by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Uncategorized
The new state-of-the-art Emergency Department at Lankenau Hospital receives 30,000 visits annually. The unit now can handle up to 45,000 cases a year. It more than doubles previous space and capacity, from 7,000 square feet and 13 beds to 19,000 square feet and 26...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Trends
The Wisconsin Heart Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, is an example of the trend toward less-invasive heart care approaches—more catheter-based treatments and fewer open-heart surgeries. The hospital will have six interventional labs and three operating rooms....
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Trends
Following the merger of two hospitals, Covenant Healthcare System decided to combine patient volumes from their two existing, undersized, and outdated emergency departments into one new facility. The goals for the new facility were to develop a high-tech treatment...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Trends
The Louis Lasky Memorial Medical and Dental Center is the flagship facility for the National Organization of Industrial Trade Unions Insurance Trust Fund. The organization, which provides specialized medical and dental care to thousands of dues-paying members...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Trends
Located atop a 16-story hospital patient tower, the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Pavilion offers distinctive services and amenities to patients in the atmosphere of an elegant club or hotel. The Pavilion suite is a private, exclusive, and secure environment that can...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Uncategorized
Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed December 2002) Chief administrator: Richard G. Smith, CEO, (315) 361-2300 Firm: Clark Patterson Associates, (585) 454-7600 Design team: Todd Liebert, Principal-in-Charge; Joe Hanss, Project Manager; Michelle Trott,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | News
The design team for the Center for Advanced Medicine started with the concept of the patient experience, initiated by the idea of arrival and wayfinding. Good wayfinding is particularly important within the outpatient environment because of the large number of...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | News
Situated on 21 acres in rural Winchester, Indiana, is St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, the first new freestanding hospital in Randolph County in more than 80 years, and one of only a handful of new hospitals built in the state in the last 20 years. This project was...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | News
Designing a 60-bed facility for efficient expansion to 300 beds was the challenge facing the architects for The Villages Regional Hospital. The client projected the eventual expansion over the next 8 to 10 years. Many aspects—from minimizing demolition to sizing...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2003 | Trends
Planetree was founded by a patient 25 years ago as a nonprofit organization to advocate for the patient’s perspective in healthcare. Planetree’s first demonstration site, opened in 1985, was a 13-bed medical-surgical unit in San Francisco, which brought...
