COVID-19: A Catalyst for Improved Patient Experiences
With an industry shift toward measuring and rewarding better patient outcomes, we have been seeing a renewed focus on the point of care experience.
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Improving Post-COVID Healthcare Facilities for the Next Emergency
First identified in the U.S. in January 2020, the coronavirus has created massive changes in the country, as cases skyrocketed from single digits to millions in a matter of months.
New Study Examines Potential COVID Impact on Healthcare Design
Gensler, the world’s largest designer and architecture firm, recently published a study called “Transforming Healthcare,” whose aim was to examine the potential means for healthcare construction and future clinical layouts amid the coronavirus pandemic
Patient-Focused Design Turns Former Distribution Center into Healthcare Village
Church Health at Crosstown Concourse in Memphis is the largest private faith-based health clinic in the U.S. The innovative design successfully co-locates multiple healthcare-related program and functions to offer patients a full-service clinic, wellness center, and community gathering place – all under one roof
New Army Hospital Breaks Ground in Midwest
Fort Leonard Wood, located near the Kansas City metropolitan area, will be welcoming a new medical facility in a few years in the form of the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital.
COVID Delays New Utah Hospital Debut
The Utah-based medical provider Intermountain Healthcare has announced that its latest hospital project, the $150 million Spanish Fork Hospital, will see its opening delayed from this fall until next spring
Michigan Detox Build Moves Forward Amid Pandemic
After a state-mandated pause in construction activity decreed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Witmer earlier this year in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, work has once again resumed on a new detoxification facility in western Michigan, to be located adjacent to the existing Muskegon Rescue Mission Men’s Shelter.
New VA Care Center Breaks Ground in Alabama
Health care construction firm Hoar Construction has begun work on a brand-new veteran health and care center, to be located in Alabama’s largest city.
Houston Methodist System Expands with New Facility
The Houston Methodist hospital system, the largest healthcare system in all of Texas, has teamed up with Hoar Construction on a major expansion project in the greater metropolitan area of the Lone Star State’s largest city.
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Unveils Forest-Inspired HQ
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage cancer therapeutics company based in the college-heavy town of Cambridge, hired the Boston architectural designer Dyer Brown to design its new headquarters facility, applying what is being described as a “forest-inspired” motif.