Why do Women’s and Children’s services need to be at the Van Ness & Geary location?Why consolidate?
Treating more patients in one location improves the outcome for patients and makes the hospital more efficient, particularly for specialized medical care. Concentrating these service lines at one facility will lead to a greater diversity and availability of specialists, health providers and resources. This creates synergies, with staff and teams from different areas of expertise working together to create better outcomes for patients. The hospital at Van Ness & Geary will become a regional Center of Excellence in providing highly specialized care. At 556 beds, this facility is sized appropriately to support whatever level of care is needed. St. Luke’s has an excellent history of providing birthing services to its community. This service will continue in the new hospital at St. Luke’s, but with the added benefit of access to our specialized staff at the Van Ness & Geary campus for at-risk pregnancies. The intimate scale of birthing services at St. Luke’s provides new mothers a desirable
