In the 1 The new patient tower for Advocate Christ Medical Center on Chicago's south side adds intensive care capacity and a dedicated women and infants center By Gregory Heiser East Patient Tower (Oak Lawn, Ill.) serves two critical needs identified by the health system during master planning and ED optimization assessments: Expansion of intensive care capacity to accommodate increased emergency and cardiovascular admissions and consolidation of birthing and neonatal services for a women and infants center. Opened in January 2016, the eight-story, 326,000-square-foot patient tower has a 36-room medical intensive care unit (ICU); a 36-room cardiovascular ICU; and a 24-unit birthing center with three operating rooms and 48 postpartum units. The public level houses food service, a chapel, and outdoor dining and meditation spaces. The women and infants center offers modern amenities, including private highrisk rooms, high-tech C-section suites 56 HCDmagazine.com 08.16 CRAIG DUGAN PHOTOGRAPHY advocate christ medical Center's newhttp://www.HCDmagazine.com