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Seattle Children’s Hospital Psychiatry And Behavioral Medicine Unit
Healthcare Design Magazine recently had a photo tour and article on the new Seattle Children’s Hospital Psychiatry And Behavioral Medicine Unit in Seattle, Washington. Phase 1 opened last fall and Phase 2 opened this spring. They now have 41 beds on two levels and serve children ages 3 to 18 years with complex mental health […]
Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada
The new Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal, Canada is set to open in October. This new 207,000-foot facility has 22 single-patient rooms, four surgical suites, including one designed specifically for back surgery, a 200-seat education center and features new services and technologies. It is six stories and also houses an ambulatory care infusion room […]
Redesigning the OR
Hospitals and healthcare facilities are asking designers to reconfigure their operating rooms. They want them to be flexible so that they can accommodate multiple types of surgeries while catering to patient and staff satisfaction. There is also a calling for hybrid ORs by some providers. One of the ways designers are increasing the flexibility of […]
Photo Tour: Fontana Medical Center
Late last year, Healthcare Design Magazine had an article and photo tour on Fontana Medical Center, a seven-story hospital and bed tower medical facility which is part of the Kaiser Permanente‘s system. The concept for the 314-bed hospital was based on sustainable architecture designed to holistically support a variety of specialty services, including a cardiac surgery […]
Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Each September, Healthcare Design Magazine features a comprehensive compilation of architectural and interior design projects representing outstanding innovative design solutions in new or renovated healthcare environments around the world. Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware won an Award of Merit in the Showcase for its new inpatient pavilion project. The building […]
Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany
The Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany is a wellness center in New Albany, Ohio which aims to improve the health of the community by bringing together multiple healthcare services under one roof. The difference of this center from others is that it was created by a partnership between Healthy New Albany (a nonprofit […]
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York is a pediatric medical facility in New York which opened a new $120 million, 130,000-square-foot pavilion in 2014. They focus on family-centered care with the idea that parents and caregivers play a very important role in children’s healing. Each floor of the facility has […]