Campus Transformation
How Far We’ve Come
University of Utah Health embarked on its Campus Transformation in order to better serve our patients, our students, and our faculty and staff. The transformation is creating new facilities and updating old facilities in order to accommodate U of U Health’s growth, expand service into the community, and position the organization to meet the healthcare challenges of the future.
Our Campus Transformation continues, but much is already accomplished.
Care Navigation
Opened June 2019
For millions of patients who call University of Utah Health to make appointments, ask questions, and seek medical advice, their first point of contact are the professionals of Care Navigation. These staff and providers are experts in getting people the information they need.
Previously, the Care Navigation operation was housed in the basement of the South Jordan Health Center. However, due to U of U Health’s growth over recent years, the need for Care Navigation’s services outgrew this space. So, a new facility was built next door to the South Jordan Health Center and officially opened in June 2019.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AREA E
Opened September 2019
Area E is a nearly 300,000 square foot, $131.5 million facility that creates more convenient access for patients who require world-class expertise for their care, but for whom a hospital stay is unnecessary.
“Area E is an important piece of our growth strategy,” says Alison Flynn Gaffney, executive director of U of U Health Services Lines, Ancillary & Support Services. “Area E will encompass clinics, operating rooms, inpatient units, as well as a plethora of support services in a new, convenient, and well thought out building that serves our patients, faculty, and staff.”
Levels one through three house clinics and a number of support services. Inpatient units are on levels five and six. Level four is shell space ready to be used as University of Utah Health continues to grow.
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER
Opened November 2019
The new Sugar House Health Center replaced the previous Sugar House facility that was aging and limited in what it could offer. The new building brings more U of U Health services off of the main campus and into the community. The new health center features clinics from pediatrics to geriatrics, urgent care facilities, and infusion, oncology, and radiation oncology services from Huntsman Cancer Institute.
The new health center also means that, every day, hundreds of patients save the trip up to University Hospital. This translates into more convenience for U of U Health patients and less congestion on campus.
HOSPITAL INFILL PROJECT
Opened February 2020
During construction, if you’d looked out the window after you exited the elevators on the third floor of University Hospital and headed toward the Clinical Neurosciences Center, you might have noticed the ground coming up to meet you. This was the University of Utah Hospital Infill Project. It is a building within a building, as the project filled an open section in the middle of the hospital.
Most of the space that the infill project created is used by radiology. Radiology refers to patient imaging to help identify disease and guide treatment. CT scans, MRIs, X-rays, these are all examples of what radiology does. Interventional radiology refers to surgeries that radiologists perform. These procedures are often a much less invasive experience compared to traditional surgery.
In the past, U of U Health radiologists were spread around the hospital, sometimes working in converted offices. The infill project brought the radiology team together in facilities specifically designed for them and their patients. The new space also allowed the installation of the latest radiology equipment, some of it just recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, so state-of-the-art is not an overstatement.
Patient comfort received a boost with the new facilities as well. New recovery spaces mean that patients will have their own areas after a procedure. All of this translates to less waiting and better care, two big wins for those who trust University of Utah Health with their wellbeing.
CRAIG H. NEILSEN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
Opened June 2020
When opened in June 2020, the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital took its place as the preeminent rehabilitation facility in the Mountain West. Expert providers and cutting-edge technology join together to give those recovering from, and adapting to, life-altering conditions the care they need to live their best lives.
One standout feature of the building is the ZeroG track, the longest such track in the world. ZeroG tracks are designed to help support rehab patients as they move, allowing greater mobility and freedom in their recovery and treatment. With the help of the track, patients can stand, walk, and become more active in their therapy, with the goal of reaching better outcomes more quickly.
Watch some of the amazing rehabilitation patient stories.
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