Battle Creek Health System faced an increasing demand for medical care in the Michigan community it serves. Overcrowding and patient overflow in the emergency room required the health system to quickly increase its ambulatory care capacity. Battle creek Health System needed additional space that would be accessible from the main hospital structure, allowing patients and hospital staff to move between the structures without going outside.

ModSpace provided a 7,200 square foot modular complex within the health system's tight four week time frame. The facility included six exam rooms, three vascular medicine rooms, one concrete nuclear medicine room, two ultra sound rooms, one laboratory, and an X-ray viewing room. The complex was connected to the existing hospital building via an enclosed passageway, facilitating easy interaction between the expansion and the existing structure.

Benefits

• Modular expansion enabled the health system to quickly and affordably increase its capacity to handle a larger patient flow and increase revenue.
• Battle creek Health System was able to choose from many financing options, including lease, finance lease and purchase, to accommodate their budget. Purchasing represented the best financial option for the health system's needs.
• Specialized modules were constructed individually to fulfill a variety of applications within a single multipurpose complex, from exam rooms to a concrete-floored nuclear medicine room. Flexibility of modular construction design helped maximize the site area, a part of the hospital parking lot, to fulfill the hospital's space requirements.