The director of oncology infusion services at St. Elizabeth Healthcare discusses her career path, participating in a post-occupancy evaluation for St. Elizabeth’s new infusion center, and the importance of engaging nursing professionals in the design process.
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Healthcare Design Honors 2024 Remodel/Renovation Competition Winners
Healthcare Design highlights the winners of its 2024 Remodel/Renovation Competition, which celebrates projects that transformed outdated and inefficient spaces into standout environments for staff and patients.
How Modular Construction Can Answer The Call For Future-proofing Healthcare Environments
The design of flexible infrastructures can support hospitals to better and more quickly adapt to new technologies, keeping pace with the rapid evolution of healthcare.
Rush University Medical Center’s Joan & Paul Rubschlager Building, Chicago: 2024 Design Showcase Honorable Mention
The 487,600-square-foot ambulatory cancer care center brings comprehensive cancer, neurosciences, and digestive disease care to a busy urban campus.
Ochsner Medical Complex – Clearview, in Metairie, Louisiana: 2024 Design Showcase Honorable Mention
Ochsner Health renovates a former department store into a new outpatient facility, bringing multiple health and wellness services under one roof.
Essentia Health’s St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, Minn.: 2024 Design Showcase Award Of Merit
In this Q+A, Saul Jabbawy of EwingCole talks about creating a new replacement hospital and outpatient facility on the banks of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minn.
Decaf Hospital: 2024 Breaking Through Competition Winner
SmithGroup’s Decaf Hospital conceptual design of a living, self-sustaining hospital took home top honors in Healthcare Design’s 2024 Breaking Through competition.
Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre, Lisbon, Portugal: 2024 Design Showcase Award Of Merit
In this Q+A, HDR’s Fernando Rodrigues and Sachin Agshikar at Sachin Agshikar Architects discuss some of the defining features of the award-winning cancer center.
Baptist Health Care Pensacola – Brent Lane Campus, Florida: 2024 Design Showcase Award Of Merit
In this Q+A, members of Gresham Smith’s project team share insights into some of the planning and design strategies for the 768,000-square-foot community hospital, opened in 2023.
Healthcare Design Celebrates 2024 Design Showcase Winners
Healthcare Design’s annual design competition recognized three Award of Merit, two Honorable Mention winners, and 10 Finalists.
Tackling Healthcare Design Challenges Starts With Asking Right Questions
Looking to find “what’s next,” project teams are considering new strategies and approaches in healthcare design
2024 HCD Conference: NIHD, DAISY Foundation Name Nurse Leader In Design Recipient
St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s Abbie Ochsner is awarded the inaugural DAISY Nurse Leader Award for a nursing professional in healthcare design.