Quick Facts about University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro

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University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP) is the cornerstone of a 171-acre healthcare campus off Route 1, extending from Scudders Mill Road to Plainsboro Road and from Plainsboro Road to the Millstone River, in the community of Plainsboro Township, N.J. The health campus includes a new hospital, attached medical office building, education center, skilled nursing facility, and other uses enhancing the health well-being of Central Jersey residents, such as the possibility of a pediatric services center, health and fitness center, long-term care facility, and assisted living facility.
UMCPP consists of approximately 630,000 square feet of interior space on 50 acres
Conveniently located in Plainsboro 2.5 miles from the center of Princeton, it is closer to 70 percent of patients currently served by the hospital, as well as closer to 70 percent of its workforce
Digital technology will transform the whole hospital experience, from admissions to discharge, and enable medical staff to consult health records from virtually anywhere.
Designated Centers of Care -- Cancer, Surgery, Testing and Treatment, Neuroscience, Emergency, Maternal-Child Health, Eating Disorders, Cardiac and Pulmonary Care
Artfully designed and decorated reception and waiting areas with Internet-connected computers
231 single patient rooms with welcoming décor and amenities that reduce stress and anxiety, while minimizing hospital-acquired infections, improving patient safety, enhancing privacy, improving communications and confidentiality, and speeding recovery
A contemporary Emergency Department with 34 single patient rooms that is double the size of the current Emergency Department. The ED, with comprehensive digital imaging and diagnostics capabilities, modern interventional procedures suite with operating rooms, cardiac catheterization and vascular laboratories, will have specialty areas to provide pediatric, behavioral health, elderly patient needs, as well as less-acute care services. The section in the ED for seniors will include six geriatric beds/stations and an exam room for geriatric patients. A rapid medical evaluation unit and "results-waiting" space will enhance the patient experience and reduce wait time. Emergency helicopter transport will be available.
Eight labor and delivery rooms, each 320 square feet and equipped with advanced technology and safety features
24 mother-baby postpartum rooms, overlooking the park, beautifully appointed and offering hotel-like amenities
Expanded pediatric services -- 12 inpatient pediatric beds and special emergency department pediatric facilities -- reflecting the hospital's successful partnership with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
24 beds comprising an Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit
Decentralized nursing stations, enabling nurses to remain just steps way from their patients
600-square-foot operating rooms with the latest in state-of-the art equipment to meet the needs of 2012 and beyond
1,777-square-foot café providing food and beverages to staff, patients and guests
Family nourishment stations throughout the hospital to enable families to stay near to their loved ones
Computer kiosks throughout hospital to allow for research, education, entertainment and easy communication for patients, staff and visitors
The Education Center will serve as a vital hub of learning for medical professionals and students, patients and families, and community residents. It will include a library with print and electronic access to materials, study carrels, high-tech classrooms flexibly designed for alternate use as an auditorium, and video-conferencing rooms.
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Healthcare Center will enhance comprehensive community healthcare services to uninsured and underinsured residents, including mental health services for patients whose physical illnesses are complicated by mental health problems. The Center will have expanded hours. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation grant also will support education and outreach programs at a satellite location (281 Witherspoon Street), with healthcare information, bi-lingual personnel and free transportation to the new hospital.
The new hospital will follow U.S. Green Building Council guidelines for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard---conserving energy, minimizing impact on the surroundings, and providing the best conditions for patient care and recovery; approximately $60 million is being spent on sustainable design that not only creates a healthier environment, but also enables the hospital to achieve energy operating cost savings of 25 percent of what the hospital would have spent if it were constructed with conventional energy infrastructure
100 percent fresh air in patient areas to minimize spread of disease from certain events, such as bio-terrorism attack or airborne epidemic
32-acre public park along Millstone River
Ample, free parking on site
Designed by team of world-leading architects and consultants including Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum and RMJM Hillier
$447 million project largely supported by Design for Healing capital campaign
For more information about the economic impact of the project, click here.

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Quick Facts about University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro