by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 28, 2013 | News
Completion date: December 2011Owner: Children’s National Medical CenterTotal building area: 33,000 sq. ft. renovation, plus 33,000 sq. ft. interstitial spaceTotal construction cost: $22.3 millionCost/sq. ft.: Approximately $339Architecture: Wilmot Sanz...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 28, 2013 | News
The idea: Washington, D.C.'s Children’s National Medical Center opened its East Inpatient Tower in 2007, vacating patient units in its existing building, which created shelled space to be used later.However, thanks to the hospital’s successful...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 26, 2013 | News
At Stanford University’s School of Medicine (Palo Alto, Calif.), clinical trial researchers were scattered across multiple buildings, some of which were off campus. The opening of the new Jill and John Freidenrich Center for Translational Research in October...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 26, 2013 | News
In a recent blog post, my colleague Kristin Zeit shared a study of Roemer’s Law, or rather the idea that the more beds a hospital has, the more beds it will use. In this case, the Michigan Department of Health’s Certificate of Need Program dug in a little...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 26, 2013 | News
A 54-year-old pronouncement known as Roemer’s Law says that the more beds a hospital has, the more beds it will use. The statement has been widely cited by healthcare policy influencers as a reason for facilities to be required to justify their number of beds as...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 26, 2013 | News
In this series, Healthcare Design magazine asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject. This week’s Top Five list comes from Joe Sprague, director of health...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 25, 2013 | News
Proton therapy centers are popping up across the country, as the cancer treatment—which uses proton beams to precisely target tumors without damaging surrounding tissue—continues to gain in popularity, especially for tumors in sensitive areas of the body...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 22, 2013 | News
In this new series, Healthcare Design magazine asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.Here, AECOM’s Sheila Cahnman, vice president, healthcare market sector...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 21, 2013 | News
The overall objective for the 60,000-square-foot Coquille Valley Hospital replacement project was the transformation from a provider-centric model into a patient-centric experience. This goal was achieved through the expansion of medical services, incorporation of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 21, 2013 | News
The story of cancer treatment in the United States is one of hope, with survival rates today presenting a stark contrast to those of just a few decades ago. In fact, the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that the five-year survival rate for cancers diagnosed...
