The transition from the current campus in Nassawadox to the new, state-of-the-art campus will take place over several days. On Thursday, Feb. 23, the Riverside Shore Cancer Center will move operations to the new campus.
On Friday, Feb. 24, the specialty physicians with Riverside Medical Group as well as Riverside’s outpatient physical therapy services will move into the Riverside Medical Office Building.
The hospital’s move day will begin on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 a.m. with the opening of the emergency department (ED) with 13 private rooms. Newly arriving emergency patients will be directed to the new ED by signs and by parking staff. Also at 7 a.m. the Nassawadox ED will no longer accept new patients, and existing patients will have their care completed and be discharged to home or will be transported to the new hospital for admittance.
Beginning at 8 a.m. and every 10 minutes thereafter, a patient will be transported via ambulance to a beautiful private room with a view at the new hospital. The process is expected to last several hours and be completed in the afternoon.It is vital that residents on the Shore make note of the date and time that the new hospital will open and the current hospital will close.
Any patients seeking medical help after 7 a.m. on Feb. 25 must come to the Onancock campus for medical assistance. The Nassawadox hospital will close at the exact same time the new hospital opens.
The transition from the current campus in Nassawadox to the new, state-of-the-art campus will take place over several days. On Thursday, Feb. 23, the Riverside Shore Cancer Center will move operations to the new campus.
On Friday, Feb. 24, the specialty physicians with Riverside Medical Group as well as Riverside’s outpatient physical therapy services will move into the Riverside Medical Office Building.
The hospital’s move day will begin on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 a.m. with the opening of the emergency department (ED) with 13 private rooms. Newly arriving emergency patients will be directed to the new ED by signs and by parking staff. Also at 7 a.m. the Nassawadox ED will no longer accept new patients, and existing patients will have their care completed and be discharged to home or will be transported to the new hospital for admittance.
Beginning at 8 a.m. and every 10 minutes thereafter, a patient will be transported via ambulance to a beautiful private room with a view at the new hospital. The process is expected to last several hours and be completed in the afternoon.
It is vital that residents on the Shore make note of the date and time that the new hospital will open and the current hospital will close. Any patients seeking medical help after 7 a.m. on Feb. 25 must come to the Onancock campus for medical assistance. The Nassawadox hospital will close at the exact same time the new hospital opens.
Campus Overview
• 60-acre parcel of land in Onancock and Onley, Virginia.
• Campus will include three buildings(Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital, Riverside Shore Cancer Center, Riverside Medical Office Building), a helipad and ample parking.
• State-of-the-art communications technology
• Electronic medical record consistently used across services and facilities installed early 2017.
• Stormwater runoff is controlled with on-site best management practices to ensure that runoff into the creek behind the hospital is minimized but that what does run off is as clean as possible.
• Landscaping will feature plantings native to the Eastern Shore.
• The new Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital will comprise 139,100 square feet spread over two floors. This is a nearly 20 percent increase in square footage over the current facility.
• It offers 52 private inpatient rooms of which 10 are critical care and six are Mother/Baby.
• The Emergency Department offers two private triage rooms plus 13 private treatment rooms including a trauma room.
• A pneumatic tube delivery system whisks items to a designated department, allowing team members to stay at the patient’s bedside.
Energy efficiency in the building’s design will keep energy usage low over the long term.
These features include:
• A masonry exterior that meets or exceeds conservation code requirements
• Double-pane glass windows with glazing to improve privacy and reduce solar heat gain
• A light-colored roof to reduce heat-island effect and reduce solar heat gain
• Reduced artificial light due to large windows that allow daylight into the building
• Occupancy sensors for non-patient care areas will automatically turn off lights when areas are not in use.
• Variable-flow heating and cooling allow reduced energy consumption during lower usage times.
• Air handlers allow the use of outside air for cooling during cooler times of the year.
• Private rooms are important to patient comfort and healing. Each room has oversized windows to provide natural light and views of the outdoors.
• Patient rooms are nearly double the size of those in the current hospital.
• State-of-the-art communications systems enable nurses to call for help in emergency situations while remaining in the patient’s room.
• Computers in inpatient and emergency department rooms allow team members to document and place orders without leaving the patient’s bedside.
• Each room features a private bathroom. On the Medical/Surgical unit and in the Mother/Baby unit, the bathrooms include a walk-in shower.
• Each room features a comfortable sleeper chair or loveseat for visitors spending the night.
• 12 rooms offer in-room dialysis.
• Each room offers a large, flat-screen television.
• Nursing stations are designed to balance privacy and sound reduction for the care team while providing a welcoming feeling for visitors.
• A meeting area built into each station makes collaboration convenient.
• Each nursing unit offers a nutrition room with icemaker and refrigerator in close proximity to patient rooms to make comfort items quickly available to patients.
• Main lobby: information desk for greeting visitors, waiting area for outpatient services
• Outpatient services: admitting/registration, imaging/radiology, cardiology testing,respiratory testing, diabetes center and the laboratory
• Radiology, laboratory and emergency room are co-located for easy access between services.
• Shore Café, Carousel Gift Shop, administration offices, human resources, and Riverside Foundation
• One centralized registration for all outpatient services is convenient and private.
• All-digital imaging equipment quickly produces high resolution images. For patients receiving multiple studies, especially trauma patients, this means a quicker return to being treated or to their normal routine.
• Imaging’s new MRI will have a large (wide) bore with a short tunnel, making for a more comfortable experience while retaining excellent image quality.
• 3D mammography for patients with dense breast tissue will reduce the need for repeat scans in some patients.
• A comprehensive breast program in our Imaging Department includes stereotactic- and ultrasound-guided breast biopsies, allowing women to receive their care right here.
• The Emergency Department features two crisis intervention rooms with a panel that keeps electrical outlets and medical gases out of a patient’s reach. This is an important safety feature for patients at risk of harming themselves or others.
• Cardiology patients will be staged in three exam rooms instead of our current two which will allow patients to be seen faster.
• Diagnostic testing and phlebotomy will be just steps away from the Cardiology suite and in many cases, additional testing can be performed the same day.
• 52 inpatient rooms including Medical/Surgical, Pediatrics, Mother/Baby and intensive care.
• Preoperative and postoperative services
• All rooms feature very large windows for ample natural light. Rooms also feature room darkening and blackout shades for times when reduced light is preferred.
• Three operating rooms and two procedure rooms
• Operating rooms feature a green LED light which improves visual acuity for the surgeon. The LED light stays cool to the touch, keeping the room temperature consistent for the patient,staff and surgeon.
• The operating rooms feature large screen monitors that can display the patient’s electronic medical record, previous X-rays or other images or video of the surgery in an easy-to-see format from the operating table.
• In the Mother/Baby unit, two triage rooms will improve the patient flow when arriving moms need evaluation.
• Mother/Baby includes three labor delivery recovery postpartum (LDRP)rooms where moms stay for the entire visit.
• Mother/Baby also includes three postpartum rooms for moms who deliver in L&D or in the OR.
• Mother/Baby is next door to the OR. This improves patient privacy if a laboring patient needs to move into the OR.
• A nurse midwife has been added to the Mother/Baby team to provide expertise during normal births.
• Visitor lounge where visitors can gather to wait for loved ones
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