Pebble Partner Project Descriptions
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Bronson Methodist Hospital
Kalamazoo, MI
www.bronsonhealth.com

The redevelopment of Bronson Methodist Hospital, which began in 1993, created a state-of-the-art, easily accessible healthcare campus that brings together inpatient care, outpatient care, and physician offices in a patient-focused healing environment.

Completed in 2000, this $181-million project, designed by Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, includes a medical office pavilion, an outpatient pavilion, and an inpatient pavilion that come together around a central garden atrium.  Significant growth after opening this all-private room facility led Bronson to use evidence-based design principles to develop a freestanding inpatient pavilion in 2007 for its birthing center and neonatal intensive care unit. 

The Pebble Project with Bronson is measuring employee turnover, outcome measures, length of stay, cost per unit of service, waiting times, patient satisfaction levels, nosocomial infections rates, and organizational behaviors in the new facilities.