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Entering
the Final Stages
K O O T E N A I C L I N I C P O S T FA L L S
I S N E A R I N G C O M P L E T I O N
By Andrea Nagel
With just a few months
left of
construction, Kootenai Clinic Post
Falls is moving into its final stages
before opening to the public in
January 2017.
Construction crews finished the
interior framing and are putting the
finishing touches on the interior
and ceiling. The construction
fences were also pulled back in
order to open the east parking lot.
Two major milestones include the
opening of Big Blue Coffee Co. as
well as the new main entrance and
patient drop-off area.
The exterior of the new clinic
building should look familiar to
Kootenai patients. The building
has a similar design and the same
siding used on Kootenai Health’s
hospital expansion.
“We want to move away from
what I consider an ‘auto-centric’
model, where we ended up with
a big parking lot that wasn’t very
functional,” said Derek Miller,
Director of Facility Planning and
Property Management. “We want
this building to be patient-centric,
making it easier for people to get
closer to the building with a better
drop-off area.”
The majority of the remaining
interior construction is focused
on the second floor of the build-
ing, where Kootenai Heart Clinics
Northwest, Family Medicine and
OB-GYN will be located. These
practices, along with Kootenai
Clinic Internal Medicine, will all
nearly double in size.
“Our goal is always to keep
patients close to home whenever
possible,” Derek said. “With the
Post Falls expansion, we will be
able to provide even better multi-
specialty, coordinated care for our
patients, closer to their homes.”
V I R T U A L
V I E W I N G
Follow
the Post Falls expansion
progress on our Facebook page,
and learn more about the project
at
KH.org/expansion.KH . ORG
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