existing hospital campus on Santa Fe Drive in Encinitas.
“As Scripps looks to the future, the proposed expansion is designed to support the area's growing demand for health care services, dramatic increases in the region's population and offer residents a choice of quality health care services in North County,” said Tim Collins, chief operating executive of Scripps Encinitas.
Drawing on a 40-year legacy of providing advanced health care services to coastal communities in northern San Diego, the multi-phase plan will more than double emergency department capacity, nearly double the number of hospitals beds and double the space available for a range of health services in a state-of-the-art facility.
Plans also include improved traffic and pedestrian flow throughout the campus. Medical offices and outpatient services are designed to provide physicians who need to respond to emergency patients or make frequent hospital rounds with quick, easy access to the facility.
The plan is part of Scripps Health's regional vision to invest more than $2 billion in new hospital facilities, new medical technology and expanded outpatient services across San Diego County.
The proposed Scripps Encinitas expansion of approximately 529,000 square feet will include approximately 251,000 square feet of additional hospital and outpatient services and a 275,500-square-foot parking garage. At full build-out, the square footage would total approximately 862,000 square feet of hospital and health care facilities, including the parking garage.
Once permits and funding are in hand, the parking garage will kick-off the first phase of construction, followed by the new critical care building that will house the proposed emergency department.
“Despite the population growth explosion in North County, access to hospital beds has decreased with the closing of hospitals and the reduction of hospital beds across the region,” Collins said. “With just 12 emergency department stations, Scripps Encinitas cares for an average of 100 patients per day, with many days well more than 120 patients, a figure that is steadily and significantly increasing.”
The most recent expansion of beds at Scripps Encinitas dates back to the early 1990s when the emergency department, birth pavilion and medical and surgical units were constructed, bringing the total bed count to its current number of 138.
In 2007, the emergency department recorded 31,882 visits, a 21.8 percent increase from 2003. It is estimated that the emergency department will care for upwards of 37,000 patients this year.
For more information about the expansion plans, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.scripps.org.