GREENFIELD — Some big changes are taking place at the Parkway Medical Center in Greenfield.
The two-story building at 300 E. Boyd Ave., which sits on the southeast corner of Hancock Regional Hospital’s main campus, is getting a new pain center and will soon have an updated diagnostic center.
“We are always trying to upgrade so we have the latest technology,” said Craig Felty, vice president, chief operations officer and chief nursing officer at Hancock Health.
Work on the new pain center started in October, taking up a 3,500-square-foot space on the second floor. Work is expected to be completed soon.
The half-million dollar project will create a dedicated space where patients can be treated for chronic pain, replacing a pain clinic that has operated inside the hospital.
“The pain center will allow us to see many more patients a day, and will be much more efficient for the patients and staff,” Felty said.
The center includes physician’s offices and designated areas where patients can receive injections and other treatments.
The Parkway building’s diagnostic center on the first floor is also getting a major overhaul.
Work on the 1,500-square-foot lab is set to start in early February and wrap up in early May. The $300,000 project is intended to upgrade patient services while making the center more efficient and visually appealing, said Steve Long, Hancock Health’s CEO.
The renovation includes technology upgrades as well as interior decor upgrades, including removing and relocating some walls to make the work flow more efficiently for patients and staff.
Upgrades are also being made to accommodate testing that has become necessary due to COVID, in spaces that maintain negative airflow, Felty said.
While technical upgrades are the driving factor behind the updates at Parkway Medical Center, Long said hospital officials are always driven to create a visually appealing aesthetic at all Hancock Health facilities.
“We want our buildings to be healing just by walking in the door,” he said.
