WellStar Kennestone Hospital’s Blue Tower West Opens

WellStar Kennestone Hospital’s Blue Tower West was dedicated on Jan. 15, 2013 and patients began moving in that day. The new tower has 108 beds and increases the number of private rooms available to patients.

From Friday, Jan. 18 through Sunday, Jan. 20, more than 400 patients were moved to different units within the hospital. As part of the move to the new tower, destination units were created throughout the hospital. Destination units allow patients to be cared for by a team of physicians and caregivers who specialize in those specific patient populations, such as cancer, cardiac, neurology, surgery and total joint. The use of destination units improves both clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Thanks to the WellStar Kennestone leaders and team members who have worked hard for many months in preparation and then in executing the move flawlessly.

Photo above: Candice Saunders, executive vice president, WellStar, and president, WellStar Kennestone Hospital, cuts the ribbon at the dedication of the new tower. With her, are, from left, Janie Maddox, chair, WellStar Board of Trustees; Reynold Jennings, president & CEO; Betty and Tom Phillips, for whom the tower is named; and Robert Lubitz, M.D., vice president, Medical Affairs, WellStar Kennestone Hospital.