Seeking to move the “front door” of its hospitals closer to where its patients live and work, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida engaged Gresham, Smith and Partners (Jacksonville, Fla.) to design multiple freestanding emergency departments (ED), as the new building type began emerging in the Florida healthcare market.
Florida Hospital Healthcare System’s new women’s hospital is designed to be a holistic women’s healthcare facility that complements the existing architecture on the flagship’s main campus and allows for new synergies of care.
Bringing together 11 physician practices into one location gave ProMedica Health and Wellness Center in Sylvania, Ohio, the opportunity to improve operational efficiencies while creating a sense of place within the community.
Scheduled to open in spring 2017, the new 154,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion at the University of California San Diego will support the new Jacobs Medical Center and serve as the outpatient hub for UCSD’s La Jolla Health Sciences campus.
The four-story facility will house an ambulatory surgery center with eight ORs, outpatient radiology services, and several interoperable clinics focused on such fields as cancer, apheresis, and stem cell treatment.
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.
Dan Morris is founder and managing partner of MorrisSwitzer Environments for Health, which recently merged with Ascension Group Architects and DaSilva Architects to form E4H. Here, Morris shares his thoughts on ED design, the monetary benefits of private patient rooms, and future advancements for materials in healthcare facilities.
Before designing a new pediatric waiting room for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (London), designers at Boex, an interior and product design firm based in Cornwall, England, asked to shadow the hospital staff for 24 hours to better understand the workings of the 1,033-square-foot space.
Reducing energy consumption isn’t the only area where healthcare organizations and designers are making a positive environmental impact these days. In response to rising water and sewage rates, changing regulations, and the increasing occurrence of extreme weather conditions, more facilities are starting to look for ways to reduce their water consumption, as well.
Optegra Eye Health Care (London) operates a network of world-class private ophthalmic hospitals and its newest facility is a flagship center for medical excellence based in the Harley Street district of central London.
The 14,531-square-foot facility was designed by IBI Group (Birmingham, England) an international design and technology practice; ISG (London) was the contractor on the $7.1 million project.
Reflecting on this year’s Healthcare Design Showcase, jurors noted that among the discussions about Lean approaches and wayfinding and operational efficiencies, there was a considerable amount of attention—positive attention—paid to projects’ overall design statements.
Having operated its current facility since the early 1970s, the University of Connecticut Dempsey Hospital was faced with an out-of-date building with undersized rooms, inefficient mechanical systems, small floor plates, and a lack of staff collaboration spaces.
The 50th anniversary of Denver Health and Hospital Authority’s (DHHA) community health centers coincided with the grand opening of its new Federico Peña Southwest Family Health Center and Urgent Care this spring.
Many design firms across the country say that some of their most innovative work comes when working with academic medical center clients. “Often they’re pioneers in specialty services and research,” says Omri Kenneth Webb, associate principal and senior vice president at HKS (Washington, D.C.). “This manifests itself into the design of new facilities and specialty rooms.”
