by Tracey Walker | May 29, 2020 | News
Northern Light Mercy Hospital (Portland, Maine) is poised to break ground on an expansion at its Mercy’s Fore River campus in Portland, according to an article in the Portland Press Herald. The $83.8 million project will feature a 193,000-square-foot hospital, an...
by Tracey Walker | May 28, 2020 | Trends
To promote the best healthcare outcomes in mental health facilities and provide the safest environments for patients and staff, healthcare designers can utilize a variety of products designed to address the specific needs of these environments. Here, Healthcare Design...
by Tracey Walker | May 28, 2020 | News
After continuous monitoring and careful consideration of the most recent information provided about the coronavirus by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, The WELL Conference has been canceled for 2020. The inaugural event was originally...
by Tracey Walker | May 28, 2020 | Projects
Serving 34 counties in southern and central Wisconsin, UnityPoint Health-Meriter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides both inpatient and outpatient community-based psychiatric services for children, ages 6-18. The recent multiphase renovation and expansion...
by Tracey Walker | May 28, 2020 | Trends
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll conducted in 2016, nearly one in five adults in the U.S. has a mental, behavioral, or emotional health disorder. That same year, the foundation did an analysis of data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis Health...
by Tracey Walker | May 28, 2020 | News
The American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA; Overland Park, Kan.) recently released a survey of its members to identify role of design in the COVID-19 healthcare crisis. The survey of more than 100 ACHA members found that more than 63 percent of respondents...
by Tracey Walker | May 27, 2020 | News
Fueled by the COVID-19 crisis and the need for low-contact healthcare, Norton Healthcare (Louisville, Ky.) is planning to build a permanent drive-thru healthcare facility and walk-up diagnostic testing center, according to an article in WLKY. The facility, which will...
by Tracey Walker | May 27, 2020 | News
Design firm Stantec ( Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) has added Jenny Manansala as a senior interior designer to its buildings design team in Honolulu. Manansala has 20 years of experience in healthcare and commercial interiors and is a LEED AP. Her focus will include the...
by Tracey Walker | May 22, 2020 | News
Bronson Healthcare (Kalamazoo, Mich.) is planning an 18,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center to address the growing surgical case volume at Kalamazoo-based Bronson Methodist Hospital. The health system anticipates shifting approximately 5,400 orthopedic cases...
by Tracey Walker | May 21, 2020 | Projects
Facing increasing need for inpatient and outpatient capacity and to prepare for future growth and expansion, Inspira Health (Mullica Hill, N.J.) tapped Array Advisors (Washington, D.C.), the healthcare consulting arm of Array Architects, to conduct an investigation of...
