by Robert McCune | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Hackensack Meridian Health (Hackensack, N.J.) has launched a project to expand Southern Ocean Medical Center (SOMC) in Manahawkin, N.J., according to jerseyshoreonline.com. The $31 million project will add two operating rooms (ORs), expand existing ORs by 8,400 square...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 27, 2024 | Trends
While acute care projects aim to address evolving care needs and rising patient volumes, they’re also using design strategies to help attract and retain nurses and other clinicians, through safer workspaces and innovative amenity spaces. “The nursing shortage, due to...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 27, 2024 | Trends
Deanne Avery, CHC, EDAC, Director, capital projects, planning, design and construction, UNC Health Blue Ridge (Morganton, N.C.) Deanne Avery has spent her 20-year career at UNC Health Blue Ridge, a rural community healthcare system delivering healthcare and wellness...
by Robert McCune | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Architecture firm DLR Group (Omaha, Neb.) appointed Principal Damian Huneycutt as healthcare client leader in the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office, according to a news release. In his new role, Huneycutt will oversee healthcare projects and client relations in the...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 26, 2024 | Projects
Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Of Carmel In Indiana: Photo Tour Editors’ note: Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital of Carmel is one of the facility tours at the 2024 HCD Conference + Expo, Oct. 5-8 in Indianapolis. For more information and to register, visit...
by Robert McCune | Aug 26, 2024 | News
Lee Health (Fort Myers, Fla.) is building a replacement hospital for its Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, according to fox4now.com. The new hospital, Lee Health Fort Myers, will house 170 beds and is expected to open in 2027. The first phase of the project will...
by Tracey Walker | Aug 26, 2024 | Trends
New building products for healthcare facilities From lockers and secure cabinets to ligature-resistant sliding doors, shade systems, and skylights, healthcare facilities rely on an array of products to create supportive, welcoming, and safe healing environments for...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 26, 2024 | Trends
Stephanie Story, CHID, NCIDQ, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, interior design director, Array Architects (Conshohocken, Pa.) Since taking the helm of Array Architects’ largest interior design studio in 2021, Stephanie Story has been at the forefront of multiple projects,...
by Robert McCune | Aug 26, 2024 | News
Health First Viera Hospital opened a new labor and delivery unit on its campus in Melbourne, Fla., according to a news release. The new unit on the hospital’s fifth floor includes a nursery, two operating rooms (ORs), and 14 birth suites for labor, delivery, recovery,...
by Robert McCune | Aug 23, 2024 | News
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.) opened Mayo Clinic Health System – La Crosse, a new 6-story hospital in La Crosse, Wis., according to a news release. The largest construction project in the history of Mayo Clinic, the $215 million hospital includes 96 beds, cardiac...
