Many people build a new home. When they do so, they decide what is important to them and what makes them comfortable. Design generally takes into account what the person or family enjoys or how time is spent. Many questions abound: How many bedrooms? How should we plan the living spaces? What about the kitchen, patio, den and so on? At The University of Kansas Hospital, we followed the same process in building the Center for Advanced Heart Care, a facility dedicated to heart care and heart surgery.

The process of designing and building any structure typically involves working with consultants, architects and construction teams. What made our project different were the careful consideration of each patient area and how they work together, as well as a focus on staff satisfaction and retention, patient comforts, and convenience and caring for both groups.

Anti-Coagulation Clinics have begun a new era in aiding patients in therapeutic maintenance and initial treatment for diseases requiring short or long term drug therapy. Consistent monitoring of INR’s, medication adjustments, patient education, and knowledge of blood lab values has been an uphill battle; until now!