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Summerlin Hospital
Encyclopedia
Summerlin Hospital is a for-profit hospital
owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services
. It is the only hospital
in Summerlin
, Clark County
, Nevada
. The hospital, which provides 454 beds, is on Town Center Drive, Las Vegas
, Nevada
and is located in the Summerlin village
of The Crossings.
The campus includes a 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) medical office building, and an 80000 square feet (7,432.2 m²) medical office building.
The first expansion doubled the size of the Intensive Care Unit
unit in 1999.
In 2001 the number of available beds was doubled from another expansion.
A four bed pediatric emergency room was opened in June 2005.
Plans were announced on March 13, 2007 to expand the hospital to 480 beds and add a second medical office building with 80000 sq ft (7,432.2 m²) to the campus. The expansion that is projected to cost $100 million entered its last phase with the ground breaking for the patient tower. The ER expansion and the 600 space parking garage have been completed. The expansion was opened in December 2009 and added an additional 173-private patient rooms, an expanded labor and delivery unit, a new state-of-the-art level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,and an expanded emergency room with a dedicated Pediatric ER.
robotic surgery, a children's medical center, a sleep study center, and a rehabilitation center.
For-profit hospital
For-profit hospitals, or alternatively investor-owned hospitals, are investor-owned chains of hospitals which have been established particularly in the United States during the late twentieth century. In contrast to the traditional and more common non-profit hospitals, they attempt to garner a...
owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services
Universal Health Services
Universal Health Services, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. UHS is one of the leading hospital management companies in the United States and operates, through its subsidiaries, acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory surgery centers in...
. It is the only hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in Summerlin
Summerlin, Nevada
Summerlin is an affluent master-planned community under development by The Howard Hughes Corporation in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada near the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It lies partially within the city limits of Las Vegas, Nevada, and in...
, Clark County
Clark County, Nevada
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. The hospital, which provides 454 beds, is on Town Center Drive, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
and is located in the Summerlin village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of The Crossings.
The campus includes a 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) medical office building, and an 80000 square feet (7,432.2 m²) medical office building.
History
When it was constructed in 1997, floors were built and left vacant to speed the construction of future expansions while reducing the impact of new construction on existing operations.The first expansion doubled the size of the Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Care Unit
thumb|220px|ICU roomAn intensive-care unit , critical-care unit , intensive-therapy unit/intensive-treatment unit is a specialized department in a hospital that provides intensive-care medicine...
unit in 1999.
In 2001 the number of available beds was doubled from another expansion.
A four bed pediatric emergency room was opened in June 2005.
Plans were announced on March 13, 2007 to expand the hospital to 480 beds and add a second medical office building with 80000 sq ft (7,432.2 m²) to the campus. The expansion that is projected to cost $100 million entered its last phase with the ground breaking for the patient tower. The ER expansion and the 600 space parking garage have been completed. The expansion was opened in December 2009 and added an additional 173-private patient rooms, an expanded labor and delivery unit, a new state-of-the-art level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,and an expanded emergency room with a dedicated Pediatric ER.
Services
The hospital also contains a 17 bed neonatal intensive care unit and a four bed pediatric emergency room. Along withrobotic surgery, a children's medical center, a sleep study center, and a rehabilitation center.
Heliport
- Summerlin Medical Center Heliport - , 40 foot helipad built with bituminous concrete