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WISH Clinic At New Parkland
The New Parkland campus in Dallas opened the Women & Infants Specialty Health (WISH) Clinic on August 23rd. This new facility has 135,000 square feet and incorporates evidence based design principles in order to help the patients through the wide range of emotions they can experience while there. Some of the features the designers specifically […]
Art’s Role at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center
There is a lot of research and evidence about the benefits of art in medical facilities. If planned out and presented well, it is calming and promotes healing. However, sometimes it is more of an afterthought than part of the initial design. At Kaiser Permanente’s Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Oregon, art was not an afterthought […]
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 […]
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 […]