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Show THE PARK RECORD .www.parkrecord.com B-9 BUSINESS EDITOR: Monika Guendner 649-9014 ext 1 10 businessparkrecord.com WEDTHURSFRI, JULY 3 1 -AUGUST 2, 2002 Briefs Student Passes at PCMR Pa City Mountain Resort (PCMR) announced that it would offer $99 student stu-dent season passes for the 2002-2003 2002-2003 season. . Students need to be a resident of Utah and in ttie K-12 school system. No adult tickets or other requirements need to be met. Students may ski the full season without blackout dates. New Hires Tricia Stumpf and Joan Guetshow have joined the Discovery Map trade- mark license family. Their company,' Park City Map Company, LLC, will c distribute 50,000 free Park City Discovery maps in 2003. Stumpf is a - two-time World Championships medallist with the U.S. Skeleton Team and Guetshow Is a two-time Olympian biathtete. " Meetings Around Town j The Park City Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at 4 the clubhouse at the Jeremy Ranch Country Club. . . , . .. The Kiwanis Club of Park City ",, , meets every Thursday at 8 a.m. at the ? 1 Eating Establishment Call Sandra ' Vogt at 655-6200 for more I information. ' The Park City Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at The yarrow on 1800 Park Avenue. f Toastmasters International of Park, j City meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. ' t at the Hampton Inn, 3309 Landmark , Drive. For more information, call Bill or Carole Mullen at 435-647-3035 or visitwww.peanutbuttertoast.org. ; S.C.O.R.E., the service corps of , retired engineers offers free business : J1 consultations to small business own- 1 era in the Summit County area. J They meet every second Wednesday l of the month from 9 am to noon and f ' every forth Wednesday from 1 to 4 f it p.m. at ... the . Park City ChamberBureau office on 1810 ' Prospector Avenue in Park City. Call 435-649-6100 to make an appoint- menL If - V t- .. ,i .. . . J , ' (s : . i ' LL GrccnerHills Equestrian Subdivision 5 to 28 acres Estate Lots SewerWaterIrrigationGas Starting atS102,C00 wmv.GreenerHiIb.coni Study says Summit County can support a community hospital if a suitable partner is found to provide support, money By MONIKA GUENDNER Of the Record staff Health Evolution's recent feasibility study of building and supporting a hospital hospi-tal in Summit County concluded three things: The hospital could work if it found a suitable partner; An emergency room without a hospital hospi-tal would not be feasible; With an estimate of only 50 percent of Summit County's population using the hospital, and with the presence of a partner, part-ner, the facility could turn a profit by the third year of operation. The Summit Community Hospital Development Foundation (SCHDF) hired Health Evolutions, Inc., a healthcare health-care consulting firm with national recognition recog-nition in advising rural area hospitals, to conduct the study which was presented to the foundation board on June 19, 2002. In a statement released by SCHDF, they summed up the study's data, "The Feasibility Study concluded that it is realistic to construct and successfully operate an acute care hospital with an emergency room staffed with Board Certified Emergency Care Physicians in Summit County, if the foundation partners part-ners with a healthcare system that can provide access to broad-based health insurance plans." "This is a pronouncement," said Linda Blonsley, president of SCHDF. "Our vision can in fact be a reality." The conclusion of the study means that the foundation's original goals of building and running an independent hospital were not feasible. Their mission to have a community-based facility, however, how-ever, remains steadfast, v The study based its conclusions after conducting a market assessment, a series of interviews and preparing a financial assessment. During its research, Health Evolution underscored findings that will influence the success of the hospital, including mixed support for a hospital in the county. Other healthcare facilities will also have an influence: Intermountain Health Care (IHC) is a dominant force in the market. HealthSouth is now profitable and interested in developing an even greater presence in Park City. Park City has a wide range of physicians and medical med-ical services available. Park City's affluent and well-educated residents create their own challenge for a hospital as they demand higher end services and are willing to travel to get them. Summit County has other special challenges such as a seasonal fluctua Barnes & Noble joins Redstone Towne Center Barnes & Noble has signed a lease to become a tenant at the future Redstone Towne Center to the south of the former KMart. David Kuryk, a spokesman for Barnes & Noble, said the proposed store will be almost 22,000 square feet and will house a cafe", music, videos and DVDs as well as books. Although it is too soon for solid numbers, he estimated the store will create 50 to 100 full and part-time jobs. The projected opening date for the store is October 2003, said Kuryk. The Boyer Company, which is building build-ing the project, has also signed Bed Bath & Beyond, Rocky Mountain Share your good news, new hire or business event. Contact Monika at businessparkrecord.com ", j - (T' ?- r - community hospital tions of the number of people and the , kinds of services needed and the special needs and cultural sensitivity to the growing Hispanic community. Close proximity to Salt Lake City and its hospitals will also influence a community commu-nity hospital. The population's health was the final finding disclosed. While Summit County inpatient discharges increased by 8.5 percent from 1999 to 20()0, the county has fewer admissions per 1,000 residents than other rural cities in Utah. On the financial side, Health Evolutions' assessment showed that without a partner, the hospital would lose money each of the first five years. With a partner, however, providing access to broad-based insurance plans, the hospital could show a profit in the third year and $767,000 profit total over first five years. To successfully operate the hospital, We intend that they the will build the Chevrolet but need to have a BMW. - Linda Blonsley SCHDF president the study also outlined eight circumstances circum-stances that must be met. These "critical success factors" include participating in managed care plans serving 80 percent of the primary and secondary patients in the market; recruiting experienced hospital hos-pital leadership; attracting capital to construct a medical campus; recruiting experienced professionals and support personnel to staff the hospital; understanding under-standing and responding to challenges that separate successful hospitals from unsuccessful ones; developing capital resources in excess of $30,000,000; gaining gain-ing support of medical staff who have served Park City and Summit County and raising philanthropic funds to supportinitiate sup-portinitiate services that will distinguish the new healthcare facility. In deference to the study, the foundation founda-tion has already begun to search for a suitable partner. Two organizations, one for profit and one nonprofit, have already expressed interest and begun discussions with SCHDF. So far, the talks have been encouraging, encourag-ing, said Blonsley. The foundation has specific requirements require-ments that they want from their potential poten-tial partner. As the study recommended, they are looking for an organization that Cinemas, Rocky Mountain Eyeworks, Standard Optical and Zions Bank. Quiznos and Panda Express are two food vendors that have signed leases. According to Scott Verhaaren, Boyer is negotiating a lease right now that would fulfill the 50 percent occupancy occu-pancy rate they need to begin construction. construc-tion. Verhaaren said they hope to begin construction in the late summer or early fall of this year and open the cen-' ter in late summer, 2003. The entire Redstone Towne Center project will be 190,000 square feet of retail space and an additional 30,000 square feet of office space. t Vi . '. V Dave Schorl 800-846-0169 David Lawson 866-940-0004 I ILcxmv MoMfAM 1 V Ok amociatm J can provide access to broad-based insurance insur-ance plans; has experience in owning, operating and managing a rural hospital and has the financial resources to jump-start jump-start the project and get it going. SCHDF is also interested in finding a partner who is open to adopting the Plane Tree model on patient health care. This model focuses on treating the patient as a partner in the healing process. It emphasizes education, encourages family and friend involvement involve-ment and regards patients with dignity. The new partner must also agree to support the foundation's goals. "Very important to us that they embrace our mission and vision," said Blonsley. When asked if taking on a for-profit partner could change the accessibility of healthcare for noninsured residents and visitors, Blonsley replied with a definite no. "The partner has to accept our mission mis-sion and vision," she said. "It's not negotiable. nego-tiable. Taking on a for-profit partner wont change that." The foundation will remain a nonprofit non-profit entity, regardless of their future partner's status. Its role as the hospital takes shape will be to add the extra level of care," said partner Blonsley. we really fthe TZ Sd E . l 4 1. . Chevrolet, but we really need to have a BMW," she added. What services SCHDF will be responsible for in the extra level of care will be determined in negotiations with the future partner. mmm SCHDF has also focused its attention away from acquiring land in Kimball Junction and is now pursuing a parcel in Quinn's Junction. The piece of land sits on the northwest corner of the S.R. 248 S.H. 40 interchange. Blonsley also offered a comparison of the distances and times a patient or staff member would have to travel to reach the proposed facility versus hospitals in Salt Lake City. Times and distances from Coalville were reduced from 41 miles and 48 minutes (to University Hospital) to 17 miles and 18 minutes. From Deer Daily Water Consumption July 19-July 25th Our goal is to not exceed 8 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. 8 7 - r 1 J 6 " CO 5 . o ..; 4 H 3 2 . 1 - 19 0 21 22 23 24 25 Qll 111. -i I 1l Lu Li Remember: Odd numbered EVEN NUMBERED ADDRESSES WATER ON EVEN DATES. NO WATERING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10AM and 7PM within City Limits! 145 Acres Beautiful pasture land in 7 separate contiguous parcels. 500 shares of Irrigation water. 15 miles from Park City, Paved access. $1,600,000 can work Valley, 30 miles and 39 minutes drops to 5 miles and 10 minutes. Again, contrary to their initial wishes, the foundation will have to purchase the land. Burton-Burbidgc Medical Campus has submitted a proposal with an asking price of $2.5 million for 10 acres. Burton-Burbidgc Medical Campus, who owns the land, has already drawn a preliminary plan to develop a medical campus that would include the hospital. Although the surrounding campus may include doctors' offices and a spa, SCHDF has nothing to do with those plans. The rumors that the hospital would be involved in building these facilities are completely false, said Blonsley. Although Burton-Burbidgc Medical Campus has gone as far as drawing a rendering of the campus, that version will have many modifications as input from the foundation, the new partner, the city and county are added, said Blonsley. Lastly, the Health Evolution study includes a memo from Bain Farris, plainly plain-ly stating that a 24-hour emergency care service without an attached hospital "isn't profitable but that it really isn't possible." This memo responds to some area residents and physicians who maintained the position that a 24-hour emergency care unit was needed but not a hospital. 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