Expansion and Modernization Project

Improvements and enhancements will include:

Emergency Department
Our 5300-sq.-ft. ED expansion and renovation project will double the size of our existing ED to offer enhanced comfort and privacy for patients and their families. 

The new ED will include:

• An improved patient entrance. 
• Three triage rooms, allowing us to streamlining the patient experience and ensure faster access to quality care during medical crises.
• Nine exam rooms will be added, for a total of 31 rooms, one of which will be equipped to comfortably treat our bariatric patients.
• Three state-of-the-art trauma bays and two psych exam rooms will also be added. 
• A new in-department dedicated X-ray suite will be constructed to expedite patient imaging needs. 

• To continue providing the best care to the residents of Ventura County and beyond, we will soon expand the neuro program at SJRMC by establishing a Neuroscience Center of Excellence.
• We are adding a state-of-the-art hybrid operating suite that will house a neurointerventional biplane angiography system.
• The biplane system produces highly detailed three-dimensional views of blood vessels leading to the brain, which aid physicians in performing neurointerventional procedures such as:
  • clot removal
  • aneurysm repair
  • arteriovenous malformations
  • carotid artery blockages
  • brain and neck tumors
  • intracranial hemorrhages
  • spinal compression fractures
• We will also incorporate the Pentero microscope with fluorescence technology.

• A discharge area at the back of the hospital will be added at the back of the hospital, to provide a more private and convenient discharge experience for patients.
• The addition of a centralized entrance and admitting area for women’s services located closer to labor and delivery, mother infant, and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
• Expectant mothers will be able to bypass the emergency room during labor and enter directly—day or night—to quickly get to the care they need. 

• NICU will expand from two rooms to an entire unit, which will include 20 private rooms (with the ability to combine for twins).
• New private rooms will be equipped to allow a visitor to comfortably spend the night in the room with the baby. 
• Additionally, a family lounge with kitchenette and shower will be available to help make families with a little one in our care more comfortable.  

• Enhanced award-winning heart health services
• First in Ventura County to implant a leadless pacemaker and perform cryoablation for AFib
• Now performing Watchman procedure for patients suffering from AFib
• Will soon perform TAVR for patients with aortic stenosis
• More minimally invasive and robotic procedures
• Establishing a structural heart disease program 

• To accommodate the growing number of babies born at our hospital, we are expanding to include four new labor and delivery rooms.
• When expectant moms come into the hospital, we will now have two private triage rooms and one semi-private (2 bed) room.
• While family and loved ones eagerly wait for the arrival of the newborn they will be able to wait in a newly designed and comfortable waiting area.

• Soon we will offer 3D Tomosynthesis breast imaging—one of the more advanced breasts imaging technology available. This new equipment will provide a clearer, more accurate view when compared to 2D mammography, and will transform the mammography experience for our patients.
• Another revolutionary technology that we will soon acquire is the SPECT/CT nuclear medicine camera. This new system allows fusion of two different types of scans, to produce a three dimensional image for more precise structure of the organ(s) and tissue scanned. With the quality of SPECT/CT images, our physicians will be able to more accurately diagnose a condition or tell how well a treatment is working.