by Anne DiNardo | May 11, 2023 | Trends
Institute for Specialized Medicine and Intervention After more than a decade working at healthcare institutions in Canada and the U.S., radiologist Dr. Khashayar Rafat Zand sought to open a private healthcare center for health, wellness, and preventive medicine. His...
by Tracey Walker | May 10, 2023 | News
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center (Homewood, Ala.) celebrated the grand opening of its new operating room (OR) addition in Homewood. The two-story, 28,840-square-foot project includes 10 new ORs with shell space for three more. A new pedestrian bridge, as well as...
by Anne DiNardo | May 10, 2023 | News
Architect Derek Parker passed away at his home in Tiburon, Calif., on April 18 at the age of 88. Born in England, he earned his architecture license in 1958. After traveling the world, he moved to San Francisco where he joined architecture, planning, and design firm...
by HCD Guest Author | May 9, 2023 | Trends
The healthcare sector faces more challenges related to design and construction than any time in recent memory. COVID-19 brought sweeping challenges to most healthcare systems and providers. However, in many ways, COVID-19 highlighted structural flaws that existed well...
by HCD Guest Author | May 9, 2023 | Projects
City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center City of Hope’s main campus in Duarte, Calif., near Los Angeles, has expanded significantly since it opened there in 1913, growing into one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S....
by Tracey Walker | May 9, 2023 | News
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health; San Antonio, Texas) will break ground on the $100 million Center for Brain Health in San Antonio, according to the website sanantonioreport.org. The center will house care and research services...
by Tracey Walker | May 9, 2023 | News
HOK has elevated Belinda Young to regional leader for the design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm’s healthcare practice in San Francisco. In her new role, Young will lead HOK project teams, guide strategy, and mentor staff. She has more than 25 years of...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 8, 2023 | Trends
Among all the stakeholders who stand to benefit the most from thoughtful design of healthcare spaces, nurses are right near the top, arguably only behind patients. And with nurse turnover at an alarmingly high rate—Healthcare Finance News reported the number at 27.1...
by HCD Guest Author | May 8, 2023 | Trends
Historically, the development of healthcare real estate has been a bifurcated process by which real estate developers buy either land to build new facilities or buildings to redevelop. Then the end-user, whether a medical practice, ambulatory surgical center operator,...
by Tracey Walker | May 8, 2023 | News
Healthcare developer Hammes (Milwaukee) broke ground on a new 48,000-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in Buckeye, Ariz. The Buckeye Medical Plaza will house physical therapy, internal medicine, primary and multispecialty care, imaging, obstetrics and...
