by HCD Guest Author | Oct 16, 2019 | News
International technology consulting and engineering firm Ross & Baruzzini has acquired Houston-based Genesis Planning, a medical equipment planning and consulting concern. Financial terms were not disclosed. The strategic acquisition is the sixth consummated by...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 15, 2019 | News
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), in collaboration with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and Emerald Expositions (Emerald), one of North America’s leading event and media companies, announced today the planned launch of The WELL...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 14, 2019 | News
Residents, elected officials, and Southcoast Health staff members recently celebrated the start of construction on Tobey Hospital’s emergency department expansion. The $25 million capital project in Wareham, Mass., is funded in part by philanthropic contributions from...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 14, 2019 | News
Architectural practice CallisonRTKL has tapped Michael Hess as its new vice president for the Midwest. He will be based in Chicago. In a career that covers three decades, Hess brings a deep understanding of the operational engine that makes hospitals succeed through...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 10, 2019 | News
Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital, Saginaw, Mich., recently broke ground on an emergency care center expansion. An article in Saginaw and Bay City News reports that city leaders and hospital employees celebrated the project which is expected to cost approximately $17.6...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 10, 2019 | News
Banner Health leaders and the nonprofit organization’s construction partners gathered at the Banner Ocotillo Medical Center building site last week to sign the final construction beam and witness it being hoisted into place to signify completion of exterior framing....
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 9, 2019 | Trends
This article is part of”Rising Up,” a special report first published in the October 2019 issue of Healthcare Design, where sustainability leaders shed light on the top environmental design challenges affecting the industry, their input, and solutions...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 9, 2019 | Trends
The conversation on sustainable design has evolved in past decades, moving beyond addressing a single building system or specific material to searching for system-wide strategies aimed at driving carbon reduction, building resiliency, and improving community health....
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 9, 2019 | Projects
In order to serve the growing needs of Houston’s underserved populations, Legacy Community Health tapped Perkins and Will (Houston) to design a state-of-the-art campus where it could provide expanded healthcare, education, and social services in a culturally...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Sanitas Medical Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) opened the first of 10 new medical centers that will be opened over the next several months in the Dallas and Houston regions. The medical centers feature an advanced primary care model that takes...