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Alameda Radiation Oncology HAYWARD, CA

This freestanding healthcare building is welcoming to patients from the outside and supportive of their needs on the inside. It is located at the terminus of the main entrance drive into the medical center, behind a fountain with natural boulders. The client wanted...

Dr. Donald & Beret Mott Children's Center PUYALLUP, WA

The growth of the Children's Center program and steady increase in patient numbers prompted Good Samaritan Hospital to consider building a new freestanding facility. The new building unites the previously dispersed components of the program in 30,000 square feet (net)...

The Universal ICU

In the winter of 2002, Desert Samaritan Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona, opened what it bills as the first surgical “universal ICU” in the United States. While similar units have been operated for cardiac patients in other areas of the country, the Desert Samaritan...

Lexington Medical Center LEXINGTON, SC

Lexington Medical Center desired to construct a satellite facility 11 miles from the main campus, to provide convenient patient care for outlying residential communities. Its comprehensive services—which include an outpatient surgery center, urgent care, and medical...

Northwest Community Hospital ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL

From its 35-acre site, Northwest Community Hospital serves 17 suburban Chicago communities. Population growth and increased acuity drove the expansion of its emergency department to enable the number of cases to increase from 60,000 in 2003 to a projected 90,000 per...

Children's Mercy Hospital KANSAS CITY, MO

Project category: Project in progress (January 2004) Chief administrator: Randall O'Donnell, PhD, President & CEO, (816) 234-3650 Firm: J.E. Dunn Construction, (816) 391-2537 Design team: Jim R. Miller, Senior Vice-President; Neal Palmer, Assistant Vice-President...

Kaiser Airport Way Regional Laboratory CLACKAMAS, OR

The Kaiser Airport Way Regional Laboratory (Kaiser R-Lab) is a clinical laboratory that processes specimens for Kaiser and other medical facilities within the Northwest region. The design of this laboratory facility is based on “process,” the processing of specimens,...

Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute FLINT, MI

Project category: New construction (completed February 2002) Chief administrator: Paul Adams, MD, Medical Director, (810) 762-8490 Firm: SSOE, Inc., (248) 643-6222 Design team: Eric Murrell, Architect; Jim Moravek, Structural Engineer; Alex Dragoiu, Mechanical...

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