by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2024 | Trends
Hands-on collaboration is a key phase in developing designs for healthcare projects. Traditionally, this process involves gathering professionals and end users in a room with life-sized design elements—walls, desks, beds, etc.—crafted from cardboard and foam to see...
by Robert McCune | May 31, 2024 | News
Houston Methodist Hospital has opened the Neal Cancer Center at Cypress and an orthopedic injury clinic and multimodal rehab center in Cypress, Texas. The projects are housed in two new medical office buildings (MOBs) on a campus that will also include a new...
by Robert McCune | May 30, 2024 | News
Peconic Bay Medical Center is set to open the Poole Family Trauma and Emergency Center, which is an expansion of its existing emergency department (ED) in Riverhead, N.Y., in June. The expanded ED is named for donors Tom and Mary Jane Poole, who contributed $5 million...
by Robert McCune | May 30, 2024 | News
Nonprofit health system AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) started construction on a new, 10-story hospital in Lake Nona, Fla. Plans call for the hospital to open in 2026 with 80 patient beds and expand to 320 beds. The hospital also will offer an incision-less...
by Robert McCune | May 29, 2024 | News
Maine Medical Center plans to open its new eight-story, 300,000-square-foot Malone Family Tower in Portland, Me., in June according to a news release. The new tower will primarily serve cardiac and cardiovascular patients, and will house 86 private rooms, 10 operating...
by Robert McCune | May 29, 2024 | News
HCA Florida Healthcare (Pensacola, Fla.) completed the first phase of a $60 million expansion and renovation of HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla., according to a news release. The project includes 40,000 square feet of new construction and 20,000...
by HCD Guest Author | May 29, 2024 | Trends
As a healthcare architect, it’s frustrating to practice research-informed or evidence-based design when so little research exists that truly proves the efficacy of healthcare planning concepts and design practices. Peer-reviewed academic research in most cases is...
by Robert McCune | May 28, 2024 | News
United Health Services (UHS; Binghamton, N.Y.) has completed an expansion of UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, N.Y., according to the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin. The new six-story, 180,000-square-foot clinical tower includes 120 private rooms, a...
by Robert McCune | May 28, 2024 | News
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN; Allentown, Pa.), which operates 14 hospital campuses as well as outpatient care facilities across Pennsylvania, and care provider Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.) started construction on a new behavioral health...
by Tracey Walker | May 28, 2024 | Projects
Hackensack Meridian Health and Wellness Center at Eatontown In New Jersey Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH; Eatontown, N.J.) collaborated with Philadelphia-based firm FCA on the expansion of its outpatient practices. Built to increase access to services as part of a...
