by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 30, 2017 | Trends
There’s wisdom in applying proven best practices to new design projects while continuing to search for better solutions. One area in healthcare where this is most needed is the waiting room. Historically, waiting rooms were dismal, uncomfortable spaces where, too...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 30, 2017 | Trends
Benchmarking is a practice that compares a metric back to a standard in a particular industry. In healthcare design, this process allows designers and architects to compare existing or proposed building performance data against best practices. The purpose is to...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 29, 2017 | News
The renovation of the Ambulatory Surgery Suite at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., representing the final implementation of a multi-phase master plan, is now complete. The new Ambulatory Surgery Suite, Interventional Radiology Suite and East Lobby provides...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 29, 2017 | News
Anchor Health Properties, a healthcare real estate development, management and acquisitions company focused solely on medical facilities, recently announced the commencement of the development of the Center for Advanced Healthcare at Brownwood in partnership with The...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 28, 2017 | News
Tidelands Health (Georgetown, S.C.) recently announced that it will construct a $44 million medical park in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tidelands Health Medical Park at The Market Common is the health system’s single largest community investment since the construction of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 28, 2017 | News
WellSpan York Hospital’s Trauma Center, located in York, Pa., has been reaccredited as a Level 1 trauma center by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation. To attain the Level 1 accreditation, hospitals must provide multidisciplinary treatment and specialized...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 28, 2017 | News
The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (NIHD) has selected Jeri Brittin, Ph.D., director of research at HDR, as the 2017 winner of its Lady with the Lamp Research Grant. The grant will support a study titled, “Evaluation of New Nebraska Community Hospital...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 25, 2017 | News
Construction on the 75,000-square-foot Aspirus Stevens Point Clinic expansion is on pace to be completed by June, 2018. Ground was broken in August 2016 on the expansion of the clinic located in Stevens Point, Wisc. The building is expected to be finished in November,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 25, 2017 | News
A $1 million refurbishment of an existing area at the Mater Hospital’s Pimlico campus to build a private emergency department is on track and due for completion in late September. The emergency department, located in North Sydney, Australia, will allow patients a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 24, 2017 | News
According to “Vail Daily,” Vail Valley Medical Center, now called Vail Health, unveiled its new west wing, a $68 million expansion that has helped the facility transition from clinic to hospital. The west wing expansion includes a cardiac catheterization...
