Healthcare in the Indianapolis area is getting a check-up, as a new masterplan seeks to streamline operations at one of South Central Indiana’s biggest medical institutions.

St. Louis–based HOK is leading the design team, which will take on three big jobs: merging Indiana University Health Methodist and IU Health University hospitals’ adult services into one academic medical campus in downtown Indianapolis; building a new regional academic health campus in Bloomington, Ind.; and bringing women’s services near Riley Hospital for Children closer to IU Health in Indianapolis.

The project includes an expansion of IU Health’s campus north of Indianapolis’ central business district, and improving its connections to Riley Hospital for Children about 1.5 miles to the southwest.

Several urban planning overhauls are underway in Indianapolis, including a contentious expansion of public transit.