Mission Hospital

Looking to the Future

Despite the many financial challenges facing Mission in the current economic climate, we know that the needs of Western North Carolina continue to expand. Our population is growing and "graying"; aging facilities must be replaced; and our region and state face shortages of physicians and other healthcare professionals. In 2008, we continued to implement plans with an eye toward our region's future.

• Updating facilities for patient care - Mission's major facility expansion, the Dogwood Project, remained on schedule and on budget and was completed in 2009. The six-level building will house surgical facilities, patient rooms and a Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit.
• A long-term campus plan - The Mission Board approved a Strategic Master Facility Plan, which provides a comprehensive roadmap to ensure Mission has the facilities to serve Western North Carolina's growing healthcare needs.
• Expanding health education - Mission and UNC Asheville agreed to collaborate on a plan to expand health education opportunities in Western North Carolina. Mission pledged $300,000 toward furnishing UNC's new 122,000-square-foot N.C. Center for Health and Wellness.
• Training tomorrow's physicians - The UNC Board of Governors endorsed a plan to expand medical education in the state, including a new medical school campus in Western North Carolina, which will bring more physicians-in-training to Mission. The proposal for the campus was developed as a joint project of Mission Health System, the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), and the Western North Carolina Health Network.

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