by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Earlier this month Texas Health Alliance in Fort Worth opened its expanded inpatient unit. The $7.4 million expansion includes an additional 24 beds. Each private room contains advanced technology and equipment, and is filled with natural light. This is the first of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2017 | Projects
Patients were presented a challenging scenario when trying to access the emergency department (ED) at Methodist South Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. While the main hospital entrance was clearly marked, the ED on the other side of campus was hidden behind trees and had...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Sandia Ridge Center, a 136-bed skilled nursing center operated by Genesis HealthCare, is opening a new Mental Health Recovery unit in a clinical collaboration with the University of New Mexico Health System. Throughout the past year, Genesis and UNM have developed a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Architecture, engineering and planning firm SmithGroupJJR has promoted Shary Adams, Mark Erath and Naomi Kruger to principal at its Washington, DC office. Shary Adams, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, has nearly 30 years of architectural experience, specializing in the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2017 | Trends
The US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants healthcare delivered in the most appropriate, cost-effective setting by eliminating differences in payments across care sites for outpatient services. This is to encourage what is referred to as...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 15, 2017 | News
Grossmont Healthcare District chose San Diego-based Swinerton Builders for final improvements at La Mesa, Calif.-based Sharp Grossmont Hospital. The $10.2 million contract covers the construction costs for the build-out of the Surgery Floor of the new Heart and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 15, 2017 | News
Howard Young Medical Center, part of Ascension, announced it will embark on a multi-phased, multi-million-dollar renovation and construction project. The first phase of renovation is expected to begin by June 1. In addition to an extensive renovation of the existing...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 14, 2017 | News
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has launched the first phase of its revised certification path for architects without a degree from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Through this alternative,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 14, 2017 | News
The New York office of architecture firm Perkins+Will transformed a vacant 1980s suburban office building into Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, a new cancer center located in Middletown, N.J. The 400,000-square-foot rectilinear office building offered little natural...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 14, 2017 | News
HealthSouth Corp. plans to build a freestanding 38-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Bluffton, S.C. Construction on the hospital, which will cost $22 million, will begin in the second quarter of 2017 and is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2018....
