The Carle Foundation, a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system based in east central Illinois (18 outpatient locations and 2 hospitals) has announced plans to build a $23 million outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine center in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, according to a report in the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette.
New Sports Medicine Center Planned
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The foundation, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018, is presently providing orthopedic and sports medicine services in two separate locations. The new plans are to construct a two-story, 52, 000 square foot facility will include a 32, 800 square foot clinical area with 66 exam rooms, a therapy gym and x-ray rooms as well as a 19, 194 square-foot non-clinical area.
The newspaper reports that the Carle Foundation has filed an application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for approval of the project.
In 2014, Carle Foundation was named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, the nation’s leading online resource that helps consumers search, compare and connect with physicians and hospitals. The areas where Carle Foundation received its highest marks were in critical care, neurosciences, and gastrointestinal care.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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