Project News for Healthcare Facilities - August 2015
Boston's Children's Hospital plans for pedestrian bridge
Hospital wants to build a $23 million pedestrian bridge from the visitor parking garage right into the hospital
8/31/2015
Missouri hospital completes patient move to new tower
Cox Medical Center South's opens new $130-million 343,000-square-foot West Tower
8/27/2015
Florida's Space Coast healthcare facility construction booming
Activity is picking up again, with more clarity on the Affordable Care Act
8/21/2015
Grant changes plan for Ohio cancer hospital
James Cancer Hospital in Columbus adds radiation oncology unit to project-in-progress after receiving new funding, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
8/21/2015
Michigan senior facility built with latest in design, technology and security
New 101,000-square-foot campus has a movie theater, fitness center, raised-bed gardens, bistro and courtyard with a putting green
8/21/2015
Cancer center renovation to include floor-to-ceiling windows
Riverview Medical Center expansion will feature a 29,000-square-foot addition, as well as physical, visual, and technical upgrades
8/20/2015
Missouri hospital plans $135 million expansion
Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City will add a three-story patient tower, a new front entrance and other enhancements
8/19/2015
Longterm master plan selected for California medical center
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center plan a roadmap for campus growth over the next 20-50 years
8/19/2015
$400 million 'destination' medical center planned in Rockford
New 188-bed medical center will include a women's and children's hospital with neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, a pediatric emergency department and a high-risk maternity unit
8/18/2015
Healthcare facility's design inspired by IKEA, Apple and Starbucks
A new outpatient healthcare facility at the University of Minnesota looked to IKEA's philosophy of determining the price tag first, then designing accordingly
8/18/2015
Cheers! Guinness brewery waste may help power children's hospital
Developers are trying to find out if waste heat produced by the Dublin brewery could be used by a new facility
8/17/2015
Aurora VA hospital funding still up in the air
The VA is working with Congress to come to an agreement to fund the project
8/17/2015
Nebraska healthcare facility will include a healing garden
University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine's Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will add to its healing arts program
8/17/2015
Tucson health facility plans $500 million expansion
Plans include an 11-story tower and an outpatient clinic
8/13/2015
New Orleans hospital finally replaced after Katrina
Charity Hospital staff was working out of tents, an abandoned Lord & Taylor department store and eventually a cramped interim hospital
8/10/2015
Philadelphia children's hospital opens new facility
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care features two-story climbing wall, outdoor dining terrace and children's discovery garden
8/10/2015
Historic N.Y.C. building becomes freestanding ED
Original Joseph Curran Building transformed into adjunct to Lenox Hill Hospital
8/6/2015
Philadelphia hospital design incorporates playfulness
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's (CHOP) new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care was designed to make patients' experience convenient
8/6/2015
Virginia hospital tower opens after 10-year journey
Five-story West Tower at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Va., replaced the 38-year-old, 250-bed hospital within its own footprint
8/5/2015
Healthcare facilities harmony with natural surroundings recognized
Vermont Psychiatric Hospital and Mayo Health Clinic recognized by 11th Design & Health World Congress for design excellence
8/4/2015
Indiana hospital opens ICU with massage beds, negative pressure rooms
The new ICU is part of a $40 million renovation to St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart
8/3/2015