Artist’s rendering of the new ambulatory pavilion at Amsterdam Avenue and 114th Street
Renovation is set to begin this fall on a 17-floor ambulatory pavilion at Amsterdam Avenue and 114th Street that will serve as the anchor in a new master plan to transform Mount Sinai St. Luke’s outpatient care. The state-of-the-art facility will expand the hospital’s primary, preventive, and specialty care, and foster integration with all departments within the Mount Sinai Health System.
“We’re looking to make a statement that Mount Sinai St. Luke’s should be the desired health care destination for people living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,” says Arthur A. Gianelli, President of Mount Sinai St. Luke’s. “The hospital is a jewel in the Mount Sinai Health System, situated in a diverse community that offers a premier platform for growth and expansion. We serve a population that lives and works within the 100 blocks between Mount Sinai West at 59th Street and New York-Presbyterian at 168th Street. That’s a large span in Manhattan that we can draw patients from.”
Located at 1090 Amsterdam Avenue, the new ambulatory pavilion will be financed through the sale of four underutilized properties on the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s campus and a $20 million grant from New York State, and philanthropic support. The new pavilion will help provide a focal point for Mount Sinai St. Luke’s faculty practices to grow and to recruit physicians.
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s transformation aligns with an industry-wide shift to a more cost-efficient population health model of care that promotes greater access to multidisciplinary health care. The changes also mirror new development and diversification within the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s catchment area.
The pavilion will feature high-tech digital enhancements, patient-centered service delivery designed to minimize wait times, and integrated, multispecialty care provided at the patient’s home or office via internet video conference. Mount Sinai St. Luke’s also expects to provide extended and weekend hours for primary care.
Development of the new pavilion will occur in three phases. During the first phase of construction—to be completed during the second quarter of 2018—the hospital will open its integrated primary care practice, as well as a full-service cardiology practice, and medical and surgical subspecialty practices that include gastroenterology, pulmonology, urology, general surgery, and colorectal surgery. The two later phases will include women’s health services, additional medical and surgical subspecialty practices, and a new telemedicine suite that are slated for occupancy in the second quarters of 2019 and 2021.
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s is also exploring the creation of a new respiratory institute that would support the local community, which has one of the nation’s highest rates of respiratory issues. Consideration also is being given to launching a new multidisciplinary care management/transitions team that will help strengthen clinical support teams and bridge the gap between various internal and community-based care sites.
“We are designing a faculty practice platform that is forward-thinking, efficient, patient-centered, and population-health oriented,” says Berthe Erisnor, Vice President of Ambulatory Services at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s. “If we implement this vision and create one facility where patients can go to receive all of their care without having to navigate through multiple areas within our hospital, we can really start to make a difference in the community. We want people to know that health care is really changing uptown.”