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Fall/Winter 2023
LMH Health Cancer Center expansion and renovation update LMH Health will soon begin expanding and renovating the Cancer Center. Major efforts are expected to launch in February 2024 as design and construction teams work to create an environment that cultivates healing and focuses on a patient-first experience. The Cancer Center renovations are planned to be finished in 2025. The research and planning for the design of the new Cancer Center was a collaborative process among doctors, staff and architects. Earlier this year, the center selected a remodel team which consisted of physicians, a nurse navigator, treatment nurses, front office staff and the pharmacy manager. This team worked alongside architects to create a plan for the clinic that would best satisfy the needs of patients and visitors while making the center more efficient for staff. The team focused on creating a design for a healing environment that aims to improve patients’ overall sense of well-being and hopefulness. A healing environment can accelerate recovery, reduce stress and anxiety, shorten hospitalizations, reduce medication use and lessen pain.
“It is important for all aspects of the clinic to be represented in the decision-making process,” said Jodie Barr, DO, an LMH Health Cancer Center physician and member of the remodel team. “We molded everyone’s ideas together to create a functional, efficient clinic.” The team visited other cancer centers and researched which features would be the most beneficial. They brought their ideas to the architects who understood the vision and enhanced it further. The architects had them think from patient perspectives through interactive activities to ensure the easiest patient experience possible. —continued inside