by Tracey Walker | Mar 5, 2020 | Trends
As cancer care progresses to provide more comprehensive services under one roof, facilities are rethinking their layouts and treatment spaces to streamline diagnosis and treatment services while offering patients more choice in how they receive care. Abundant...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 4, 2020 | News
Leo A Daly, a global planning, architecture, engineering, and interiors firm, has appointed Ellen Mitchell-Kozack to vice president, chief sustainability officer in the firm’s Dallas office. Mitchell-Kozack will lead the firm’s strategic initiatives in sustainable...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 3, 2020 | Projects
Inspiration for the design of Taikang Nanjing International Medical Center in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, expected to be completed in October 2022, draws from the site and the natural elements that exist together there. Specifically, the visual images, natural sounds,...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 3, 2020 | News
Sanford Health, in Sioux Falls, S.D., will invest $209.5 million into a three-year plan of new projects beginning this year. The projects are: Sanford Heart Hospital: The hospital in Sioux Falls will add 26,058 square feet, including 16 additional patient rooms and...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 2, 2020 | News
Valleywise Health broke ground on the $900 million Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix. The 673,000-square-foot, 10-story facility will feature 233 private patient rooms, a dedicated floor for the Arizona Burn Center, 10 operating rooms, two interventional...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 2, 2020 | News
AKF, a global engineering, technology, design, consulting, and commissioning firm, New York, has hired Christina Mahady to its healthcare practice. Mahady, a licensed professional engineer in the state of New York and a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 2, 2020 | Trends
After launching two small businesses—including her own design firm—to survive the Great Recession, Bronson joined Hoefer Wysocki in 2014 and found her home in healthcare design. Here, she discusses using design to spark joy, the importance of addressing simple...
by Tracey Walker | Feb 28, 2020 | News
Healthcare Design’s sister magazine, Environments for Aging, which serves professionals involved in the planning, design, and construction of senior living communities, is accepting nominations for its annual Design Champions awards program. Candidates will have made...
by Tracey Walker | Feb 28, 2020 | News
Pure Healthcare, a new venture of 10 affiliated providers launched by Ohio’s Hospice, opened a new palliative and chronic care facility in Centerville, Ohio. The three-story, 36,000-square-foot facility includes an ambulatory palliative care clinic; exercise...
by Tracey Walker | Feb 27, 2020 | Trends
Controlling excessive noise in healthcare environments has long been an industry goal. However, recent design solutions to support competing interests, ranging from aesthetics to efficiency to infection control, may contribute to the noise problem—for example,...
