by Tracey Walker | Nov 9, 2021 | News
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented emotional and physical stress on healthcare staff, bringing the need for restorative staff break areas in healthcare facilities to the forefront, according to speakers at the 2021 HCD Expo in Cleveland, during the session...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 9, 2021 | Trends
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject. Kyle Basilius is a senior associate and healthcare planner at Parkin Architects (Vancouver,...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 9, 2021 | Trends
Through our annual Touchstone Awards, The Center for Health Design recognizes the exemplary use of an evidence-based design (EBD) process in an array of built environments. This program focuses on achievements in three areas of the EBD process: collaboration,...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 8, 2021 | News
Architecture and design firm NBBJ (Seattle) has achieved CarbonNeutral company certification by Natural Capital Partners, in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol, which is a leading global framework for carbon neutrality. The firm also committed to a 50 percent...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 8, 2021 | Projects
In June 2021, Steward Health Care Melbourne Regional Medical Center (MRMC) opened its doors to a 42,000-square-foot expansion that creates a Spinal & Orthopedic Surgical Center of Excellence in Melbourne, Fla. The project enables MRMC to perform complex procedures...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 8, 2021 | News
Real estate investment management firm Seavest Healthcare Properties (White Plains, N.Y.) has opened an ambulatory care facility in Bethpage, N.Y. The three-story 54,000-square-foot NYU Langone Ambulatory Care includes primary and specialty care services. The project...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 5, 2021 | News
“It’s craziness but this stuff is really happening,” said Gary Collins, senior director, healthcare at Virtual Energy Solutions, after showing news accounts and video clips of staff assaults at healthcare facilities to attendees at the 2021 Healthcare Design Expo...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 5, 2021 | Trends
Current projects: I’m working on a 230,000-square-foot, 10-story comprehensive cancer center comprising new and renovated inpatient and outpatient care spaces. We collaborated with a large, diverse group of users to plan several departments in a way that increases...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 5, 2021 | News
St. Luke’s Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.) is planning to open St. Luke’s Carbon Campus hospital in Lehighton, Pa., this month, according to an article in wnep.com. The 155,000-square-foot, four-story facility will offer trauma emergency, acute, and critical...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 5, 2021 | Trends
Douglas King’s 41-year career has been dedicated to helping healthcare systems around the world design, develop, and renovate facilities that respond to emerging industry trends. Specifically, his work has focused on broad topics such as community health/population...
