The new $16 million Cancer Center for South Coast Medical Center (SCMC) is a state-of-the-art facility designed to create a friendly environment for patients and their families. The design team worked with SCMC and the City of Laguna Beach through a rigorous planning...
Designed to provide the community with treatment for urgent medical care, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have become the front door to healthcare services, accounting for up to 60% of hospital admissions. This, plus problems with security and staffing, have had...
Community Healthcare—Wausau Hospital executives recognized the need to improve the surgical services and cardiology programs offered at Wausau Hospital. Several key goals were identified for the project, including: align ambulatory surgery with the main OR; create an...
Motion Chair Sauder Wedgewood Series Motion Chair provides a soothing rocking motion, making it an ideal patient room chair for Obstetrics and dementia care areas. Generous lumbar and thigh support provide noticeably superior comfort. Available in either a mid-back or...
Parkin Architects, Ltd., designed new Level 2 and NICU (Level 3) neonatal intensive care nurseries and new ante- and postpartum patient rooms, and expanded the existing birthing suite of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, McMaster University Medical Centre...
PROJECT CATEGORY New Construction (completed February 1999) CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR Dr. Michael Craighead FIRM Farnsworth Group, Inc., (314) 962-7900 DESIGN TEAM Steven E. Lichtenfeld, AIA, Principal; Steve Queener, former Project Manager for Jefferson City Medical Group...
If you build a new hospital, will the organizational culture change? That's an intriguing question, and Bronson Health-care Group took an interesting approach to answering it. Bronson is the corporate parent of Bronson Methodist Hosital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where a...
Project Category - New Construction (completed May 2001) Facility Contact - Lise L. Luttgens, Senior Vice-President and CEO, (323) 669-2301 Firm - Lee, Burkhart, Liu, Inc., (310) 829-2249 Design Team - Ken Lee, Principal; Ken Liu, AIA, Principal; Ed Gaul, Associate;...
Welcome to the inaugural issue of HealthCare DESIGN, a partnership between The Center for Health Design and Medquest Communications. This is an exciting time for our industry. We might be facing some of our most demanding challenges, but we are also in a time of...
Project Category - New Construction (completed April 2000) Facility Contact - William Bodine, (804) 237-4284 Firm - Cornerstone Architects, (804) 353-3051 Design Team - John Scott, President (Vista Construction Co.); Clive Fox, President (Fox & Associates); Ken...
As guardians of the health status of Earth's inhabitants, the healthcare industry should be leading the charge for increased environmental stewardship, improved indoor air quality and energy efficiency in buildings. Instead, this sector is characterized by poor waste management practices and enormous appetites for fossil fuels and petrochemical materials.
Project Category - New Construction (completed July 1999) Facility Contact - Debrah Kogler, Ophthalmology Project Administrator, (216) 444-8807 Firm - Turner Construction Company, (216) 522-1180 Design Team - Robert Chaney, Project Executive (Turner Construction Co.;...
