by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 8, 2013 | News
In the healthcare industry’s shift toward a value-based care delivery model over its current volume-based one, success largely depends upon patients themselves. Providers need patients to be invested in their own health. After all, you can’t begin...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 8, 2013 | Trends
Feeling the impact of healthcare reform and the recession, many hospital owners are faced with the difficult task of driving down costs, which can include choosing between building new facilities or renovating existing ones. Requiring large capital expenditures and...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 2, 2013 | News
Five years ago, the study “Demystifying First Cost Green Building Premiums in Healthcare” was released, showing that the capital cost premium for green healthcare design was 2.4 percent. “At the time, there were a lot of questions about [green and...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 2, 2013 | News
The $51 million Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is part of an ongoing collaboration between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP), brought about by a donation of $25...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 1, 2013 | News
My sister-in-law is a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse, and whenever she talks about her job, her patients, and the families she serves every day, I’m always filled with the same combination of dread/awe that’s probably hard-wired once you become...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 31, 2013 | News
One thing is for sure in our uncertain healthcare future: Big box outpatient centers are expected to play a bigger role in helping healthcare systems expand their patient base and enhance care. These spaces, which integrate ambulatory services in one location, help...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 31, 2013 | News
Completion date: May 2012Owner: Boston Medical CenterArchitecture: Tsoi/Kobus & AssociatesInterior design: Tsoi/Kobus & AssociatesContracting: Suffolk ConstructionEngineering: MEP Engineers–AKF GroupConstruction: Suffolk ConstructionTotal building area:...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 31, 2013 | News
The idea: Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 496-bed academic medical center, serves as the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine. Both entities needed a collaborative space that could serve the medical school and hospital by offering...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 30, 2013 | News
Project category: New construction (completed October 2012)Chief administrator: Peter Arn, Vice President, Enterprise Development & Support, (410) 601-9000Firm: Hord Coplan Macht, (410) 837-7311Design team: Scott Robison, AIA, Principal-in-Charge; Mark Angielski,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 30, 2013 | News
Project category: New construction (completed August 2012)Chief administrator: Marcia Fowler, Commissioner; Anthony Riccitelli, Chief Operating OfficerFirms: Ellenzweig, (617) 491-5575; architecture+, (518) 272-4481Design team: Associated Architect (Ellenzweig);...
