 Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan
Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan (CHS) will serve children, teenagers, mothers, and pregnant women. It will be both a maternal and children's hospital. It will be home to a number of provincial pediatric and maternal programs, a majority of Saskatoon Health Region’s pediatric and maternal services, and a new pediatric and adult emergency department.
The hospital will be located in Saskatoon and joined to Royal University Hospital. We are currently in the design stage of the new facility with construction expected to start in 2013. We currently plan on having construction completed and the facility open and fully operational in 2016.
For a quick look at the work underway, check out our latest videos. You will be redirected to Saskatoon Health Region's YouTube channel.
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February 7, 2012 - After the Honeymoon...life post 3P for Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan
In mid-January, the architects, with support from the CHS project team, Health Region quality consultants and lean consultants from John Black and Associates, returned to the 3P teams with preliminary floor plans based on the work completed in November and December's events. They discussed the plans with the teams to see if there were any improvements or adjustments that needed to be made. Read how it went in the latest Region Reporter.
December 23, 2011 - Titanic to Star Trek, Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan creates change
Deb Johnston was nine years old when entered the health care system. She draws on her experiences to help create Saskatchewan’s new maternal and children’s hospital. Johnston, along with other patients and parents joined staff, physicians and Health Region leaders in a north end warehouse to design parts of the new hospital in the latest 3P event in December. Read more in the latest Region Reporter.
December 16, 2011 - Another Step in Design
From December 5 to 9, teams from pediatrics, emergency and support services, along with patients and parents, gathered in a Saskatoon warehouse to build on a new vision of care created for Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan. This was the second 3P event for the new maternal and children's hospital.
To read more about both events and find out about what happens now, read the latest design update.
Or, to see what the second 3P event looked like and hear more about the next steps for the hospital, watch Saskatoon Health Region's latest video.
December 8, 2011 - Digging Deep into Design
In mid-November, families, staff and physicians from pediatric surgery, materials, and maternal care spent five days digging deep into the design of their areas in Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan 1st 3P event. The goal is to create revolutionary change in order to improve the care and service experience of our patients and families. Learn more by watching this video showing 3P in action for our new maternal and children's hospital. And stay tuned, the next event in mid-December will focus on pediatrics, emergency and materials.
November 28, 2011 - Design Moves Forward
Have you experienced the power of the stopwatch? One pediatric nurse has and she shared her thoughts with us. She helped out with data collection which will feed into work underway with planning for Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. Working with John Black and Associates, Saskatoon Health Region has been diving deep into data to guide decisions about the new hospital. All of this will feed into two week-long sessions in November and December called 3P (production, preparation, process). Read more in the November issue of Region Reporter.
November 22, 2011 - Saskatoon Health Region Begins Parkade Construction
Before we can build Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan, a lot of work is needed to get the location ready for construction, including modifying the parkade at Royal University Hospital. This work is called "Early Works" and is key in the preparing the site for the eventual construction of the new maternal and children's hospital. This week, Saskatoon Health Region started the first of 4 phases. The project will conclude in 2013 with the site ready to go as construction of Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan begins. Read more in the news release issued today by the Early Works project team at Saskatoon Health Region.
You can also watch the news conference on the Health Region's YouTube channel.
November 16, 2011 - Planning for the Next Step
The next step is 3P (production preparation process) events. 3P is a lean tool often used in facility design
and is based on creating new processes for an area and using those new processes to develop a design.
The goal is to reduce waits and improve the experience for patients, families and care
providers. Saskatoon Health Region has spent the past several weeks preparing for two intense week long events involving physicians, staff, leaders and families. To learn more, read our latest design update.
October 7, 2011 - A Glimpse into Stopwatches and 3P
3P? Stopwatches? What does this actually look like? Watch our latest video on this work and how we hope to improve our patients' experience with the design of our new maternal and children's hospital.
September 29, 2011 - Stopwatches in the hospital
Saskatoon Health Region directors, managers and quality services consultants are now out in hospital areas with stopwatches to
document and time the patient process. They are learning how long a patient is actually waiting for service. This is all part of the next phase in planning for the new maternal and children's hospital. Read our latest design update.
September 19, 2011 -
Bringing value to patients and families in Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan
Muda. Get to know where it is. Ask, “how do we get rid of it?” Then, make it happen. Elimination of muda – Japanese for waste – is the challenge being presented to physician and operational leaders during planning for the next phase of work with Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. This work began the week of September 12. Read more in the latest issue of Region Reporter.
September 7, 2011 - Digging Deeper into Design
Over the past eleven months, we have worked through a design process that is proving extremely
valuable. Through design sessions and process improvement work, our patients, families, staff and
physicians have uncovered evidence and ideas that will make this hospital truly a state of the art facility.
Now, the team will focus on reducing project construction costs to fit within the available funding while retaining the
services planned for this building. This will involve building on the exceptional work already completed. We will challenge
everyone involved including patients, families, staff and physicians to find new and innovative ways to deliver care. We will use expert advice to
challenge our current design by digging deeper into evidence and alternatives. To learn more about where the project is at and our next steps, read our latest design update.
For additional past news updates, visit our Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan - News and Events section.
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