Cost

• Costing $302 million, the Perelman Center is the largest capital project undertaken in the history of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS).

Size

• 500,000 square feet

Employees

• When fully operational, 1260 permanently assigned full time employees will work at the Perelman Center.
• 439 new UPHS employees will be hired by FY 2010 as a result of the Perelman Center.

Patients

• When the Perelman Center is fully operational, there will be an expected 300,000 patient visits each year.

Eco-Friendly

• The Perelman Center exceeds minimum energy efficiency standards by 15 percent, which will save a projected $350,000 a year on energy costs and keep 3,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide— the amount produced by nearly 700 cars— out of the air.
• Charging stations for 21electric cars in the underground parking garage stand to remove an additional 36 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year.

Operating Rooms

• The outpatient surgical pavilion houses eight 600-square-foot, state-of-the-art operating rooms.
• Eight Mohs micrographic surgical treatment rooms will precisely remove skin cancers while sparing healthy skin.

Patient Treatment Rooms

• 225 exam rooms are an efficient 110 square feet each
• 84 private chemotherapy infusion bays
• 30-40 consultation rooms

Diagnostic Equipment

• Seven new digital mammography units and threebreast ultrasound units
• Six new MRIs— five in Radiology, one in Radiation/Oncology
• Three new CT scanners
• One new PET scanner in Radiation/Oncology
• Two new cardiac stress scanners
• Three new bone density scanners

EMR and patient flow software

• MedView: aggregates diagnoses, past and future appointments, lab results, radiology and endoscopy reports and images
• PACS: displays and archives diagnostic images
• Epic: integrates electronic medical records for outpatient services