by Anne DiNardo | Jun 11, 2021 | News
A new healthcare and affordable housing campus has broken ground in Santa Cruz’s Live Oak neighborhood in Santa Cruz, Calif. The six-building project will combine medical and dental clinics with multifamily dwellings to bring new services and housing to the area. The...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 11, 2021 | News
Today is the last day Healthcare Design will accept nominations to its Rising Star awards program. The Rising Star awards will honor individuals who have been involved in healthcare design for fewer than 10 years (there is no age restriction). Specifically, HCD is...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 10, 2021 | News
Design firm MKM architecture + design (MKM; Fort Wayne, Ind.) has promoted Andrew Mitchell to principal. Mitchell joined MKM in 2009, focusing on community-based design and adaptive reuse. He earned his Bachelor of Science in environmental design and a...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 10, 2021 | News
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital (Sullivan, Mo.) held a groundbreaking on a new therapy and wellness center, according to an article in Sullivan Independent News. The 13,000 square-foot center will include a dedicated pediatric treatment area, three dedicated...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 9, 2021 | News
Holyoke Medical Center (Holyoke, Mass.) has opened two behavioral health units, according to an article in WWLP. The two units are in the main hospital in Holyoke and include a 16-bed unit for adults and an 18-bed unit for geriatric patients. Group activity rooms,...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 9, 2021 | News
Construction of the 37,000-square-foot University of Florida (UF) Health (Jacksonville, Fla.) Wildlight rehabilitation clinic, Healthy Living Center, and YMCA are complete in Yulee, Fla. The 10,000-square-foot UF Health rehabilitation center offers occupational...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 8, 2021 | News
Fishermen’s Community Hospital is poised to reopen in Marathon, Fla., nearly four years after Hurricane Irma demolished the former facility, according to an article in the Miami Herald. The new $43.7 million Fishermen’s Community Hospital is designed to withstand a...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 8, 2021 | News
Trapani and Associates Architects (Burlington, Mass.) has hired Rachel L. Casey as principal and healthcare studio leader. Casey has more than 15 years of experience in the industry, including projects with Tufts Medical Center (Boston) and Southcoast Health (New...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 8, 2021 | Trends
A silent but growing mental and behavioral healthcare crisis stepped into the foreground amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that a staggering 41 percent of the U.S. population is suffering from at least one adverse...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 7, 2021 | Trends
One of the many ways The Center for Health Design works to make research and practical tools accessible is through the creation of Topic Toolboxes. We’ve produced more than a dozen of these toolboxes on both micro and macro issues, relating to everything from...
