Achieving Effective Acoustics in Hospitals
Noise is a well-documented problem in hospitals.1 Sources include patients, staff and visitors talking, televisions, alarms, carts, doors, medical equipment, mechanical systems and more.
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Medical Center Project Designed with Patients in Mind
HENDERSON, Texas — A $30 million expansion and renovation project was completed at East Texas Medical Center (ETMC) Henderson earlier this week.
Renovations Begin at Waukesha Memorial Hospital
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Waukesha Memorial Hospital will soon begin a three-year renovation project, according to ProHealth Care. Renovations began with the east entry, second-floor lobby and adjacent areas — which will finish as a new central concourse.
Los Angeles Hospital Launches Campaign for New Facility
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Barlow Respiratory Hospital has launched a new website aimed at informing Los Angeles residents about the proposed expansion and development project for a new 102,000-square-foot facility.
Privacy and Safety at Glendale Adventist Medical Center
GLENDALE, Calif. — The Glendale Adventist Medical Center’s new West Tower is offering the latest in convenience, techniques, patient technology and comfort.
The seven-story facility includes a larger emergency department, surgery suites, private patient rooms, a new cardiovascular center, expanded patient care and an intensive care unit.
Medical Center Campus is Renewed
ST. LOUIS – HOK has been named executive architect on the long-term project to renew the medical center campus on Kingshighway Boulevard, which encompasses Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
HOK Awarded Citation of Merit
CHICAGO — HOK, an architecture, engineering and planning firm, received a Citation of Merit from Behavioral Healthcare Magazine’s 2012 Design for Health and Human Services Showcase.
Improving Indoor Air Quality in Hospitals
Despite the fact that we only consume roughly 0.02 percent in food and 0.04 percent in liquids, the health messages that bombard us are mostly about maintaining a healthy diet.
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Sutter Medical Center is a State-Of-The Art Facility That Will Replace an Antiquated Hospital
When open in the fall of 2014, the new $284 million Sutter Medical Center in Santa Rosa, Calif., will boast the latest health care, building and sustainable technologies available to address emerging advancements in treatment.
The Indu and Raj Soin Medical Center: Construction Innovations Make the Difference
In 2009, the Kettering Health Network – a comprehensive, non-profit health care network with four of the nation’s top 100 hospitals – commissioned the construction of a new facility, the Indu & Raj Soin Medical Center. The 80-bed, 276,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art hospital met a critical need for the Beavercreek, Ohio community, a rapidly growing suburb of Dayton.