by Tracey Walker | Apr 16, 2020 | News
As some medical facilities repurpose parking structures as temporary treatment structures to handle patient overflow due to COVID-19, Watry Design (San Jose, Calif.), an integrated architecture, structural engineering, and planning firm, has published an article...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 16, 2020 | News
The healthcare design industry is on the front lines of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with hospitals and health systems to implement numerous built environment solutions to support the ongoing patient surge. To better understand where we stand as an...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 16, 2020 | News
Huntsville Hospital (Huntsville, Ala.) is constructing a $250 million orthopedic and spine tower, according to an article in WAFF 48. The seven-story, 375,000-square-foot tower will feature 72 private patient rooms and 24 operating rooms for inpatient and outpatient...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 15, 2020 | News
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated 116 members, including seven in the healthcare sector, to its College of Fellows. The honor is awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession. Prospective candidates...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 14, 2020 | News
To better support design professionals during the impact of COVID-19, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has developed a bi-weekly community survey to gather general industry concerns and thoughts, assess the impact of current projects and business...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 14, 2020 | News
As part of a $500 million plan to create a national model healthcare system for children, Intermountain Healthcare plans to build a second Primary Children’s Hospital campus in Lehi, Utah. The first Primary Children’s Hospital is in Salt Lake City. Situated on...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 13, 2020 | Trends
I’ve written about the power of perspective in this column before—it’s a topic I consider frequently, as it’s one of the major life lessons that’s emerged for me in recent years. It changes your entire outlook once you recognize that we all walk into any given...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 13, 2020 | Trends
The current state of healthcare continues a longstanding tradition of uncertainty, especially in a year tempered by an upcoming presidential election and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) heading back to the U.S. Supreme Court (not to mention what may become a global...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 13, 2020 | News
The former St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles is being turned into a temporary surge facility with 266 beds. In partnership with the State of California and the County of Los Angeles, Dignity Health in San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif.,...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 10, 2020 | Trends
Singapore is a country with a plan when it comes to preparing for and managing pandemic. The small city-state put in place Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON), a national prevention and response plan, soon after the SARS epidemic in 2003. The system’s...
