Moses Cone's $208 Million Project Approved By The State

Greensboro, NC-- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has approved a $208.5 million project at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. The approval is a major milestone in the continued development of the project.
"This project will provide Moses Cone Hospital with technologically advanced operating rooms, larger private patient rooms, and convenient emergency services," says Tom Gettinger, Executive Vice President/Administrator, Moses Cone Hospital. "We are excited about what this expansion will bring to the community."

Moses Cone Health System is working on specifications and other preliminary work for the project. Construction should begin in early 2011 with completion in 2015. Construction will add 243,107 square feet to Moses Cone Hospital and redesign 87,000 square feet of existing space. A new main entrance to the hospital will be on Church Street. The patient tower will feature workstations closer to patients. This will allow nurses to complete records yet stay close by. The layout should reduce noise on hospital units. All 16 operating rooms on the hospital's second floor will be replaced with larger rooms better able to handle larger surgical teams and more equipment. The redesign of the pre- and post-surgery areas will improve patient privacy and increase efficiency.

The expansion will add 48,000 square feet to the emergency department. The new design will improve efficiency, allowing people to get in and out of the emergency department more quickly. Moses Cone Health System consists of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Community Hospital, The Women's Hospital of Greensboro, Annie Penn Hospital, Moses Cone Behavioral Health, LeBauer HealthCare, Penn Nursing Center and various outpatient clinics and programs.
Moses Cone Health System provided $110 million in uncompensated care in FY 2008 to the people of Guilford, Rockingham, Forsyth, Randolph and Alamance counties.