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.
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.
After two years of declining construction starts, health care development is on the rise. Health care networks are expanding their footprint to respond to the needs of an aging population, increases in chronic diseases, increases in the frequency of patient visits and health care reform.
As indoor air quality continues to be a major concern for health care facilities, HealthCare + Construction Operations News spoke with George Donaldson, HVAC Lead Instructor for Coyne College in Chicago, about the key issues to consider when installing an HVAC system at a health care facility.
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) celebrated the newly constructed Mental Health Learning Center on Aug. 21.
ATLANTA — Four Phase I projects at the Moorehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta reached completion in August. Designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LAS), with offices in Atlanta, the four projects are the first in a series of planned renovation and expansion projects in development.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.