by Tracey Walker | Jun 9, 2020 | Trends
Pankey has created a niche for herself in behavioral health design, leading new planning approaches at HOK, serving on the behavioral health crisis unit topic group for the Facility Guidelines Institute, and teaching a behavioral health course at Washington University...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 9, 2020 | News
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.), a treatment network of behavioral healthcare facilities, and Covenant Health (Knoxville, Tenn.), an integrated health system, are planning a behavioral health hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. The hospital will offer...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 9, 2020 | News
Adventist HealthCare Takoma Park (Gaithersburg, Md.) has opened an alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients on its campus in Gaithersburg, according to an article in Mymcmedia. The 21-bed facility will serve recovering coronavirus patients and can expand bed...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 8, 2020 | Projects
Eating Recovery Center, a Denver-based provider of comprehensive eating disorders and related treatment programs, needed to optimize its space to accommodate an ever-growing adult population. During the renovation of its Eating Recovery Center in Bellevue, Wash., a...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 8, 2020 | Trends
In the 1990s, Frank Pitts, architect and founder of Architecture+ (Troy, N.Y.), says his firm engaged a consultant to assess the mental health design market. Specifically, Pitts wanted to know if the sector was a viable focus of work for a small firm like his. The...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 8, 2020 | News
Boston Hope Medical Center’s (Boston) post-acute, alternate care site at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center will close, but remain standing, according to an article in CBSN Boston. The site treated 700 patients recovering from COVID-19 since it opened in...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 5, 2020 | News
Non-profit hospital network Renown Health (Reno, Nev.) plans to keep its repurposed parking garage as an alternate care site at Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno), as the organization prepares for a second surge in COVID-19 cases, according to an article in News 4....
by Tracey Walker | Jun 5, 2020 | News
Nashville General Hospital (Nashville) is expanding hospital capacity for the treatment of coronavirus patients, according to an article in Community Impact Newspaper. The hospital turned two floors totaling 26,292 square feet into space for 67 beds to treat COVID-19...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 5, 2020 | Trends
Thanks to the ease of access to healthcare professionals, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have become a primary location where behavioral health patients seek help when their conditions require immediate care. However, EDs are generally designed and operated to...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 4, 2020 | News
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, healthcare environments have been tested and many lessons on how they performed have emerged. To help disseminate what we know so far, Healthcare Design magazine and HCD Expo & Conference are launching a webinar series focused on...
