by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 21, 2015 | Projects
The Center for Advanced Care (CAC) is a new 162,000-square-foot outpatient facility at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (AIMMC) in Chicago, dedicated to ambulatory surgery, digestive health, and cancer care. Opened in April 2015, it was designed by...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 20, 2015 | Projects
Prior to groundbreaking on the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, the project went through nearly four years of design and master planning that would take it from an inpatient building to a comprehensive cancer center and fixture on The Ohio State...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 18, 2015 | Projects
While the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute specializes in researching and treating a range of adult cancers, it also delivers radiation oncology services to pediatric patients who are served at the nearby Nationwide Children’s Hospital. During...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 17, 2015 | Projects
Project Summary Completion date: December 2014 Owner: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Total building area: 1.1 million sq. ft. (new James); 100,000 square feet of renovations (existing James) Total construction cost: $750 million Architecture: HOK,...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 17, 2015 | Projects
Four years into planning the $750 million James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute—one of the largest cancer hospitals in the nation—The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center received news that it had won a $100 million grant from the Health Resources...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 14, 2015 | Projects
Women giving birth in their 30s, and on into their 40s, is quickly becoming the new norm in the United States; in fact, the birth rate for women age 35-39 grew more in 2014 than any other age group. According to a June 17 report from the National Center for Health...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 10, 2015 | Trends
Natural ventilation was common in healthcare facilities for a long time before mechanical systems became the standard. Now, with a growing focus on resiliency and the importance of connections to the outdoors, its re-emergence is gaining momentum, with facilities like...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 6, 2015 | Trends
The decentralized nursing operations and physical design model was introduced to inpatient units more than 10 years ago, with a number of expected positive outcomes for staff. Those include reduced nurse walking distances, more time at the bedside, less stress,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 6, 2015 | Trends
I’m very pleased to present to you the full list of Healthcare Design’s new Editorial Advisory Board. As I mentioned in my last blog, this group of 30 professionals comprises healthcare design experts across the range of our brand audience. It was quite a...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 4, 2015 | Trends
Healthcare projects are among the most complex in construction, with many stakeholders and external forces that can make it a challenge to ensure development progresses smoothly, on budget and on time. Adopting integrated project delivery (IPD), which joins major...
