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.
In the modern health care setting, network closets house increasingly more powerful and life-critical equipment — not respirators or gamma knives, but rather servers and network routers.
Doctors, nurses, medicine, technology, patients, family, specialists, the list of factors that contribute to the swift and successful recovery of someone admitted to a hospital is seemingly endless.
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Long gone are the glass vials of cotton swabs and tongue depressors — and even the post-exam lollipops.
STANFORD, Calif.
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