| When patients and visitors enter the Van Elslander | | | | cardiac patients. while the pavilion's third floor, 6 |
| Pavilion at St. John Hospital & Medical Center | | | | North, will care for oncology patients. The floors |
| (SJH&MC), they are greeted by warm reception and | | | | feature 36 private rooms (including bariatric rooms). |
| waiting areas. Above, natural light floods through the | | | | Every aspect of the new, large patient rooms has |
| three-story atrium windows. While the recently | | | | been designed to enhance the healing environment |
| opened pavilion is the new front entrance to the | | | | and maximize comfort for patients and their families. |
| hospital, visitors are struck by the non-hospital feel of | | | | Each room has a flat-screen television, conference |
| the environment. Part of the $163 million expansion | | | | rooms, physicians team conference room, and |
| program planned for the hospital, the Van Elslander | | | | custom nurse work spaces. |
| Pavilion opened in fall 2007 and is part of the largest | | | | In addition to the Van Elslander Family Foundation, |
| expansion program in St. John's 54-year history. | | | | other donors to the Van Elslander Pavilion have |
| The 250,000-square-foot pavilion is also home to the | | | | included the John A. and Marlene L. Boll Foundation, |
| W. Warren Shelden Heart and Circulatory Center, | | | | the Shelden family, the Manoogian Foundation, |
| where nearly an entire floor has been dedicated to | | | | Anthony L. Soave and family, Gretchen C. Valade and |
| cardiovascular services. The center features 30 | | | | Jane and Robert Nugent, as well as the Kresge |
| individual waiting rooms. | | | | Foundation, Emergency Medicine Specialists and the |
| Also located in the new pavilion, the Fontbonne | | | | St. John Hospital Guild. |
| Diagnostic Imaging Department offers updated digital | | | | Also making history, the St. John Emergency |
| imaging services, including two 64-slice CT scanners | | | | Physicians pledged $1 million to the SJH&MC |
| and a 16-slice scanner. Another 64-slice scanner will | | | | Expansion Campaign. For their donation, the group will |
| be located in the emergency room. | | | | receive recognition in the renovated Emergency |
| In addition, the Van Elslander Pavilion merges the | | | | Center. The pledge is the largest from a physician |
| ultrasound, vascular lab and nuclear medicine | | | | group in SJH&MC's history. So far, SJH&MC physicians |
| departments. To date, two additional floors of the | | | | have raised more than $2.5 million for the campaign. |
| Van Elslander Pavilion have opened. The final floor is | | | | Recently, St. John Health Hospitals were honored as |
| scheduled for completion in early June. In all, the | | | | two of the nation's top 15 major teaching hospitals |
| pavilion will offer 144 private patient rooms. The | | | | by one of the country's leading sources of health |
| entire facility features leading-edge technology | | | | care information and research. The recognition from |
| services arranged in a patient-focused design. | | | | Thomson (formerly Solucient) recognizes hospitals |
| The Van Elslander Pavilion's second and third floors | | | | that achieve or exceed national benchmark scores |
| were also recently opened following dedication | | | | for hospital-wide performance. |
| ceremonies. The second floor, 5 North, will care for | | | | |