Within the health care design industry, many trends pop up, and it’s important to differentiate ones that are simply fads versus those that can have a long-term, positive impact on the forward movement of health care design in the present and future.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The $115 million Mercy Orthopedic Hospital opened in late August to offer a wide range of orthopedic and spine services to the local community of Springfield, Mo.
The California Prison Hunger Strike was officially suspended on Sept. 5 — about 60 days after 30,000 inmates in California prisons started refusing state-issued meals. While the strike demands have yet to be met, the strike was suspended after two California state legislators announced that they would hold public hearings in the coming months on the state’s use of solitary confinement.
NEW YORK — A new report published by New York-based Perkins+Will shows that sustainable hospital design is beneficial, despite contradictory beliefs that LEED certification for hospitals is cost prohibitive. The study, titled LEED Certified Hospitals: Perspectives on Capital Cost Premiums and Operational Benefits, is the first to focus solely on the capital cost premium for hospitals to achieve LEED certification.
Sanitaire now offers the lightweight, durable and compact SC435 32-inch Wide Area Sweeper, a highly efficient option for removing dirt and debris from large hard surfaces. The manual sweeper is ideal for use in building services, health care, food service, hospitality, educational and government facilities. The SC435 features a corrosive-resistant plastic housing designed to withstand the rigors of outdoor work, and the push/pull handle folds down for easy, compact storage.
Mike Thomas has been named vice president and business development director at Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD), an international leader in the consulting-engineering design of high performance building systems. Thomas will be responsible for sales, business development, thought leadership and client relations strategies for the firm, in particular in ESD’s commercial, institutional, health care and science practices.
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Construction on the new Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, which began in the summer of 2011, reached completion earlier this month. HuntonBrady Architects, a health care architectural firm based in Orlando, Fla., designed the 219,000-square-foot hospital.
Inpatient units traditionally have been designed around a central hub consisting of a large communal nurses’ station, medication room, supply room and other support rooms.
TIFFIN, Ohio — Facility managers know that operating a newly constructed building in the real world often tests systems in unexpected ways. Charles Ervin, director of facility and support operations for Mercy Tiffin Hospital, located in Tiffin, Ohio, lived this experience first-hand.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.