Private Hospital Firm Sets Industry Trends
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In the world of heavily regulated industries, companies often find themselves stuck between two less than appealing options: either stay completely within the broadest interpretation of regulations, possibly sacrificing cost-saving opportunities in the process, or chasing savings while exposing themselves to higher risk of government intervention. Some companies try to interpret regulations in the broadest way possible, attempting to gain an edge on their competitors, but most companies and even local government agencies tend to take a very conservative approach.
NEW ORLEANS – Among the losses of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding it brought to the Gulf Coast, perhaps one of the greatest blows was the destruction of vital structures like VA medical hospital in the New Orleans area. Now the Department of Veterans Affairs is constructing a replacement, which is intended as a massive upgrade over the previous facility. 
FRISCO, Texas — The Forest Park Medical Center in Frisco, Texas opened to the public after 18 months of construction beginning in January 2011 and ending in June of this year.
DALLAS — San Francisco-based HKS Architects have reason to celebrate, as four of the company’s hospital designs have been named among the “20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in America,” in an annual list by Soliant Health.
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.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospitals at the University of Michigan have made KPMG’s top 100 most innovative and inspiring infrastructure projects in the world.
ARLINGTON, Va. — AECOM Technology Corp. earned national recognition for its design of the Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy, a 700,000-square-foot replacement hospital in Baltimore, Md.