Broward Health North Expansion Moves Forward
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach is undergoing a $70 million makeover.
Sky Ridge Medical Center
Q&A: A Look Inside Interior Health Care Design
The rapidly evolving ways health care providers are caring for their patients and the new information on the built environment’s effect on the healing process is transforming health care design from the inside out.
UHS Completes Major Capital Improvement Project
SAN ANTONIO — The University Health System (UHS) is celebrating the completion of the $899 million Capital Improvement Project with the opening of the 1 million-square-foot Sky Tower.
Q&A: A Look Inside Interior Health Care Design
The rapidly evolving ways health care providers are caring for their patients and the new information on the built environment’s effect on the healing process is transforming health care design from the inside out.
Facility of the Month: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. — Two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombing, the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital opened just in time to care for victims.
Brasfield & Gorrie Works on Two Texas Hospitals
DALLAS — Brasfield & Gorrie, a construction management firm with offices in Dallas, is currently working on two major Texas medical facilities: Medical City Hospital in Dallas and Kingwood Medical South Tower in Kingwood.
New Cancer Center Opens in Washington
EDMONDS, Wash. — Swedish Health Services opened a new outpatient cancer center April 1 at its Edmonds campus. The new two-story, 17,102-square-foot facility was built in response to the growing needs of cancer-care services for people living in the south Snohomish and north King County areas.
New Medical Center Comes to Pennsylvania
EAST NORRITON, Pa. — The new Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (EMCM) is the first new hospital to be built in Pennsylvania in over a decade and is set to open in September. EMCM will operate as a full service acute-care hospital for members of the community.
Active Security at Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare Facility Safety is a Multi-Faceted Issue
Safety and security issues must be considered systemically. There are a myriad of variables that come into play in a healthcare environment. Safety is not relegated to one problem with a corresponding safeguard; it functions as an active system.
Secure Design
An urban hospital, for example, might create an outer ring with bollards and rails that appear decorative but are strong enough to stop a vehicle from crashing into an entrance.