by HCD Guest Author | Dec 25, 2019 | News
Sioux Center Health, Orange City, Iowa, received approval for the issuance of $8 million of Sioux County’s bonding authority, a key part in the hospital’s efforts to fund a planned $33 million expansion in 2020. According to an article in NWestIowa.com, Sioux Center...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 24, 2019 | News
The start date for construction of Braden Hospital in Ave Maria, Fla., has been pushed back. According to an article in the Naples Daily News, the project is now moving forward with plans for additional size and scope. Reporter Liz Freeman writes: “The project size...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 24, 2019 | News
The Medical Behavioral Hospital of Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas, is nearing completion. Operated by NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals (NPH), the 92-bed facility is projected to have up to 200 employees and approximately 18 providers in psychiatry, internal medicine, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 23, 2019 | News
Leaders at Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) unveiled early plans to elevate the med center campus’ clinical care and research with the construction of a new, state-of-the-art facility, scheduled to take shape over the next decade....
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 23, 2019 | Trends
Hospitals exist to heal and restore health, but that can be difficult to accomplish if building users don’t feel safe. In fact, a safe environment is a major contributor to healing, yet violence in hospital settings is on the rise. In 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 23, 2019 | Projects
The VA Puget Sound Health Care System provides comprehensive care to more than 110,000 veterans across nine facilities in the Pacific Northwest. It also operates the VA’s fifth largest research program and seven Centers of Excellence. Earlier this year, the program...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 23, 2019 | Projects
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters’ (CHKD) Medical Tower II is a 14-story pediatric psychiatric hospital and outpatient center under construction in Norfolk, Va. The region currently has a severe shortage of mental health treatment for children, and the...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 22, 2019 | News
Baxter Regional Medical Center officials officially broke ground last week on the hospital’s new outpatient surgery center in Mountain Home, Ariz. According to a report in the Baxter Bulletin, the 23,000 square-foot facility, southeast of the hospital, is estimated to...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 21, 2019 | News
Massachusetts’ largest health care provider, Partners HealthCare, is planning an “aggressive expansion beyond its renowned hospitals, spending $400 million to open four outpatient surgery centers that will compete for patients in Boston’s suburbs.” According to an...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 20, 2019 | News
Davis has acquired a 59,233-square-foot Class A New Albany Medical Building II in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. The $18.4 million acquisition closed last month. The medical office building (MOB) is on the campus of Mount Carmel Surgical Hospital, which is...
