In his new role, Stark will oversee all phases of healthcare facility development and acquisition, including strategic and service line planning and more.
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Perrino Named President, CEO Of Spiezle Architectural
Thomas Perrino has served as the firm’s interim CEO since December 2015.
Design Solutions To Improve Waiting In Healthcare
As the patient experience becomes more important than ever, it’s time to remedy one of healthcare’s biggest pain points—the waiting room.
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Campaign To Upgrade NICU
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation has embarked on a campaign to that will support the modernization of the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Bridgeport Hospital (Bridgeport, Conn.). The modernization project, funded in part by a...
What’s Left Behind
We come to work each day and organize what needs to be done. We make dozens of phone calls and participate in a slew of meetings. We send copious amounts of emails and respond to even more. We talk to our colleagues, formulate plans, make decisions, check items off...
Aurora Health Care To Build New Facility
Aurora Health Care will construct a new $17 million clinic in Oak Creek, Wis. The facility will bring new and expanded healthcare services including urgent care, primary care, radiology, lab, pharmacy, and specialty services. The clinic will replace a smaller medical...
Aspirus Health Opens Ironwood Clinic
Aspirus Health System recently celebrated the opening of a new clinic in Ironwood, Mich. Aspirus Ironwood Clinic is a 43,000 square-foot facility featuring 63 patient rooms, 29 provider offices, a large community meeting room, as well as a coffee and gift shop. It...
Great Ormond Street Hospital Selects New Preferred Contractor
Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has selected a new preferrd contractor to build its new pediatric healthcare research facility. Construction on the approximately $75 million, 140,000-square-foot Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Diseases in Children is...
The Battle Against Healthcare-associated Infections
A cabinet handle, a handrail, a countertop—choose your weapon. Or choose all of the weapons. Doing battle with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is resulting in innovative methods to combat the dastardly bugs that are attacking patients after they’re admitted to...
Lessons On Open Team Centers In Healthcare Facilities
The operations of many new outpatient clinics are designed to support the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, a concept that was codified by four major physician associations in the “Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home” white paper in 2007. Principles include care coordination, physician-directed teams, and whole-person orientation, among others.
HCD Expo Keynote: A Future of Healthcare Without Walls
The end of this year’s Healthcare Design (HCD) Expo & Conference wrapped up with a vision of the future, one that attendees who plan, design, and build healthcare facilities might not be expecting—a future without walls.
Susan Dentzer, president and CEO of Network for Excellence in Health Innovations, U.S.
New Approaches To Planning Emergency Departments
Emergency departments are evolving as healthcare organizations address the changing needs of their patient base. EDs often serve as a melting pot where diverse demographics converge with a range of medical emergencies.
Immediate, coordinated response from caregivers is essential. Here, perhaps more than any other hospital department, stress runs high and pace runs fast. Well-planned EDs promote efficient flow between first-responders, caregivers, patients, and family.
Several factors impact the planning of efficient EDs.
