At Origin Design, we believe access to exceptional healthcare starts with thoughtful planning and purposeful design. For communities like Anamosa and the surrounding region, receiving advanced care close to home isn’t optional, it’s essential. The new MRI Suite at Jones Regional Medical Center reflects what’s possible when long-term vision, collaboration, and design come together to support patients and providers alike.
As demand for diagnostic imaging grew, Jones Regional identified the need to move beyond the constraints of a mobile MRI unit. The new permanent, in-house MRI Suite expands availability, increases efficiency, and enhances the overall patient experience ensuring the community has reliable access to critical imaging services when they need them most.
Designed to support advanced technology and patient comfort, the suite allows Jones Regional to offer MRI services six days a week, reducing wait times and minimizing the need for patients to travel elsewhere. From calming design elements to efficient layouts, the space prioritizes ease, clarity, and care at every step.
A partnership built on progress
The MRI Suite represents the latest chapter in a long-standing partnership between Origin Design and Jones Regional Medical Center. Since the opening of the hospital’s current facility, we’ve worked together through phased expansions and renovations that respond to changing needs while supporting long-term goals.
Over the years, this collaboration has included outpatient clinics, rehabilitation and therapy spaces, infusion and lab areas, operating room improvements, and enhancements to emergency access and site circulation. Each project builds on the last, creating a cohesive healthcare environment designed to serve both today’s needs and tomorrow’s growth.
“ The new MRI Suite reflects what long term partnership makes possible: thoughtful design that expands access to care while keeping the patient experience at the center.” ”
Andrew Busch, AIA, NCARB Architect | Origin Design
Designing with flexibility and foresight
Healthcare environments must evolve alongside advances in technology and care delivery. Our approach at Jones Regional Medical has consistently balanced immediate priorities with future flexibility, ensuring spaces can adapt as needs change.
The new MRI Suite reflects that mindset. Strategically located near existing imaging and emergency services, the space integrates seamlessly into the broader facility while leaving room for future expansion. Thoughtful planning today helps position Jones Regional to continue serving the community well into the future.
Collaboration at the core
Great healthcare design starts with collaboration. Every project at Jones Regional Medical Center has been shaped through close coordination with hospital leadership, clinicians, facility staff, and construction partners surrounding each decision in real-world workflows and patient needs.
Through years of working together, we’ve built trust and a shared understanding that supports efficient delivery and purposeful design outcomes. The MRI Suite is more than a new space, it’s the result of a partnership focused on creating environments that work now and into the future.
Investing in community health
At its heart, the new MRI Suite represents an investment in community care. Expanding diagnostic imaging services allows patients to receive timely, advanced care close to home, strengthening both the healthcare system and the community it serves.
We’re proud to continue working alongside Jones Regional Medical Center as they invest in facilities that support better outcomes and better experiences. Projects like the MRI Suite remind us why we do what we do, designing solutions that help communities thrive, today and tomorrow.
