St. Luke's Miners Campus in Coaldale is slightly off the beaten path. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't offer important services like cardiology, general surgery and neurology.

Last month, the campus opened its new Total care suite, a new wing of private, technologically advanced rooms that provide more comfort for patients that some people may not expect to find in Coaldale."I hear a lot of people say we're the best kept secret in the area," William Moyer, Miners' Campus president, said.The suite consists of about 20 new rooms, which gave the hospital the flexibility to make all of its patient rooms private."It's been shown that people have better clinical outcomes when they have private rooms," the hospital's director of development, Micah Gursky said.The biggest differences about the room are aimed at patients' comfort. Private rooms mean less noise, less bothering from neighbors, and more importantly, less chance of passing infection. The rooms were also designed to minimize falls, particularly in the bathroom area. Patients can now move smoothly from their bed to the bathroom"No one will ever have a roommate, or the sights and sounds that come with having a roommate," Gursky said.The rooms are connected with several new technologies that allow patients to communicate staff, while allowing staff to work more efficiently.Nurses no longer work from a central station, rather they carry carts that contain their supplies, and are hooked into the hospital's medical records database.The traditional whiteboard with a doctor and nurse's name has given way to a "Medisign," which updates in real time with the patient's doctor and nurse. Hospital staff can also get info on the patient's pain level and fall risk, as well as any special instructions from the board.The call button has been replaced by four buttons, which can allow a patient to be more specific about why they need a nurse.And when staff spend time in a room, it can be tracked centrally. ID badges have a built in component comparable to an EZ-Pass, making note of each time someone enters or leaves a room."We can see a day where upon discharge, we can tell the patient, you were here for two days, our doctor spent 3-and-a-half hours with you, our nurses stopped into see you 48 times, whatever those true numbers are," Gursky said.The new suite also emphasizes keeping family members involved with their loved one's care. The waiting room, which includes a meditation area, provides a non-institutional place for families to relax.Each room has a recliner or sofa that can be converted into a bed."When you go to the hospital you can feel isolated. So to accommodate the families and their loved ones, it just helps them heal better and heal faster," Gursky said.