by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation (PJI) provides short- and long-term geriatric, outpatient, and community services. The existing Lobby featured exposed concrete walls, waffle-slab ceilings, and dark brick floors. The space felt institutional...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
This project is the addition (built-out in adjacent shell space) of an endoscopy ambulatory surgery center in an existing Gastroenterology office suite. Included are a private waiting room with two check-in stations, two procedure rooms, associated support spaces, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas, is the result of the consolidation of two existing healthcare facilities into a single entity on one campus. The owner’s vision from the beginning was that this new facility would provide the residents of...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Project category: Project in progress (October 2007) Chief administrator: Cheryl L. Herbert, President, (614) 566-3407 Firm: Karlsberger, (614) 461-9500 Design team: Gregory C. Mare, AIA, Team Leader; Robert L. Grundey, AIA, Project Manager; Jane H. Peters, AIA, ACHA,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
The first project to be realized from the Alexian Brothers 2010 master plan is a 69,500-sq.-ft. medical office building and 247,000 square foot parking structure to the east of the existing Wimmer Medical Office Building. The parking structure includes 570 spaces of...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Project category: New construction (completed May 2005) Chief administrator: Mary Krueger, President and COO, (715) 393-2500 Firm: Hammel, Green and Abrahamson (HGA), (414) 278-3401 Design team: Kurt Spiering, AIA, ACHA, Principal; Frank Nemeth, AIA, Project Designer,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
An imperative that was established early in the planning process of this 456-bed tertiary care center was to create a facility that would positively transform the experience that is normally associated with staying or working in a hospital. Outdoor features include...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Redesigning the patient experience of a complex urban tertiary hospital was a challenge welcomed by St. Mary’s, a member of SSM Health Care, the first healthcare organization to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Key to this project’s success...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
In ancient times, “Know Thyself” was inscribed in Greek on the lintel of the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. More recently, it appeared in Latin above the entrance to the Oracle’s kitchen in the motion picture The Matrix. This aphorism has stood the...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
The Joseph Z. & Louise H. Ornelas Tower at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital is a 254,336-sq.-ft., six-story expansion that includes a new state-of-the-art Heart Institute and Surgery Center. The tower also includes additional patient rooms, nurses’ stations,...
