by Tracey Walker | Dec 8, 2023 | News
HCA Florida Blake Hospital (Bradenton, Fla.) broke ground on HCA Florida Palmetto Emergency, a freestanding emergency department (ED) in Palmetto, Fla., according to the website heraldtribune.com. The $15 million project will include 11 exam rooms. In addition to...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 7, 2023 | News
Architecture and engineering firm BSA LifeStructures (BSA) opened a studio in Tampa, Fla., offering both architecture and engineering services. The new location follows BSA’s acquisition earlier this year of Tampa-based Carastro & Associates, a mechanical,...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 7, 2023 | News
Operators Midland County Hospital District (Midland, Texas) and Ector County Hospital District (Odessa, Texas), along with the Texas Facilities Commission (Austin, Texas), started construction on the Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center in Midland, Texas. Situated...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 6, 2023 | News
Architecture firm ZGF (Portland, Ore.) has joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Sector Climate Pledge. The voluntary program focuses on climate resilience and emissions reduction, including cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 6, 2023 | News
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital is planning a $1.5 billion expansion on its campus in Oakland, Calif., according to the website bizjournals.com. The project will demolish two buildings on campus that are not compliant with the state’s seismic regulations to...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 5, 2023 | Trends
Long before an individual seeks healthcare—whether for illness or preventative treatment—certain social determinants have likely already swayed their long-term health outlook. Social determinates of health (SDOH) are factors in the environment where people live,...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 5, 2023 | News
Med Center Health (Bowling Green, Ky.) is planning to invest $145 million to expand its footprint with three capital projects totaling more than 210,000 square feet. The first project includes a five-story patient tower on the health system’s Bowling Green campus. The...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 5, 2023 | News
The “exposome” concept looks at environmental and socioeconomic factors surrounding individuals throughout life that can impact their biology and health. These exposures include air quality, noise and light pollution, housing stability, access to transportation, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 4, 2023 | Trends
Healthcare workers accounted for 73 percent of all nonfatal workplace injuries resulting from violence in 2018, an increase of 86 percent from just seven years prior. This rising rate of violence—combined with the fact that healthcare workers are five times more...
by Tracey Walker | Dec 4, 2023 | News
Grand Mental Health is planning to open a mental health and addiction recovery center in Tulsa, Okla., this month, according to the website kjrh.com. The facility will be situated on the former Tulsa Tech-Tulsa Community College campus. The center will include a...
