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
Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed December 2005) Chief administrator: Eric Crowell, President and CEO, Iowa Health-Des Moines, (515) 241-5867 Firm: Baldwin White Architects, (515) 255-3939 Design team: Brenda Long, Executive Director, Rehabilitation...
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 | Uncategorized
Project category: New construction (completed January 2004) Chief administrator: Norma McCutcheon, President, (414) 778-7801 Firm: HDR – Dallas, (972) 960-4106 Design team: Michael Tangney, Project Designer/Planner; Ed Brooks, Project Manager; Vince Ellwood,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed March 2006) Chief administrator: Gregory Wozniak, President and CEO, (215) 750-2000 Firm: Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann, Architects, Ltd., (215) 568-8250 Design team: James T. Crispino, AIA,...
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,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
The previous Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage had become obsolete, both in function and the ability to deliver up-to-date mental healthcare. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services set out to create a new mental health facility that would improve...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Today’s healthcare environment requires inspired design that enhances the healing process by engaging patients and comforting families. Women at risk of or diagnosed with breast cancer need to obtain fully integrated, compassionate care in one beautiful,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
To help busy professionals manage their health, the hospital renovated 5,000 square feet of existing office space to provide a new wellness center. While the function of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Center for Partnership Medicine is clinical, the space is...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
Project category: New construction (completed December 2005) Chief administrator: John Goodnow, CEO for Benefis Healthcare, (406) 455-5470 Firms: NTDSTICHLER Architecture, (858) 565-4440; CTA, Inc., (406) 248-7455 Design team: Wayne Hunter, AIA, ACHE,...
