Banner Health's strategic growth plan focuses intensely on providing convenience and access for our patients, insurance plan members and their families. The residents and families we serve today – and those we will serve tomorrow – need the full range of health care choices close to where they live and work, when they want it, at the moment they need it. Banner Scottsdale Medical Center will make it easier for the 75,000 Scottsdale residents who have chosen Banner Health to get the care they need without having to drive across the Valley.
Absolutely. Today, the 75,000 Scottsdale residents choosing Banner Health for care face drives over an hour for specialized cancer care or surgical procedures. That's a hassle at a time when they need the best possible care close to home and available immediately. The same goes for the future residents who will join Banner rightfully expecting to have all their health care needs met nearby, efficiently and cost-effectively.
Access to a variety of health care providers and insurance companies creates more options and convenience for consumers and real cost savings for families and employers. The new medical campus will be “one-stop shopping” for residents who need quality medical services, from an emergency room visit to an elective surgical procedure, physical therapy to cancer treatment in partnership with the nation’s leading experts at MD Anderson Cancer Center, to medical imaging and prescriptions.
Absolutely. Banner Health will comply with the city's adopted Green Building Program that mandates adherence to the International Green Construction Code® for both phases of construction, the Banner Health Center plus outpatient building and Banner Scottdale Medical Center acute-care hospital. Design features will include EV-ready charging infrastructure, renewable energy solutions, and water use reduction strategies.
Banner stands committed to solutions that reduce water use without compromising patient care, including use of targeted areas through landscape design and low water use plant species. Open space and pedestrian pathways are planned to either have natural bioswales to promote water movement or depressions to increase water infiltration. Basins are designed to be integrated into the natural landscape design character and treat the first flush of any on-site collection. The project includes no expansive turf areas. The landscape will consist of indigenous and adapted desert plant species. Banner’s required water and sewer use on the campus will be significantly less than comparable uses permitted in the underlying zoning.
Banner has become a national leader in solving our industry's shortage of qualified workers. We have partnered with private, state and community colleges to develop feeder programs to staff Banner openings with well-trained college graduates.
Banner is also fully committed to addressing physician shortages through proactive efforts like expanding our graduate medical education program. In partnership with the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Banner administers the largest residency program in the state. Last year the program trained over 1,000 residents and fellows across 91 programs, and we have announced plans to add hundreds of new seats to address critical needs in Arizona like primary care and rural medicine. We invest in this space because we know it is critical for our state and the health care industry. We know many of these physicians will stay and practice in Arizona upon graduation.
In addition, Banner currently hosts 80% of all nursing student rotations statewide. More than 1,600 newly graduated nurses are successfully supported by Banner, earning the RN Residency Program the Practice Transition accreditation with distinction by the American Nurses Credential Center. It is the most extensive national and international program. Our Banner Health New Graduate Residency is viewed as an international best practice for new graduates as they transition into nursing practice.
Finding the best and the brightest to work for us in the northeast Valley will not be an issue.
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