by Tracey Walker | Aug 5, 2020 | News
Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo., will be demolished and replaced with a new 49-bed hospital, according to an article in Missourinet. The original plan called for Twin Rivers to be renovated, however investment firm Main Street HealthVentures, a...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 5, 2020 | News
Integrated academic healthcare system NewYork-Presbyterian (New York) has opened the NewYork-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns in New York. Located on the top six floors of the NewYork-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center, the...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 4, 2020 | Trends
Across the country, we are seeing numerous changes at healthcare facilities as they reopen for elective and non-critical care while still addressing potential surge capacity issues related to COVID-19. One of the biggest difficulties is getting into and through these...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 4, 2020 | News
Hospital management company Universal Health Services (UHS; King of Prussia, Pa.) is planning a new project in Henderson, Nev., according to an article in Las Vegas Review-Journal. Situated on 40 acres, the new UHS healthcare campus will include a 550,000-square-foot...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 4, 2020 | Trends
Signage communicating mask-wearing requirements, floor and chair decals outlining social distancing practices, and visual updates about safety measures are becoming commonplace as healthcare facilities reopen amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. To help building users feel...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 4, 2020 | News
West Virginia University Medicine (WVU Medicine; Morgantown, W. Va.), the affiliated academic medical system of West Virginia University, has opened a 10-bed inpatient unit and an emergency department (ED) at the former Fairmont Regional Medical Center, in Fairmont,...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 3, 2020 | News
National multidisciplinary design firm HGA hired Suzanne Gater Jaggers as associate vice president and healthcare principal in the firm’s Los Angeles location. Jaggers will lead client relations, team processes, and new business opportunities for the Healthcare...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 3, 2020 | Projects
Bayalpata Hospital delivers free, high-quality healthcare to more than 100,000 patients a year in Achham, Nepal, and its six surrounding districts—one of the country’s poorest and most remote regions. It’s managed by nonprofit healthcare organization Possible Health,...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 3, 2020 | News
Encompass Health, a provider of post-acute healthcare services headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., is planning a new a freestanding, inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Clermont, Fla. The 50-bed project, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Clermont, will...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 31, 2020 | News
Amid a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations and fearing a possible hospital surge, a parking lot has been transformed into an alternate care site in Colton, Calif., according to an article in KTLA 5. An alternate care site has been set up in Parking Lot 14 at Arrowhead...
