by Tracey Walker | Mar 20, 2023 | News
As part of its $325 billion fiscal 2024 budget, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA; Washington, D.C.) has proposed $4.1 billion for construction to address its healthcare properties and aging hospitals, according to the website military.com. The ask is a 5 percent...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 20, 2023 | Projects
Washington DSHS Civil Center for Behavioral Health at Maple Lane Opened in February 2023, Washington Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) Civil Center for Behavioral Health at Maple Lane houses Washington state’s first decentralized mental health care...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 20, 2023 | News
Mount Carmel Health System (Columbus, Ohio), a member of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.) broke ground on a $250 million project in Dublin, Ohio. Situated on 35 acres, the 240,000-square-foot hospital and medical office building will offer diagnostic cardiology,...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 17, 2023 | News
BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel celebrated the grand opening of a new tower and medical office building (MOB) on its campus in Wesley Chapel, Fla. The six-story, 320,000-square-foot tower houses 86 beds, operating rooms, catheterization labs, an intensive care unit,...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 17, 2023 | Trends
New healthcare textile products From coated upholstery to custom digitally printed fabrics, vendors and manufacturers are introducing a spectrum of new textile products to support healthcare design environments. These new collections are inspired by watercolor...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 17, 2023 | News
Health system Valleywise Health (Phoenix) is constructing the 10-story Valleywise Health Medical Center to replace a current 1970s-era facility in Phoenix. The 673,000-square-foot project is scheduled to open in October and will include a burn center, dedicated...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 16, 2023 | News
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) opened the Fatima bint Mubarak Center for cancer care at its multispecialty hospital in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. The Fatima bint Mubarak Center houses 32 exam rooms for multidisciplinary cancer consultation, 24 private infusion rooms, two...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 16, 2023 | News
Global architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman (Pittsburgh) has promoted three women to its executive committee, including managing principal Supriya Thyagarajan, who leads the healthcare studio in Mumbai, India. Thyagarajan has been with the firm for eight...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 15, 2023 | Trends
Sometimes the ideal site for a facility is a complex one—for example, if the benefit of bringing healthcare services to the surrounding community outweighs the cost of designing and building in a constricted location. This was the case for the new Cancer Institute at...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 15, 2023 | News
Avera Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.) added a four-story behavioral health wing at its Avera Behavioral Health Hospital in Sioux Falls. The Helmsley Behavioral Health Center adds 60,000 more square feet of treatment space for children, youth, and adults, including three...
