by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 12, 2016 | Trends
Many remote and rural areas in the United States lack adequate access to basic healthcare services found in more urban locations, such as primary, urgent, and emergency care. In addition, many of these communities are composed of an increasing aging population, a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 7, 2016 | Projects
After receiving approval from the Maryland Health Care Commission to relocate, construction recently began for Adventist HealthCare Washington Adventist Hospital’s move from Takoma Park to the White Oak section of Silver Spring, Md., in Montgomery County. The new...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 7, 2016 | Trends
The Family Health Center Inc. (FHC) is a non-profit healthcare provider that was established in 1976 with seven locations throughout the Louisville, Ky., metro area. It now serves more than 37,000 patients annually, without regard to the ability to pay. In 2012, FHC’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 5, 2016 | Trends
Once plagued by concerns over healthcare reform—Will it pass? Will it be overturned? What happens now?—healthcare architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) firms are taking a step out of the legislation’s shadow as the industry collectively...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2016 | Projects
Most of us take for granted the surfaces we walk on each day and our ability to get from one location to another. But for many rehabilitation patients—many of whom have undergone a dramatic change in the way they live daily life—each surface is now an obstacle course....
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2016 | Trends
Strategically planned bed growth in rehabilitation care is primarily being inspired by meeting the needs of baby boomers and beyond. On the inpatient side, emphasis on single-occupancy post-acute rooms is expected to continue, says Brenna Costello, principal and...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 30, 2016 | Trends
Since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, politics and healthcare have taken center stage in a national discussion. Some have considered the ACA government intrusion; others find it to be necessary reform to achieve better population health.Yet this...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 29, 2016 | Projects
Owner: Los Angeles CountyCompletion Date: July 2015Total building area: 280,000 square feetTotal construction cost: $285 millionCost/sq. ft.: $628Architecture: HMC Architects (design and scoping architect), RBB Architects (architect of record)Interior design: HMC...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 29, 2016 | Projects
Southeast General Hospital opened in South Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1965 Watts Riots. For decades, the facility, which was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. – Harbor Hospital, was one of the few hospitals serving the community’s poorest residents....
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 23, 2016 | Trends
Bridging the gap between inpatient care and off-site clinics, health systems are experimenting with cost-effective, short-stay settings to treat and stabilize “frequent flyer” patients with multiple chronic conditions.These sometimes frail, mostly elderly...
