by HCD Guest Author | Aug 7, 2019 | Trends
Well before I read my first management book or earned a graduate degree in organizational leadership, it was clear to me that people want to be a part of something that brings them a sense of fulfillment. It’s not rocket science. At the 10,000-foot level, most...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 7, 2019 | News
Officials at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, La., are gearing up to renovate the acute care hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and intensive care unit (ICU). Plans call for adding a new 10-bed adult ICU, while relocating and upgrading the six-bed...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 7, 2019 | News
Plans are in the works for a new 227,000-square-foot Stanford Health Care Medical Office building in Redwood City, Calif. A 1,107-space parking structure is set to accompany the building. Existing structures at the planned site will be demolished to make room for the...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 6, 2019 | News
Spellman Brady & Co., a St. Louis-based interior design firm, has updated interiors, furniture, and signage at the Children’s Clinic, St. Louis. The clinic, which occupies 5,600 square feet in an existing medical office building, consists of two separate...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 6, 2019 | News
The editors of Healthcare Design are excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Rising Star awards program. The awards were launched in 2018 to celebrate individuals who have been involved in healthcare design for fewer than 10 years and are already poised to become...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 5, 2019 | Projects
Boston MedFlight, a nonprofit critical care medical transport provider, was operating out of a 19,000-square-foot World War II-era building on the military side of the Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass. The location was not only outdated but required staff and...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 2, 2019 | Projects
Shortly after development company Aquila Healthcare Development (Mount Dora, Fla.) and Stevens Construction (Fort Myers, Fla.) completed a skilled nursing unit together in Clermont, Fla., Aquila identified a shortage of skilled nursing beds farther south, in Lee...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 1, 2019 | Projects
Family members whose loved ones are admitted to physical rehabilitation hospitals face daunting challenges, including the possibility of a very different life when returning home. More immediately, though, they must handle long hours in a rehab facility as patients...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 31, 2019 | Projects
Young patients undergoing metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) treatment for neuroblastoma, a rare and deadly cancer that affects about 750 children a year, face long periods of isolation as the treatment makes patients’ bodily fluids radioactive, meaning caregivers and...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 31, 2019 | Trends
Healthcare Design’s annual Forum event, to be held Sept. 4-6, at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., will welcome two keynote speakers to the stage to talk about finding balance in the built environment through very different approaches. Jack Gilbert, professor,...
