by Tracey Walker | Jun 4, 2020 | Trends
Traditional approaches to team stations on behavioral health inpatient units put these staff spaces at the center of the unit to function as a central point of awareness for staff as well as an interface point between the patients and clinicians. However, as treatment...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 3, 2020 | News
Non-profit community health system Piedmont Healthcare (Atlanta) has opened a primary care facility in Ellenwood, Ga., according to an article in AJC. Piedmont Henry Primary Care will be part of Fairview Urgent Care (Ellenwood, Ga.) facility. It will be headed by...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 2, 2020 | News
Sheltering Arms Institute (Richmond, Va.), an inpatient rehabilitation hospital developed by Sheltering Arms Hospital (Mechanicsville, Va.) and VCU Health (Richmond), is being completed in Goochland County, Va., according to an article in Richmond BizSense. Patients...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 2, 2020 | News
Health system Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart (Inlet Beach, Fla.) has opened an outpatient facility in South Walton County, Fla., according to an article in NWF Daily News. The 6,700-square-foot outpatient facility offers primary care and OB/GYN services, with...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 1, 2020 | Trends
The statistics you’ll find in the June/July issue of Healthcare Design are sobering. One in five U.S. adults experiences a mental illness; suicide is a leading cause of death for U.S. children; one in eight emergency department visits is associated with mental illness...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 1, 2020 | Projects
The completion of Montana Children’s Hospital in June 2019 was a welcome and needed addition for rural Kalispell, Mont. Before the hospital opening, the closest pediatric-specific care facility was out of state. Recognizing the toll out-of-state medical care and costs...
by Tracey Walker | Jun 1, 2020 | News
ChristianaCare (Wilmington, Del.), a network of private, non-profit hospitals providing healthcare services to all of Delaware and portions of seven counties bordering the state in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey, has opened an eight-story, 400,00-square-foot...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 29, 2020 | News
Healthcare Design announced the winners of its 20th annual Design Showcase awards program, celebrating excellence in healthcare design and architecture. Seventeen jurors, appointed by partner organizations The Center for Health Design, International Interior Design...
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...
