Expansion

Pullman Regional Hospital, Patient Care Expansion

Project Quick Facts

$45 million project cost for 80,000 square foot expansion, medical equipment, and remodel of Pullman Regional Hospital and hospital-owned properties:

Expand Emergency Department by 50-60% for triage rooms and mental health services
Addition of a fifth OR, GI lab and expansion of surgery recovery unit
Specialty healthcare space for potential new services such as endocrinology, dermatology, rheumatology
Move providers and practices onsite to enhance patient access and to eliminate cost of rented spaces – Palouse Pediatrics and Pullman Family Medicine
Imaging services expansion – PET scanner, additional CT and MRI, mammography suite
Integration of all therapy services onsite – physical, occupational, massage and speech therapy, genetic counseling, acupuncture and all pediatric therapy including feeding and physical therapy and women’s pelvic health therapy
Expansion of Orthopedic and Sports Medicine patient care
Enhance security and technology in BirthPlace
Expand Sleep Study & Sleep Medicine
Expand cardio-pulmonary services
Simulation lab for healthcare workers and community training and learning
Expansion of lab and testing
Relocate administrative services to current therapy building (Summit Therapy) to make use of owned hospital properties and reduce rented spaces

Potential Funding Sources

Hospital funding (reserves/borrowing): not to exceed $10 million
Taxpayer Bond: $27.5 million
Philanthropy and grants: $7.5 million

Timeline

June 15, 2022: Special Public Comment Meeting
July 6, 2022: Public Meeting of the Board of Commissioners
July 14, 2022: Special Public Comment Meeting
July 26, 2022: Special Meeting for Commissioners to take action on funding
August 2, 2022: Bond Filing Deadline
August 3, 2022: Board of Commissioners Public Meeting
September 7, 2022: Board of Commissioners Public Meeting
October 5, 2022: Board of Commissioners Public Meeting
November 2, 2022: Board of Commissioners Public Meeting
November 8, 2022: Election Day

For meeting details and information about how to attend, please visit the Board of Commissioners webpage.

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Funding Proposal Approved

Pullman Regional Hospital’s Board of Commissioners has approved a funding proposal for a patient care expansion and remodel project of approximately 80,000 square feet. Including minor medical equipment, the project is estimated to cost $45 million.

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Meet the Board of Commissioners

The Pullman Regional Hospital Board of Commissioners, an elected body, is legally responsible for overseeing hospital district policies and organization with respect to the district’s operation, including the delivery of quality patient care and meeting community healthcare needs. If you have questions about this expansion plan, connect with your local official.

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Pullman Regional Hospital Seeks to Expand Patient Care

Pullman Regional Hospital’s Board of Commissioners has approved a project proposal to relocate approximately 9,000 square feet of administrative services, remodel approximately 17,000 square feet within the hospital, and add approximately 54,000 square feet of patient care space to the existing building and adjacent hospital-owned property.

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Bond History

In the past 30 years, Pullman Regional Hospital has presented 5 bond levy proposals to the hospital district residents.

The dates and results of each election are as follows:

November 1998 Yes = 59% No = 41%
February 1999 Yes = 54% No = 46%
November 2001 Yes = 70% No = 30%
April 2019 Yes = 64% No = 36% (did not meet voter turnout threshold requirement)
November 2019 Yes = 59% No = 41%

The average of the results over the 5 elections is:

Yes = 61% No = 39% Percentage points difference = 22

The community clearly supports the continued upgrading and expansion of our healthcare facilities and services.

Facilities Remodel History

In the past 18 years, there have been more than 18 remodels, one minor addition, and each year, services are relocated off the main campus to make more room for patient care. We've done as much as we can in our existing space, it's now time to expand.

2014 Summit Therapy and Health Services remodel
2015 remodel imaging department for 3D mammography
2016 remodel of emergency department
Multiple periods of replacing flooring
2016 expanded surgical capacity
2017 and 2021 Expanded parking
2018 replaced roof
2018 Relocate and upgrade pharmacy
2018 remodeled IT and maintenance spaces
2018 expanded same day services capacity (only expansion that added space to the facility – 10,000 sq. ft.)
2018 planning efforts identified the need to develop a master facilities plan
2019 remodel at Pullman Family Medicine
2020 Expanded Inland Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Center of Excellence space
2021 remodel Palouse Pediatrics
2021 relocated administrative offices to Corporate Pointe on Bishop Blvd.
2022 Created collaborative care clinic space for cardiology, sleep medicine, and psychiatry and behavioral health
2022 completed new Family Medicine Residency Center space
2022 expanded PT services to satellite space on Stadium Way

Timely access to exceptional healthcare.

Pullman Regional Hospital, Patient Care Expansion

More access. More services. More patient care space. Less wait for great healthcare.

Our patient volumes and our region’s population are growing; we have outgrown our physical spaces to provide the 5-star caliber of patient care synonymous with Pullman Regional Hospital.

We need to expand our emergency department so award-winning emergency medicine is provided in treatment rooms instead of hallways. We need to recruit more specialists and provide more specialty care like psychiatry, oncology, neurology, dermatology and rheumatology, but we do not have the physical space for these providers or patients. We need to better meet our patients’ needs through team medicine and co-locate practices like Palouse Pediatrics and Pullman Family Medicine on the hospital campus. We need to make mental health part of the patience experience, so that we can address a crucial community need.

Our shortage of space, providers and healthcare services comes at the cost of timely care for you.

It’s time to grow.

In 2004, Pullman Regional Hospital opened our doors to a new, state-of-the-art facility on Bishop Blvd. Today, 100,000 square feet of space is wholly dedicated to serving the region as a public, non-for-profit community hospital, open to anyone and everyone.

We are a regional destination for healthcare. Our continued investment in people and medical technology means more and more people are choosing to receive care and work at Pullman Regional Hospital and our network of clinics.

Year after year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid rate our patient experience the highest designation—5-stars. For us, living in a small town means personal, exceptional healthcare. It means state-of-the-art medical technology. It means access to primary care, emergency care, and specialized healthcare. It means growing our capacity so that we can care for our community today and tomorrow.

Over the course of 18 years, there has been more than 18 remodels projects, one minor addition, and each year, services are relocated off the main campus to make more room for patient care. Every area of patient care at Pullman Regional Hospital has seen growth. The addition of 10,000 square feet in 2018 for Same-Day Services is the only project which added to the footprint of Pullman Regional Hospital.

During those 18 years, the city of Pullman has continued to grow and is projected to grow even more. Pullman experienced a 3% population increase from 2015-2020, and a 13% population increase is projected 2020-2025. In 2021, 145 permits for single family homes, duplexes and townhouse buildings were issued in Pullman as compared 43 in 2020. (Information provided by the City of Pullman, 2022).

Simply put, we are out of square footage to see and treat our growing community, and we need to expand patient care spaces.