Project Grant CE145946

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. (TUHS) IS A PENNSYLVANIA NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501 (C) (3) CORPORATION WITH A MISSION OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND ACADEMIC SETTINGS. TUHS OWNS AND OPERATES TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, A PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL, WHICH OPERATES AT THREE CAMPUSES, INCLUDING ITS EPISCOPAL CAMPUS AT 100 EAST LEHIGH AVENUE IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL'S EPISCOPAL CAMPUS, OVER 30% OF PATIENTS HAVE BOTH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITION; OVER 30% ARE HOMELESS; AND OVER 85% ARE UNEMPLOYED. EPISCOPAL HANDLES ABOUT 40,000 INPATIENT DAYS AND ABOUT 45,000 EMERGENCY VISITS ANNUALLY. TO IMPROVE DELIVERY OF CARE TO ITS COMMUNITY, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-EPISCOPAL CAMPUS IS EXPANDING AND MODERNIZING ITS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE AREAS. THIS INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR EMERGENCY ROOM, WHICH WAS DESIGNED DECADES AGO TO ACCOMMODATE 25,000 PATIENTS ANNUALLY, TO ONE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE OUR CURRENT VOLUME. THE FACILITY'S INTERIOR FOOTPRINT WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT 60%, ENABLING US TO ADD NEW REST AND SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR CLINICAL AND SUPPORT STAFF; RECONFIGURE AND EXPAND WAITING, TRIAGE AND REGISTRATION AREAS TO ENHANCE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, EXPAND THE NUMBER OF TREATMENT STATIONS FROM 14 TO 31. THESE RENOVATIONS, ALONG WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF MODERN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND UPGRADES TO INPATIENT UNITS, WILL ENABLE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL'S EPISCOPAL CAMPUS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ACCESS TO MUCH NEEDED BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. NEARLY 90% OF PATIENTS SERVED BY TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL'S EPISCOPAL CAMPUS ARE COVERED UNDER MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. THE EPISCOPAL CAMPUS ALSO SERVES AS THE MAIN CLINICAL TRAINING SITE FOR THE PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY PROGRAM OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE PSYCHIATRIC CLINICAL ROTATION FOR HUNDREDS OF ME DICAL, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AND NUMEROUS OTHER AREA COLLEGES. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL'S EPISCOPAL CAMPUS IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. EPISCOPAL IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF PENNSYLVANIA'S COORDINATED MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (PACMAT) PROGRAM ALONG WITH TEMPLE'S DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE'S TEMPLE RECOVERY USING SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT (TRUST) CLINIC. THE TRUST CLINIC MENTORS LOCAL FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, CITY DISTRICT HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROVIDERS ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND CONNECT PATIENTS WITH SOCIAL SUPPORTS, EXPANDED CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES. OUR EPISCOPAL CAMPUS IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA'S DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES MISSION OF HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVE HEALTHY, SELF-DETERMINED LIVES.