Temecula Valley Hospital in Temecula, Calif., is a 140-bed acute care hospital that was built based on Lean principles and an integrated project delivery (IPD) approach. Working with the client, Universal Health Services (UHS), HMC and the IPD project team used target value design to drive toward the $150 million total project cost, making it one of the most cost-effective hospitals ever built in California.

The project was recently featured in a photo tour by Healthcare Design. The article highlights the Lean tools and processes that were utilized from the beginning of the project, including “big room” meetings, pull planning, A3 reporting, process mapping and simulation, and target value design. It also examines the innovative design move, such as how the design team abandoned the traditional “racetrack” design, which circles the nursing station, in favor of a patient-centric design.

Read more about the project in Healthcare Design’s photo tour >>