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This year, 50 percent of Sinai's
stitutions, in part, by adding la-
bor-delivery-recovery suites. 21,000 admissions to the Outer
These services will be relocated Drive campus came from the
to the same area of the hospital, city; the rest came from the sub-
minimizing unnecessary patient urbs. The campus also operates
12 residencyprograms with 180
transfers, the officials say.
The estimated cost for this medical residents.
"It is incumbent on us to make
project is $7 million and com-
sure we have a state-of-the-art,
pletion is expected in 1997.
The third component of Sinai's attractive campus," Mr.
plan is a 60,000-square-foot am- Schaengold said.
About four years ago, when
bulatory (outpatient) care facil-
ity adjoining the northwest Sinai was losing money, expan-
corner of the main hospital build- sion plans were not on the agen-
da. Last year, however, Sinai
ing.
Officials say the addition will brought in a net profit of $13 mil-
improve Sinai's outpatient ser- lion. Sinai reports this year's net
vices and accommodate ambu- profit from. operations at $3.5
latory patients requiring million.
extended recovery periods. Mr.
Schaengold believes this unit is
a strategic addition in light
of trends within the overall sys-
tem of medicine in the United
States. To cut costs, managed
care systems encourage patients
to seek and doctors to adminis-
ter ambulatory care, rather than
— Phillip Schaengold
expensive overnight hospital
stays.
"(Ambulatory
care) is where most
of our services are
headed," he said.
Sinai's plans for
the ambulatory ser-
vices unit also in-
clude renovations
and an addition to
the existing two
catheterization lab-
oratories for cardiac
care.
The ambulatory
care unit is expected
to cost $27 million.
The labs will cost an
additional $3 mil-
lion. Completion is
due in 1998.
The Sinai Outer Drive campus with blueprints for
The hospital also expansion.
plans to revamp its
system of parking at
Mr. Schaengold points to two
the hospital. The goal is to
change the main entrance from reasons for this year's decrease
Outer Drive to the northwest in revenue.
"One of the problems we ex-
corner of the campus and to
create roads enabling perienced this year was the in-
visitors to circle the hospital crease in malpractice expense
without re-entering adjacent and the number of emergency
room bad debts," he said.
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streets.
Even so, Sinai's health has
Sinai expects to hear back
from the Michigan Department drastically improved since
of Public Health in 120 days. 1990.
"Four years ago, Sinai was in
Officials do not foresee any prob-
lem in gaining clearance for the a different mode," Mr.
Schaengold said. "I think four
plans.
If it gains approval, the hos- years ago, Sinai was not sure of
pital will launch the $40 million the direction it was going to take
and was conserving its capital
bond issue next spring
Though the heart of the 603- until a strategic plan was adopt-
bed hospital remains in Detroit, ed."
Plans for expansion, Mr.
Sinai has established 30 satel-
lite offices in the suburbs. Schaengold says, are in line with
Officials says they look forward that strategic plan, whch was
to continued proliferation of adopted two years ago by the
Sinai's services, but they also Sinai board chaired by Mervyn
stress the need to focus energies Manning.
"I think our plans are a clear
and dollars on the Detroit cam-
demonstration," he said, "of
pus.
"This still represents the heart Sinai's strength as a health-care
of the Sinai system," Mr. provider." ❑
Schaengold said.

"Our volume
in the emergency
room has literally
hit the roof."