St. Lawrence Health System Inpatient Bed Tower at Canton-Potsdam Hospital

The Transformation of a Rural Health System

St. Lawrence Health System (SLHS) serves the rural North Country region of upstate New York. In January 2021, SLHS became an affiliate of Rochester Regional Health, an integrated health system that provides services across Western, Central, and Northern New York. Following this, SLHS embarked on an expansion project that doubled the size of their primary Canton-Potsdam Hospital, a not-for-profit community healthcare facility.

The project included renovations to the 12,000 sq. ft. existing hospital space and a 225,000 sq. ft. addition. Design features included a new, prominent main entrance along with an expanded, cutting-edge Emergency Department on the ground floor with three floors of inpatient private rooms above. The second and third floors each house 30 medical/surgical beds (60 beds total), while the fourth floor is shelled for future expansion and modernization of services.

Emergency Department

The Emergency Department underwent a major expansion, adding 11 patient treatment rooms, a new waiting area, triage rooms with a sub-waiting area, four flex exam rooms, four resuscitation/trauma rooms, and a new front entrance.

Emergency Department Photos

Tour the New Emergency Department

Check out the walkthrough video of the new emergency department provided by Rochester Regional Health, St. Lawrence Region.

Main Entrance and Lobby

Canton-Potsdam Hospital has a brand-new main entrance, which is relocated from the entry level to the ground level. This comes with a new, expanded main lobby as well as a gift shop and coffee kiosk.

Main Entrance and Lobby Photos

Patient Rooms

New patient rooms were designed throughout the entire four-story addition, increasing the patient bed count from 63 to 78. Rooms include 60 private/single occupancy, enlarged patient rooms, six acuity adjustable rooms (per floor), floor space for staff collaboration, support services staging, and Nurses’ stations.

Patient Room Photos

Tour the Main Entrance and Patient Rooms

Check out the walkthrough video of the new main entrance and patient rooms provided by Rochester Regional Health, St. Lawrence Region.

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Ribbon Cutting

On Monday, October 7, 2024, Rochester Regional Health – St. Lawrence Health System held a ribbon cutting ceremony in the brand-new wing of the Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, NY. The ceremony celebrated not only the new wing and main entrance, which opened to the public on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, but also the opening of the emergency department, which opened its doors Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

You can read more about the project by clicking the link below.