Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

The new patient care tower represents Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s commitment to patient-centered care by the addition of a significant building that improves the environment for patients, family, and staff. Patient safety, floor plan efficiency, and improved quality-of-life for patients and caregivers drove the design. The new tower is the first LEED Gold hospital in Illinois and one of only a handful worldwide.

Inpatient floors have been laid out in virtual “pods” using a universal floor plate design that can easily be converted based on future demand. Each pod has a decentralized nursing station to decrease noise levels and travel distances, with a column-free interior to allow better sight lines of care and flexibility for future growth in the core areas. Patient rooms use a “non-mirrored” approach, providing staff easy orientation and consistency for procedures. The bed tower includes a public lobby/reception, a PICU with family accommodations, a general pediatric unit, an intermediate care unit, ICU and interventional unit and three 34-bed nursing units and a mother-baby unit at the penthouse level. Amenities include a courtyard garden and rooftop terrace between new and existing buildings.