Planning Principles

To guide the planning and decision-making process for Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital and the continued enhancements at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, the Mackenzie Health team established the following planning principles:

• Optimize the patient and family experience through the eyes of the patient
• Organize services around optimal and efficient delivery of quality patient care
• Standardize and apply leading practices where possible
• Design an environment congruent with Mackenzie Health core values
• Support change through flexible facility design
• Integrated delivery of care across sites
• Achieve excellence in sustainable "green" design
• Apply technology to optimize patient, staff and physician experience
• Safety and wellness of patients, staff, physicians and volunteers is paramount
• Enable integration of innovation and education