Inspira Health | Mullica Hill Medical Center

A New Platform for Care

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Inspira Health partnered with Array to create a 460,000 SF greenfield replacement hospital shaped by Lean-led planning, Integrated Project Delivery, and a deep focus on patient and family experience. Completed 30 days ahead of schedule, the new medical center improves operational efficiency, expands access to care, and establishes a flexible, light-filled campus designed for long-term growth.

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Planning for the Right Future

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Before design began, Array helped Inspira evaluate whether to renovate its existing Woodbury hospital, expand on the current site, or build new within the service area. Through a rapid planning assessment, the team studied Inspira’s strategic plan, financial projections, operational goals, demographic data, site opportunities, and cost implications.

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Using Lean facilitation and decision modeling, Array delivered a board-ready recommendation in under eight weeks. The selected Mullica Hill site allowed Inspira to remain connected to its existing community while reaching new patients across South Jersey, right-sizing the program, improving departmental adjacencies, and creating a long-term platform for inpatient, outpatient, and specialty care.

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Designing Around Better Flow

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The hospital was planned around future-state workflows that support better care delivery, reduce redundancy, and improve staff effectiveness. A split-flow Emergency Department improves throughput and minimizes wait times, while an integrated pediatric sub-unit combines ED care, observation, and inpatient beds in a sustainable model for lower-volume pediatric care.

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The interventional platform brings surgery, endoscopy, catheterization, pre-op, recovery, PACU, and sterile processing into a more efficient relationship. By co-locating these services and shared support areas, the design reduces duplication, limits staff travel, and supports greater flexibility across procedural care.

Built Through Collaboration

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The project was delivered through an Integrated Project Delivery model with Array, Leach Wallace Associates, Skanska, Inspira, and CBRE working as an aligned team. This structure supported early decision-making, shared accountability, and continuous coordination between design, engineering, construction, and owner leadership.

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Prefabrication helped accelerate delivery and improve quality. Patient bathroom pods were manufactured off site for consistency and efficiency, while prefabricated exterior façade panels reduced field labor and shortened the construction schedule. Together, these strategies helped the team deliver a complex replacement hospital with speed, cost discipline, and a high level of coordination.

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A More Human Hospital Experience

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The hospital’s design balances operational performance with a welcoming, restorative patient experience. The greenfield site offers expansive views, while the building brings natural light deep into public areas, patient units, and staff work zones. Notched floor plates and glass-lined family seating areas help daylight reach the central core, creating a brighter environment for patients, families, and caregivers.

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Inside, the hospital combines stone, wood, tile, nature-inspired graphics, large windows, and intuitive wayfinding to create a warm and approachable setting. Distributed waiting and respite areas, comfortable family zones, dining amenities, charging access, smart room technology, and a patient technology hub give patients and visitors more choice, comfort, and connection throughout their experience.

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Ready for Growth

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The hospital was designed as a long-term platform for Inspira’s future. The ED, OR suite, Maternal Child Health unit, and overall site plan include provisions for expansion, while the building layout accommodates a future bed tower. Energy-efficient MEP systems, combined heat and power infrastructure, and planned solar strategies further support performance, sustainability, and long-term operational value.

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