On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Brookwood Medical Center received approval from the Certificate of Need Review Board allowing them to build the state’s first freestanding emergency room. The new facility is planned for the Intersection of Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 280 East.
Brookwood Medical Center was represented by members of Burr & Forman’s health care practice group including Jim Hoover, John (Jack) Mooresmith, John Morrow and Kelli Fleming.
According to a press release distributed by Brookwood Medical Center, the “$19 million freestanding emergency room will be the first of its kind in Alabama. The facility will provide hospital-level emergency services for children and adults. The 19,598-square-foot facility will provide around-the-clock-care by board-certified emergency medicine physicians with specialty physicians available 24 hours a day. It will also participate in the Birmingham Regional EMS System (BREMSS) Trauma Net for EMS protocols.”
The press release states that “the facility will have 24-hour fully staffed laboratory services, along with pharmacy and diagnostic services, including CT, MRI, X-ray and ultrasound. Triage protocols will be in place for stabilization and immediate transfer of patients requiring care from existing acute care hospitals in the Birmingham area. A helipad will be available for emergency air transfer.”
For more information on Brookwood’s new facility, please click here.