CareCyte is a veteran’s owned business that was born out of a think-tank assembled by the Seattle Science Foundation in 2006. The group included doctors, engineers, and scientists, and served as the incubator for the CareCyte concept: a new way to design and construct healthcare facilities, in a fraction of the time, using technological innovations to engineer parts to be manufactured and then assembled into elegant state-of-the art, high-tech, LEED certified, energy efficient, eco-friendly, pathogen-free, steel and polymer buildings.

The CareCyte model advocates a de-centralized approach to healthcare. Our belief is that the right kinds of facilities and ways of working in them allows for an improved patient - provider experience by creating a patient-centered practice that uses personnel more efficiently through delivery systems, networking, remote supervision and consultation, and emerging telemedical technologies. The result is expanded access to care, increased quality of care, and greatly reduced cost of the delivery of care. CareCyte has also developed an innovative workflow design that is customizable to the operational needs of the facility. Once implemented, the “cellular care delivery system” can yield an annual savings of up to 40% on operating costs.

The facility’s steel truss assemblies, joints, girders and supports (the skeletal structure of the building) are precision manufactured using the latest in computer-aided designing and manufacturing capabilities. This Numerical Control (NC) programming (CATIA system) is the exact process that is used by Boeing to machine large sections and components of their military and civilian aircraft. The NC model is also similar to what was used to create the huge assemblies and parts of the Space Station. The precision fit technology reduces the time consuming (and expensive) process of hand fitting each piece on location, as other projects require. This new construction process reduces capital expense of a new facility by up to 60% versus standard construction and also allows for exact replication of the same facility in different locations.

Within the facility, the wall panels are made of a polymer, are re-configurable (potentially savings millions of dollars in remodeling costs), and assembled in a factory setting where the electrical wiring and outlets, the plumbing, pneumatic and hydraulic piping, and internet Corning ClearCurve fiber are already in place when they arrive at the construction site. As a result of the pre-wired technology, these units can become the wireless broadband center for the urban or rural communities being served.

The entire facility is environmentally controlled, using positive and negative air pressure. The innovation of using a large volume, low velocity air flow filter to constantly remove airborne pathogens, greatly reduces the risks of hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections. Since the walls are made of a material that is easily sanitized and will not promote bacteria, air-borne HAI can truly be mitigated.

CareCyte Facilities are ideal for owners and operators of ambulatory surgical centers, neighborhood clinics, chronic care facilities, and short-stay hospitals with critical care roles. For these entities, smaller footprints, lower costs, quicker delivery, and effective interaction among professionals and patients offer an unbeatable combination.