Located Inside the Institute are physician practice lease-tenants, as well as Genesis Medical Center outpatient departments. Cardiovascular Medicine, P.C., is the largest lease-tenant in the building.

Lower-level:

• Philip D. and Henrietta B. Adler Health Education Center 
• Adler Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
• Genesis Medical Center Education Department offices

1st Floor: 

• Genesis Medical Center Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II, and limited numbers of Phase III and IV
• Pediatric Cardiologist Vickie D. Pyevich, M.D. patient office
• Institute Administration and Cardiac Research offices
• Cardio-thoracic Surgeon Nicholas V. Augelli, M.D. patient office

2nd Floor:

• Genesis Medical Center Outpatient Cardiac Diagnostics
• Genesis Medical Center Nuclear Medicine
• Cardiovascular Medicine, P.C., Diagnostics

3rd Floor:

• Cardiovascular Medicine, P.C., physician, administrative and business offices
• Cardiovascular Medicine, P.C., physician clinics: lipid, pacemaker, and anti-coagulation

Summary
The building is 80,000 square feet and cost $11 million. Financing for the building was arranged through conventional mortgage financing. The project includes:

• 474 tons of structural steel and 350 tons of reinforcing steel
• 3,233 cubic yards of concrete for the Institute and 3,375 cubic yards of concrete for the parking ramp
• 22,000 square feet of glass and 14,000 square feet of metal panels
• 91,000 face bricks, 4,000 linear feet of cast stone, and 6,300 blocks

Architect for the building is Flad & Associates. General contractor is Estes Company. The building, skywalk and parking garage were all part of an IMPACT Project established by the Illowa Construction & Labor Management Council. More than 200 construction workers were employed throughout the duration of the project.

Building Design Meets Changing Heart Care Needs
The building is designed for outpatient, or non-hospitalized, activity. Market trends indicate in the next ten years, a great number of patients will begin to receive heart care in an outpatient setting. The health care industry will see major changes in how heart care is delivered and the Genesis Heart Institute building was designed to meet those needs in a rapidly changing environment. As Baby Boomers continue to age, outpatient diagnostics, like those housed in the Heart Institute, will be used more frequently. With the advent of earlier detection and availability of new drug therapies, some patients may not need interventional or surgical procedures available inside the hospital, and will be treated through lipid clinics like the one housed on the 3rd floor of the Institute.

"Our planning and design team spent seven months with doctors, nurses, technicians and administrators to create an approachable, beautiful building housing state-of-the-art technology for diagnosis and treatment," says Susan Olson, the Project Architect from Flad & Associates, the building's architects. Patients and providers expect high-tech, but neither wants a space-age facility that feels cold. 

"Every aspect of this building, from its location on the campus to the colors on the walls, is focused on implementing today's trends in design and medical care. We know that building design has an important impact on the way patients respond to their treatment, and on how staff members effectively work," summarizes Fred Peterson, Project Executive from Flad & Associates. "The new Heart Institute embodies modern healthcare for these patients." 

Philip D. and Henrietta B. Adler Health Education Center 
"A critical element for top-notch care is keeping abreast of rapid developments in cardiac medicine. The Institute's 174-seat auditorium in the lower level supports education for health care professionals, as well as community members. The advance technology available in the auditorium supports distance learning, multi-media presentations and interactive learning," says Susan Olson, the Project Architect from Flad & Associates, the building's architects. The $1.88 million center is named in memory of two lifelong philanthropists who made a bequest in 1992 through Genesis Health Services Foundation earmarked for a capital building project. Of the Adler donation, $1.73 million was used for the new center. Medical staff practicing at Genesis Medical Center also made an unprecedented donation of $150,000, a significant portion of its accumulated funds towards the center. 

Genesis Medical Center will Upgrade Heart Care Facilities too
The Institute is designed as an outpatient facility. Surgeries and other interventional procedures will continue to be performed on the second floor of Genesis Medical Center East campus. Those facilities will now be joined to the Heart Institute via a new skywalk that connects the second floor of the Heart Institute with the first floor of the medical center. Additional renovations at Genesis Medical Center in the next year will upgrade and expand heart care capabilities. One new catheterization lab will raise the number of interventional rooms to four; a new electrophysiology lab will raise the number to two labs, and two new surgical suites will be constructed - all on the second floor of the medical center.