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by Paglia Donna | Jun 30, 2016 | Projects
As its patient population grows, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) is expanding its services to the suburbs with a new campus in The Woodlands. The new campus, master planned for future expansion, will provide ambulatory care along with inpatient units and diagnostic...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jun 23, 2016 | Projects
Located on the new Glen Yards Campus of the McGill University Hospital Centre, the new Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal, Quebec, is a 180,000-square-foot orthopaedic pediatric facility. It houses rehabilitation and ambulatory care services, four operating...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 23, 2016 | Trends
Many design firms across the country say that some of their most innovative work comes when working with academic medical center clients. “Often they’re pioneers in specialty services and research,” says Omri Kenneth Webb, associate principal and senior vice president...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 21, 2016 | Trends
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.Architect Mary Frazier, principal at EwingCole and member of Healthcare Design's...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 16, 2016 | Trends
Evidence-based design has taught us a lot about the importance of lighting, particularly daylighting, in the healing process. Faster recovery times, less pain, and a general sense of well-being have been connected with patient access to daylight. Anecdotally, most...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 15, 2016 | Projects
Western Digital Corp., a developer and manufacturer of digital storage solutions, asked LPA, Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) to design an employee wellness center at its corporate headquarters in Irvine, Calif. Dedicated to Western Digital employees, the DRIVE Wellness Center...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 15, 2016 | Projects
Located in Valhalla, N.Y., Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, provides residents of the state’s Hudson Valley region with specialty acute care services such as Level 1 trauma and burn care, organ transplants and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 9, 2016 | Projects
Project category: New construction Chief administrator: Mary Ockenden, associate vice president & director of space planning, University of Rochester Medical Center Firm: Ballinger, www.ballinger.com Design team: Louis A. Meilink, Jr., AIA, ACHA, ACHE,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 9, 2016 | News
Pioneering projects get a lot of press when they first open, becoming the touchstone and inspiration for the design of other projects. After we explore the cutting edge, perhaps it’s even more important to understand how a project has performed after years of use—the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 8, 2016 | Trends
When Is A Patient Room A “Sleeping” Room? After years of consideration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission have adopted the 2012 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code, effective July 5, 2016. Overall, this is good news,...
