QMG Hospital - Frequently Asked Questions

Why are you build­ing a new hospital?

We are build­ing a state-of-the-art, small-for­mat hos­pi­tal to expand access to the lat­est high-qual­i­ty, low-cost care for the Tri-State area. This facil­i­ty is part of our mis­sion to improve region­al care, empow­er patients and their physi­cians, enhance care coor­di­na­tion and clin­i­cal out­comes, expand health­care choic­es, and reduce costs. Increased com­pe­ti­tion through QMG’s own inpa­tient facil­i­ty will help low­er health­care costs. The new hos­pi­tal will allow QMG patients to receive care from their cho­sen health­care pro­fes­sion­als through­out their entire health­care jour­ney. Research shows that con­ti­nu­ity of care improves out­comes, low­ers costs, and increas­es patient satisfaction.

How will this new hos­pi­tal low­er prices and improve quality?

We are ded­i­cat­ed to pro­vid­ing the high­est-qual­i­ty care at the low­est cost and have a proven track record of achiev­ing this. The only time we strug­gle to man­age costs effec­tive­ly is when patients require hos­pi­tal care. This new small-for­mat hos­pi­tal will enable us to offer the same low-cost, high-qual­i­ty care across all set­tings. Com­pe­ti­tion among health­care providers fos­ters more choice, low­er costs, bet­ter clin­i­cal out­comes, and improved patient expe­ri­ences.

Tell me more about the facility.

The hos­pi­tal will fea­ture approx­i­mate­ly 25 med­ical-sur­gi­cal beds, 3 labor, deliv­ery, recov­ery, and post­par­tum (LDRP) rooms, an emer­gency depart­ment with 10 bays, a c‑section suite, 3 oper­at­ing rooms, and 1 pro­ce­dure room. It will also include a post-anes­the­sia care unit, lab­o­ra­to­ry, phar­ma­cy, and imag­ing depart­ment. Three of the med­ical-sur­gi­cal beds will be equipped as neg­a­tive pres­sure rooms to aid in man­ag­ing infec­tious dis­ease outbreaks.

Will the new hos­pi­tal be a nonprofit?

Yes. QMG Hos­pi­tal will be a physi­cian-devel­oped and physi­cian-gov­erned non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion. Any prof­its from the hospital’s oper­a­tion will be redi­rect­ed towards facil­i­ty devel­op­ment, such as new equip­ment or oth­er oper­a­tional needs. The facil­i­ty will be adja­cent to the QMG Can­cer Insti­tute and QMG Ambu­la­to­ry Surgery Cen­ter, under­scor­ing our com­mit­ment to high-qual­i­ty care tai­lored to our patients’ needs.

How will this dif­fer from what we already have in town?

Health­care is evolv­ing. Small­er, acces­si­ble facil­i­ties are increas­ing­ly nec­es­sary. This new hos­pi­tal will com­ple­ment our 18 exist­ing prac­tice sites across Illi­nois, Iowa, and Mis­souri. While QMG has pro­vid­ed near­ly every health­care ser­vice over its 85-year his­to­ry, we have not pre­vi­ous­ly host­ed overnight patients. This new hos­pi­tal will offer patients more choic­es, con­ve­nience, and per­son­al­ized care.

When will the project be complete?

A cer­tifi­cate of need (CON) appli­ca­tion was approved by the Illi­nois Health Facil­i­ties and Ser­vices Review Board (HFS­RB) on Tues­day, April 26, 2022. The project time­line will be announced soon.


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