MFP Construction Updates

In 2018, Penn Highlands Healthcare announced our Master Facilities Plan, a $111 million investment to enhance access to critical services and advanced care for the residents of Northwestern/Central Pennsylvania. The Master Facilities Plan triggered eight major expansion and renovation projects to modernize, improve, and expand upon the services we offer patients at our hospital campuses and outpatient facilities throughout the 34-county region we serve.

Although this spring we dealt with some financial challenges due to COVID-19, we have carried on with our Master Facilities Plan projects. We were obligated to use those funds for the projects for which they had been borrowed and intended— and even in the face of tough times, we remain committed to providing our patients with the services they need, and doing so inside premier facilities.

In recent months, ground has broken on several of these projects. To review the progress to date:

Clarion Medical Office Building Construction began in spring for the Clarion Medical Office Building, which will offer QCare along with specialties such as Orthopedics, Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Optometry, and more.

Center of Excellence

Ground broke for the Center of Excellence on the Penn Highlands DuBois-West campus to serve Penn Highlands patients with world-class care and sophisticated services in such areas as Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, and Women’s Health.

Demolition began in July to the rear wing of Penn Highlands DuBoisWest to accommodate the creation of a trauma center with

Emergency Department bays, an Observation and Clinical

Decision Unit, and a four-bay

“Vertical Care” area.

At Penn Highlands

Elk Pinecrest

Manor, renovations re-started in mid-August to provide fresh structural and aesthetic updates to resident living quarters and shared spaces. underway for updates to the Behavioral Health Hospital at Penn Highlands DuBois-East to expand the facility to hold a greater number of patients inside a tranquil atmosphere, with a green space and other updates.

This fall, a “wall-breaking” ceremony will be held at Penn Highlands Clearfield with Behavioral Health Hospital PHH leaders, including PH Clearfield president Rhonda Halstead, to commemorate the start of the sizable Emergency Department renovation.

We work closely with our contacts in the media to keep our community apprised of changes to traffic and parking. As we remain steadfast in our mission to provide the highestquality care to our communities, please continue to watch for news

on our construction progress.

PH Clearfield Renovations