Hoag poised to open $1.2-billion Sun Family Campus expansion in Irvine
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Specialty birthing suites at the new Hoag Hospital Irvine Sun Family Campus give plenty of options to the mother-to-be.
Each is equipped with a walk-in rain shower and laboring tub connected to the room. The women also have the ability to adjust the blinds, lights and temperature to the settings they prefer.
But it doesn’t stop there.
“If a patient chooses to have a natural birth and they want to be here in this birthing suite, we honor their birth plan,” Hoag Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Marcy Brown said on a recent tour of the campus. “But the beautiful thing about having a baby at Hoag is that if your plans change and you decide you want an epidural, our team is nimble and ready to respond quickly, allowing you to have the kind of birth you want, whether that means pain control, anesthesia or other support along the way.”
The interconnected nature of the layout and attention to detail highlight the $1.2 -billion Sun Family Campus expansion, which will be holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. Following the event, Hoag is hosting a free “World of Wonder” immersive experience event on Sept. 19 and 20.
All services are expected to be fully operational at the Sun Family Campus by Sept. 28.
The expansion of Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010, includes six new buildings and 155 inpatient beds. These include pavilions for the women’s hospital, women’s outpatient services, cancer and digestive hospital, cancer and digestive outpatient services, surgery and laboratory and logistics.
Outpatient towers bookend the women’s and cancer and digestive specialty hospitals, for a total of 475,000 square feet of net new structures.
The women’s hospital features 24 labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum suites, 21 antepartum/postpartum rooms, a dedicated OB triage and a new 17-bed NICU. There are also three operating rooms for cesarean sections.
Hoag already has the highest volume of baby deliveries in the state of California, but with the expansion, the number of annual births is expected to rise from 9,000 to 12,000 by 2028.
“One of the real foundational components was when we looked at the number of babies being born in Newport Beach that were from Irvine ZIP codes,” Brown said. “It was telling a story, and the story that was being told was really that there were a lot of families growing and a lot of moms and babies in South County. So, that was the genesis and part of the plan of expanding our specialized services here.”
Rather than white dry-erase boards, the rooms feature digital screens with names of the care team and care plans, immunization plans and more. They also have sofas, and are able to accommodate loved ones overnight.
The women’s outpatient pavilion is connected to the hospital by a garden and atrium, with plenty of natural light shining throughout the space.
A new Comprehensive Breast Center is another important facet, featuring seven mammography suites, six ultrasound suites and 29 women’s health exam rooms. Brown said it’s intentional that it feels and looks like a day spa, so that women can feel like they are taking care of themselves rather than dreading their annual mammogram appointment.
“For the first time here in this facility for Hoag in Irvine, a woman can complete her full journey from having her annual diagnostic mammogram if she needs an intervention and there’s a suspicion of cancer,” Brown said. “Her entire journey can happen on this campus, so going from surgical intervention, a surgical procedure, to breast reconstruction, to radiation, chemotherapy and infusion. The whole team is here. That comprehensive team is right here in the building.”
The cancer and digestive hospital rooms, like the birthing suites, feature views of the outdoor garden area and control of room variables. Sky bridges connect the hospital and outpatient pavilion spaces.
“I’m really proud of the fact that we took the time to have the nurses and doctors involved in designing this hospital,” Brown said. “The nurses and doctors wanted the connectivity.”
The cancer and digestive hospital features 70 inpatient rooms. The outpatient pavilion has a specialized oncology pharmacy, 42 private infusion rooms, 31 oncology exam rooms, labs and six gastrointestinal procedure suites.
There’s also a dedicated urgent care for cancer patients.
“The last place [patients] want to be when they’re feeling lousy, they’re feeling weak, maybe dehydrated, is in the emergency room,” Brown said. “They know their body’s already beat up, probably from going through radiation and chemo, and so we’re having a dedicated cancer urgent care, where they can come and be taken care of by a team of dedicated cancer trained professionals.”
The surgical pavilion includes eight operating rooms and 24 intensive care rooms. Brown said that Hoag will also be launching cardiac services, including open heart surgery and neurosurgery, in the coming months.
“After we opened the hospital in 2010, we were immediately on that journey of what else can we do for the community,” she said. “What does the community need? What are they having to leave home for? What are they having to travel distances for? If we can create this village and build out this health care village, this can be their home, right?
“All of the services that they need, we know that people are aging in place. And if you’re going to be in Orange County and be aging, to have a facility like this in the community is pretty remarkable.”
