With support from surrounding counties’ EMS teams, patients will transfer to the new replacement hospital every three minutes

After more than a year of training, planning and preparation, the staff of Saint Joseph – London is preparing for the patient transfer to the brand new hospital. At 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, staff members will begin moving patients one-by-one from the existing downtown hospital to the new replacement facility located off I-75 at Exit 38. Both hospitals will remain operational during the entire move to provide seamless and uninterrupted patient care.

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Saint Joseph's Hospital is part of Hospital Sisters Health System

A new – and significant - chapter in the history of St. Joseph's Hospital (SJH) in Highland is about to be written.

"SJH is excited to announce plans to build a new hospital in Highland," says Peggy A. Sebastian, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of SJH. "The new St. Joseph's Hospital and health center promises to be a facility far different than what our patients and local residents have experienced before."

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Sheila Elijah-Barnwell, Ph.D., AIA, has been appointed to the newly-created position of Director, Healthcare Research and Education for HDR Architecture, Inc. She will be responsible for spearheading efforts to establish university-based healthcare design educational programs across the nation similar to the one HDR is currently sponsoring at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as identifying and coordinating research efforts with HDR’s healthcare consultants to help grow the body of knowledge that supports evidence-based design efforts. Elijah-Barnwell will also be tasked with internal healthcare educational efforts, and will also maintain her role as design architect.

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