Miami Valley Hospital builds out empty floors

Miami Valley Hospital is building out the 10th and 11th floors of its southeast tower, which were left empty space in 2010 to leave room for expansion.

The Dayton hospital, operated by Premier Health, said in a statement that it just opened an upgraded 36-bed neuroscience advanced care unit on the 10th floor and is set to finish construction next month on an upgraded 36-bed neuroscience intensive care unit to be housed on the 11th floor.

The South Main Street hospital is the flagship of Premier, which had 13,800 employees and $1.69 billion in revenue in 2017.

Before moving to the 10th floor of the southeast tower last month, Miami Valley stated its neuroscience advanced care unit was on the sixth floor of the hospital’s main building and the neuroscience ICU is on the ninth floor of the southeast tower.

The ninth floor of the southeast tower will become an additional cardiology unit when the 11th floor ICU is built. The space that previously housed the neuroscience advanced care unit will turn into an observation unit.

The neuroscience ICU will also have upgraded epilepsy monitoring and treatment capabilities, the hospital stated.

One of the changes is the new units were built with a nurses station in each of the 12-room patient wings, the hospital stated, instead of a central station for the floor.

“The design of both units enhances safety, as well as staff productivity and patient satisfaction,” said Michael Maiberger, president of Miami Valley Hospital. “Miami Valley Hospital is proud to provide the highest level of stroke care, and this project illustrates Premier Health’s dedication to continue to take our care to an even higher level.”