Mount Sinai Queens Celebrates Milestone
QUEENS, N.Y. — Hospital officials, community leaders and elected officials celebrated the completion of the steel construction phase for a $125 million expansion at Mount Sinai Queens last Thursday.
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Copper Piping Better Choice for Hospital Expansion
WILMINGTON, Del. — Opening in October, the $215 million Nemours/A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital expansion is a five-story contemporary facility that features a long list of patient and caregiver amenities.
Miami Cancer Institute to Open in 2016
MIAMI — Construction is underway for the new $430 million Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida, which celebrated the groundbreaking on Aug. 8.
Rush University Revamps Simulation Lab
CHICAGO — A new simulation lab at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will finally give students and medical providers the space they need for critical training.
Comfort Meets Gothic Architecture at New Sanford Hospital
FARGO, N.D. — At the end of July, Sanford Health gave the public a peek at what patient rooms will look like in the largest hospital project in North Dakota history. The 11-story Sanford Fargo Medical Center is set to open this month and is expected to serve 200,000 people in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Boston Children’s Hospital Promotes Quiet Environment
BOSTON — Hospital settings can be intimidating for children. Machines, equipment, alarms and general hospital noises increase the need for acoustic and environmental solutions to promote a healing environment for young patients.
Broward Health North Expansion Moves Forward
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach is undergoing a $70 million makeover.
AIA Names Healthcare Design Awards Winners
WASHINGTON — Eight health care design projects are being honored as recipients of the 2014 AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program, the American Institute of Architects’ Academy of Architecture for Health announced last week.
These projects express the best of health care building design and health care design-oriented research, according to the AIA. The designs were chosen based on their strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital.
Orchard View to Welcome 200 Senior Residents
WEST POINT, Ga. — Orchard View, a $28 million skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Ga., opened this month. The facility will provide a neighborhood-style home to 200 residents.
Utah Cancer Center Delivers New Radiation Therapy
WEST JORDAN, Utah — In fall 2015, a new comprehensive cancer center on the Jordan Valley Medical Center campus will be able to provide both inpatient and outpatient cancer services to Salt Lake Valley residents.