by Tracey Walker | Jun 19, 2020 | News
Due to diminished need, the COVID-19 alternate surge tent temporarily built at Evangelical Community Hospital’s (Lewisburg, Pa.) will be removed by the end of June, according to an article in The Daily Item. Space for the tent, near the emergency department’s...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 19, 2020 | News
Electric aircraft manufacturer Joby Aviation’s (Santa Cruz, Calif) mega-tent alternate care site at Marina Airport (Monterey, Calif.) will no longer be used for a coronavirus surge, according to an article in Monterey Herald. The manufacturer, which allowed the site...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 18, 2020 | Trends
A global event like the COVID-19 pandemic has a way of forcing people to adapt, without notice or exception. Trends in healthcare facilities that were in high demand just a few short months ago will now take a backseat as the industry reprioritizes around one goal:...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 18, 2020 | News
Strategy consulting firm Eden Strategy Institute (Singapore) has released a global review of hospital practices in dealing with pandemics, drawing insights from the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as from previous pandemics such as SARS, H1N1, and Ebola. The...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 17, 2020 | News
Healthcare Design’s annual Forum, scheduled for Sept. 9-11 in Santa Fe, N.M., has been canceled for 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The invitation-only event for high-level industry decision-makers is tentatively scheduled to take place Sept. 13-15, 2021,...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 17, 2020 | Projects
At nine stories tall and 386,000 square feet, the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion at Nationwide Children’s Hospital opened in March in Columbus, Ohio, as the largest center dedicated to mental health on a pediatric medical campus in the United States. And while...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 17, 2020 | News
Cloud County Health Center (CCHC) (Concordia, Kan.) and Salina Regional Health Center (Salina, Kan.) are planning a 14-bed replacement hospital in Concordia, Kan., according to an article in the Concordia Blade-Empire. The $40.35 million project will replace CCHC...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 16, 2020 | News
Nonprofit, academic medical system Allegheny Health Network (AHN) (Pittsburgh) is planning a new hospital that will be connected to AHN’s Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion in Pittsburgh. The 160-bed, 345,000-square-foot Wexford Hospital will offer comprehensive women...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 16, 2020 | News
Non-profit hospital Parkview Medical Center (Pueblo, Colo.) has completed the expansion of its emergency department, according to an article in The Pueblo Chieftain. The emergency department remained open during the expansion. The 18-month project added 13,000 square...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 15, 2020 | News
Project and construction management firm Vanir Construction Management (Sacramento, Calif.) has hired David Chung as executive director of healthcare and vice president for the firm’s sister company, Vanir Development (Sacramento). Chung, who will based out of the...
