by Tracey Walker | Jul 27, 2020 | Trends
Stay-at-home orders and an intense focus on flattening the curve led many outpatient facilities to close their doors during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, as many healthcare providers are resuming outpatient services and reopening their...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 27, 2020 | Projects
Washington Health System’s (WHS) Washington Hospital (Washington, Pa.) sought to transform its obstetrics unit and create a birthing center where families can welcome their babies in a homelike atmosphere while receiving care. Opened in March 2020, the Care Center for...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 27, 2020 | Trends
For years, this industry has been talking about how telemedicine was going to move a significant amount of outpatient care from the traditional healthcare setting into a “care anywhere” model. Discussions considered the impact that an uptick in telemedicine would have...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 27, 2020 | News
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, N.H.) has broken ground on a $150-million expansion project, according to an article in WCAX.com. The expansion includes a new inpatient pavilion that will add 64 private patient rooms to the Lebanon campus with room for...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 27, 2020 | News
National multidisciplinary design firm HGA has added M. Joann Petillo as associate vice president in business development in the Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C., offices. Petillo’s role will include managing client relations and new business opportunities for...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 24, 2020 | News
Not-for-profit integrated health system Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.) and Kindred Healthcare are planning a behavioral health hospital in Holyoke, Mass., according to an article in the Greenfield Recorder. The 120-bed facility aims to address the shortage of...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 24, 2020 | News
Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.) has opened a comprehensive pediatric outpatient and specialty care center in Lanham, Md. The new 60,000-square-foot regional facility, Children’s National Prince George’s County, offers a range of services,...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 23, 2020 | News
Global architectural and design firm NBBJ (Seattle) has opened a Washington, D.C., office that will support existing and new clients in the region, with a focus on healthcare and science, commercial development, and corporate workplace projects. The office will be led...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 23, 2020 | News
The Regional Medical Center (Orangeburg, S.C.) is planning an alternate care site near its emergency department entrance to prepare for any additional spike in COVID-19 cases, according to an article in The Times and Democrat. Construction of the alternate care site...
by Tracey Walker | Jul 22, 2020 | News
The Best Western Dry Creek Inn (Healdsburg, Calif.) is being used for an alternate care site for people who are recovering from COVID-19 and or those who may have been exposed to the virus and are waiting on test results, according to an article in The Healdsburg...
