Here, DGA’s Melinda Lin talks about what drew her to a career in medical planning, making time for real-time observations with a client, and how she likes to unwind after a long day.
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FIRST LOOK: New Hanover Regional Medical Center Zimmer Cancer Center
See a sneak peek of the new cancer center in Wilmington, N.C., scheduled for completion in July 2017.
CON Approved For Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
HealthSouth Corporation (Birmingham, Ala.) and Novant Health, Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) received approval to build a 68-bed, freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. The joint venture will relocate the rehabilitation unit at the Novant...
Providence Care Hospital Hits Project Milestone
Construction of Providence Care Hospital in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, has reached substantial completion. The hospital replaces St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital and Mental Health Services buildings and is expected to open in April 2017. The 622,000-square-foot...
Stamford Integrated Care Pavilion Begins Adding Practices
Stamford Health has opened the first of several Stamford Health Medical Group practices in the new Stamford Integrated Care Pavilion (ICP) on the main campus in Stamford, Conn. The first practices available for patients are the Stamford Health Medical Group (SHMG)...
Wake Forest Baptist Plans Outpatient Surgery Facility
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in collaboration with Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA), has unveiled plans to build a new outpatient surgery facility at Wake Forest Baptist Health – Medical Plaza Clemmons (Clemmons, N.C.). The single-story, 12,000-square-foot...
FACE TIME: Heather Nye
Heather Nye says it’s her love of problem solving that drew her to a career in interior design and has kept her curious and motivated all of these years. “Every phase of design brings on new challenges,” she says. For the last decade, she’s been utilizing her skills...
NYC Health + Hospitals Breaks Ground On Ambulatory Care Center
NYC Health + Hospitals has started construction on a new 18,000-square-foot ambulatory care facility in New York's Staten Island borough. The $28 million construction project is expected to open in fall 2017 and will provide primary, ambulatory, and urgent care...
Erlanger Health Wraps Up $50M Expansion Project
Erlanger Health System (Chattanooga, Tenn.), a non-profit, academic medical center affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, has completed a surgical center expansion and new patient tower construction at Erlanger East Hospital in Chattanooga,...
Autism Clinic For Children Opens In Atlanta
Early Autism Project (Sumter, S.C.) opened a state-of-the-art clinic in Atlanta. The clinic provides research-based behavioral treatment for autism spectrum and related disorders and houses a large therapeutic play area, with a trampoline, slide and other items used...
2016 Nightingale Awards Winners Honored At HCD Expo
The annual Nightingale Awards honored 25 products in 13 categories for their contribution to healing environments. The annual awards program, co-presented at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference by Healthcare Design and Contract magazines in partnership with...
SCL Health Prepares To Open Community Hospital In Colorado
SCL Health is planning to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to mark the opening of SCL Health Community Hospital – Northglenn, in Northglenn, Colo. The new 60,000-square-foot hospital features a state-of-the-art emergency department with surgical capabilities,...















