by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 17, 2020 | Trends
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues throughout the U.S. and world, the healthcare design community is being called to action. Industry members are navigating challenges ranging from accommodating patient surge to constructing temporary facilities and testing sites to...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 17, 2020 | News
Array Advisors, a healthcare facility design, consulting and technology firm in Washington, D.C., has released a model that projects the availability of U.S. hospital beds as the coronavirus pandemic grows. According to the firm’s analysis, there will be no available...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 16, 2020 | Projects
St. Francis Medical Center undertook an expansion of its emergency department (ED), a Level III trauma center, in response to unprecedented growth in Colorado Springs, Colo. Since 2008, the ED has experienced a 50 percent increase in patient volume and now serves...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 16, 2020 | Trends
There’s an evolving threat that a viral pandemic could overwhelm U.S. healthcare systems and their treatment sites. Healthcare providers are preparing for a possible tsunami of COVID-19 patients, while managing seasonal illnesses or struggling with concurrent issues...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 16, 2020 | News
New Era Partners, a vertically-integrated commercial real estate development and capital investment company in Grapevine, Texas, announced three behavioral health projects for Oceans Behavioral Hospital in Louisiana, Texas, and Indiana, as well as one for Nobis...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 13, 2020 | News
SSM Health, which also owns Agnesian HealthCare, is planning a new facility in Beaver Dam, Wis., to accommodate growth in the region. The 40,000-square-foot facility will be situated on 5 acres and will offer primary and specialty care, in addition to laboratory,...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 12, 2020 | News
NORR announced that Haley Driscoll has been promoted to principal of health sciences at its Philadelphia studio, as well as earned the Certified Healthcare Interior Designer (CHID) credential from the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers. Driscoll has...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 12, 2020 | News
The WELL Conference, launched this year by the International WELL Building Institute, American Society of Interior Designers, and Emerald (publisher of Healthcare Design), has been rescheduled to Aug. 16-19. The decision was made in response to the most recent...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 11, 2020 | News
Healthcare design and construction veteran Chris Powers has joined Burns & McDonnell, an employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction company, as healthcare facilities project manager. Powers will help expand services and offerings from the firm’s...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 11, 2020 | Projects
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s new medical education facility in Athens, Ohio, is intentionally designed to support the preparation of future physicians. The 114,000-square-foot, three-story building will devote a third of its space to...
