by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 20, 2017 | News
Ahalia Medical Group, based in the United Arab Emirates, has signed an agreement with Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC) to open a new 100-bed general hospital. SHCC is planned to be one of the largest healthcare centers in the Middle East, covering an area of 26 million...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 17, 2017 | Trends
As the March issue went to press, the team behind Healthcare Design and Environments for Aging was simultaneously preparing for the EFA Expo & Conference in Las Vegas (Feb. 26-March 1). As such, the senior population has been on my mind a lot lately—as it should...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 17, 2017 | News
Southcoast Health recently announced that it will make a multi-million-dollar investment in a new emergency department and private inpatient rooms at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Mass. The new emergency department will have the capacity to treat 40,000 patients a year....
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 17, 2017 | News
Norton Children’s Hospital, located in Louisville, Ky., is expanding. The hospital announced today plans to invest $78.3 million to create the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), and renovate the “Just for Kids” Critical Care Center and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 17, 2017 | News
Madison Hospital, located in Madison, Ala., plans to roll out three projects in 2017 that should reduce ER wait times while increasing imaging capabilities. Construction will soon be under way on two new Emergency Department exam rooms – the fourth ER expansion in...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 16, 2017 | Trends
When you stop to think about it, it’s awe-inspiring how much information we have access to at any given moment. It comes to us passively through alerts and messages sent to our devices and actively when we search for specific information online or in printed...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2017 | News
Mark Chen, AIA, was named design principal in HDR’s Atlanta architecture studio. He brings 35 years of experience to the role, having provided architecture, master planning and urban design services to education, commercial and healthcare clients in the U.S., Europe...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2017 | News
On March 25, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is becoming the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, located in a new building in Chicago. The $550 million, 27-story, 1.2 million-square-foot facility is dedicating 800,000 square feet to clinical care and research space....
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2017 | News
According to “Valley Morning Star,” Valley Baptist Medical Center—Harlingen, located in Harlingen, Texas, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Pediatric Fast Track Emergency Room Unit. The ER will feature 12 dedicated pediatric beds. You can read the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 15, 2017 | News
The next move of patients into the new University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital will occur on March 25. This will include the 9th and 10th floors inpatient units. Pediatric patients and families currently on Levels 2 and 3 of the John Colloton Pavilion will...
