by HCD Guest Author | Nov 9, 2017 | Trends
In hospitals across the country, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are evolving from compact, multipatient-room environments to expansive, all-private-room settings. “The consensus among neonatologists is that the move to a private-room NICU provides better...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 6, 2017 | News
Destination Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., has broken ground on the first of several planned new facilities within the 16-city-block Discovery Square sub-district. Once all phases of the $5.6 billion initiative are completed, Discovery Square will unite doctors...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 6, 2017 | Projects
The story of Quebec’s Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), a new 3 million-square-foot academic medical center that opened in September, began more than 20 years ago when three of Montreal’s oldest healthcare institutions—Hotel-Dieu de Montreal...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 6, 2017 | News
Bennett Wagner Grody Architects (Denver) has joined CannonDesign and will conduct business as Bennett Wagner Grody Architects | CannonDesign until a future transition to the CannonDesign name, according to a recent press release. This merger establishes CannonDesign’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 3, 2017 | Projects
Part of Olathe Health, Olathe Medical Center (OMC) provides women’s care in Olathe, Kan. Designed by HMN Architects (Overland Park, Kan.), the hospital’s new 109,000-square-foot, four-story obstetrics wing, The Birth Place, opened in May 2017. The new wing will...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 2, 2017 | Trends
To use an evidence-based design process, you have to know what the best available evidence is. But research is published faster than anyone can read it. In this blog series, The Center for Health Design’s research team will provide insight into a few healthcare design...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 2, 2017 | News
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., has completed construction work on two new surgical suites, according to a press release from the hospital. The $7 million project converted storage space into two modern operating rooms that can accommodate larger...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 2, 2017 | News
Christopher Shaw has joined LF Driscoll Healthcare and the Structure Tone organization as vice president, healthcare leader to oversee the company’s expanding work in the healthcare market. Shaw has spent the past 15 years managing New York-area healthcare...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 1, 2017 | Projects
Salem Health opened the Salem Health Rehabilitation Center and Let’s All Play Space in February 2016 in Salem, Ore. The rehabilitation center was previously located on the hospital’s Center Street campus, two miles from the main hospital; however, the opportunity to...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 1, 2017 | Projects
Marin General Hospital (MGH) is at a significant turning point in its history. Since opening in 1952 in Marin County, Calif., the facility has seen a five-fold population increase. MGH is the only provider of many acute care services in the area, and its Level 3...
