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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati broke ground on Cincinnati Children’s Eastgate, an urgent care and outpatient surgery center in Union Township, according to the website bizjournals.com . The two-story, 110,000-square-foot facility will house specialty clinics, an urgent care, and various therapies. The $85 million center is expected to open in summer 2025. For more information on Cincinnati Children’s go here . The post $85M Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Outpatient Facility Breaks Ground In Ohio first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The past few years have brought profound, ongoing change to our nation’s hospitals. The COVID-19 pandemic upended the way care is delivered, introducing new design strategies and regulatory codes, while other code changes, such as seismic regulations, have disqualified existing spaces for certain uses. Organizations are also navigating cash flow challenges, while responding to rising demand—outpatient and inpatient volumes are expected to increase by 16 percent and 2 percent respectively over the next decade, according to a report by SG2 , a healthcare consultancy firm. This rapidly changing market is a challenging context for master planning, which requires organizations to project their anticipated capital needs over a multiyear timeline. The result is a conundrum: American healthcare systems continue to create long-term master plans, but they frequently discard them after a few years as changing market conditions render them obsolete. Fortunately, there are more adaptable approa

Array Architects (Conshohocken, Pa.) acquired healthcare-focused interior design firm DCC Design Group (Wilmington, Del.). Nicole Cocolin, former president of DCC Design Group, will serve as principal and practice leader, interior design, at the newly integrated firm. DCC Design Group started in 2015 by partnering with Array on a project at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. The post Array Architects Acquires DCC Design Group first appeared on HCD Magazine .

AnMed Medical Center in Anderson, S.C., is planning a new hospital in Piedmont, S.C., according to the website greenvillejournal.com . Situated on 7.8 acres, the 40,000-square-foot facility will house an emergency department (ED), primary care and specialty provider office, physical therapy, laboratory, and imaging services. The project team includes McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture (Charlotte, N.C.). The $35 million hospital is slated to open in early 2025. The post AnMed Medical Center Plans $35M Hospital In South Carolina first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Leaders at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University (Atlanta) made it clear from the beginning that they had big ambitions for their new building. They told the design team: Give us something “never before seen or imagined.” The new facility, occupying 450,000 square feet in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood, was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM; New York) in collaboration with May Architecture (Atlanta)—with input from 200-plus physicians, nurses, janitors, patient family advisers, and more, says SOM Principal Anthony Treu. “Anybody who could possibly be involved with this project was asked to come and share, ‘How do you do things now? And how do you want to do things differently?’” he says. Then they dug in deep. “Clinical teams are so adept at working around obstacles on a daily basis that when faced with the chance to create an ideal solution, there’s a natural tendency to default to what’s been working for them,” says Gil May, principal

International design firm Ware Malcomb (Nashville, Tenn.) hired Jim Lukens as the civil engineering manager in its Nashville office. He will work closely with the leadership team to help grow the firm’s civil engineering practice, foster client relationships, and lead business development. Lukens brings more than 30 years of experience in civil engineering, design, project management, and client management to the firm. The post Ware Malcomb Grows Civil Engineering Practice first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The  2023 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo  will be held Nov. 4-7, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. The annual event will offer a variety of keynote and breakout sessions on a range of topics. Healthcare Design  is previewing some of the upcoming educational sessions in a series of Q+As with speakers, sharing what they plan to discuss and key takeaways they plan to offer attendees. Session:  Future-Proofing Emergency Departments – Adaptable Environments for Supporting Community Crises Speakers: Dr. Ben Bassin, vice president at Blue Cottage of CannonDesign , and co-founder of Emerging Healthcare Design Consulting ; Brian Silva, associate vice president at Cannon Design ; Cemal Sozener, co-founder of Emerging Healthcare Design Consulting; and Steven Petrovic, executive director, Emergency Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Cincinnati Health . Flexible and resilient ED design strategies Healthcare Design : Why is it important for he

The New York City Council (New York) approved $17.5 million in improvements for NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York, which serves primarily low-income and minority communities, according to the website gothamist.com . The funding includes $4.5 million for the relocation of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit and a $4.5 million MRI suite expansion. As part of the improvements, the 545-bed facility will also add a mother-baby lab and surgical subspecialty suite for hand surgery services and upgrade the cardiac catheterization lab. For more on for NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, go here . The post NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst To Receive $17.5M For Upgrades first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center opened a 24-bed mother/infant unit on its campus in Midlothian, Va. The 23,000-square-foot project includes private patient rooms and bathrooms, space for baby’s bassinet, a computer for in-room charting, as well as sleeper sofas, recliners, and charging outlets for visitors. Additionally, part of the patient rooms can be separated from the unit and used for isolation or post-op gynecological patients. The unit also houses a centralized nurses’ station, staff lounge and respite room, transitional nursery with space for procedures, family room, patient education classroom, and a two-bay lactation support suite. Gresham Smith (Richmond, Va.) provided architecture, interior design, and wayfinding design services for the project.   The post Mother/Infant Unit At Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center Completed In Virginia first appeared on HCD Magazine .

When Americans experience a disparity in their access to healthcare, many utilize the support of community health centers. These nonprofit organizations offer high-quality medical care to patients who may not otherwise be able to afford or access care, such as primary medical care, pharmacies, dental and mental health services, and specialty clinics. According to the National Association of Community Health Centers (Bethesda, Md.), one in 11 Americans is a health center patient. Of those patients, 59 percent are publicly insured, 90 percent are low income, 65 percent are members of racial/ethnic minority groups, and 42 percent live in rural communities. The same study showed that health centers provide care for 1.3 million unhoused people, 8.6 million children, 400,000 veterans, and 3.3 million elderly patients. Even with this breadth of services and patient populations, the extent to which a community utilizes a community health center and its services is dependent upon how visibl

Cancer patients often struggle with their cancer diagnosis, eventual health constraints, and the emotional and physical roller-coaster journey required to negotiate and receive timely care successfully. An empathetic understanding of cancer patients’ journey and specific needs is critical to successful planning and design of cancer care facilities. This includes lobbies, waiting rooms, patient rooms, nurses’ stations, and exams rooms, with spaces designed to support healing, comfort, and emotional well-being. Additionally, conveniently located resources such as nutritional, financial, behavioral health, genetic, and other consultation services should be available and easy to access to further help patients through their cancer journey. Outlining the patient journey Tapping into stories from cancer patient and family advisory groups is the first step in seeing things through their eyes. Patients and families can be excellent resources for input on appropriate design responses. Develo

The International Interior Design Association  (IIDA; Chicago) named the winners of its 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards, which recognize originality and excellence in design and furnishings in healthcare spaces. Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Lilliana Alvarado, founder and principal Uphealing Inc. (Bedford, N.H.); Aimee Burmaster Hicks, principal and interior design director, Page (Dallas); and Stephanie Fallon, director of interiors, PhiloWilke Partnership (Houston). Submissions were judged in specific categories, including ambulatory, hospitals, and extended care and assisted living facilities. For 2023, Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Duluth, Minn., by firm EwingCole, was named Best of Competition. The Transformation & Innovation Award was given to Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center, in Washington, D.C., by firm Gensler. Here’s a list of all the 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards: Ambulator

Photo credit: The Center for Health Design The Center for Health Design has been deep in strategic planning for the past nine months. Because of that, we’ve spent a great deal of time exploring the current state of the healthcare design industry to better understand the role we can play over the next decade in continuing to push for innovation. Innovation is one of those words that gets thrown around easily. Everyone wants to be innovative and knows when they see innovation, but getting there is far more complex. It requires not only seeing an area where change needs to happen but also challenging existing belief systems, standards, and solutions. That takes work. Advances in healthcare design Looking back, the industry can be proud of the advances in healthcare design that we’ve envisioned, cultivated, and launched into new baseline expectations. When I started in this industry 34 years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to see two to four patients in a room. Today, you’d be hard-pressed

Integrated nonprofit healthcare system Henry Ford Health (Detroit) and Ascension Michigan (Standish, Mich.) have signed an agreement to enter a joint venture that will bring together Ascension’s southeast Michigan and Genesys healthcare facilities and assets with Henry Ford’s. The combined organization will be branded under the Henry Ford name and headquartered in Detroit. The deal is expected to close next summer pending federal and state regulatory reviews. The new organization would have more than $10.5 billion in operating revenue and approximately 50,000 employees at more than 550 care sites across the region. The agreement includes all of Henry Ford’s acute care hospitals in addition to its nonprofit health plan Health Alliance Plan. Ascension’s southeast Michigan and Genesys healthcare assets and subsidiaries, including eight acute care hospitals and one addiction treatment facility, will also be included in the deal. Ascension’s hospitals in the southwest or northern regi

Global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will (Chicago) and nonprofit research organization Healthy Building Network (Washington, D.C.) launched two reports for architects and designers on selecting sustainable, low-carbon gypsum drywall, flooring, and insulation. The reports, “Embodied Carbon and Material Health in Gypsum Drywall and Flooring” and “Embodied Carbon and Material Health in Insulation,” discuss the environmental footprint associated with the production and transportation of drywall and flooring as well as the chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions associated with insulation and other building materials. Ideas on how project teams can specify products that are best in class for embodied carbon and material health as well as sustainable design practices are shared. Both reports are available for download here . The post Perkins&Will, Healthy Building Network Release Two Reports On Embodied Carbon, Material Health first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, Israel, one of Israel’s largest medical centers, has opened an underground, fortified hospital in anticipation of further escalation of the Israel-Hamas War. The complex spans 53,819 square feet and two floors of the hospital’s underground parking garage and holds 200 patient beds, an intensive care ward, two patient wards, and a dialysis unit with 20 stations. It was initially built a few years ago for $8.9 million and has since been used four times during large-scale military operations and to host several Israel Defense Forces simulations and trainings. The wards were re-located from the higher floors of the hospital’s patient towers and moved underground at the start of the war. Additionally, all above-ground hospital buildings, including the Davidoff Center for cancer treatment, Gur Shasha Tower patient tower, and the Women’s Hospital, have secure spaces and floors to continue to treat patients without having to move the most critical on

Embracing a new model of integrated and preventative care, the Nappi Wellness Institute at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., attends to the whole person—recognizing individual behavior and social determinants of health are the main influence of health and well-being. This new ambulatory care center comprises primary care, specialty clinics and community wellness services, providing the Syracuse community with a “one-stop-shop” for most of their healthcare needs. Designed by Stantec (Washington, D.C.), the project offers flexible clinical layout to foster interdisciplinary engagement and interaction enabling providers to work effectively and efficiently thereby promoting a better outcome for every patient. Opened in June, the five-story center houses more than 240 exam and consultation rooms for primary and specialty care for chronic diseases, as well as lab and radiology services, a retail pharmacy, behavioral health services primary care for adult and pediatric p

The 2023 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo will be held Nov. 4-7, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. The annual event will offer a variety of keynote and breakout sessions on a range of topics. Healthcare Design is previewing some of the upcoming educational sessions in a series of Q+As with speakers, sharing what they plan to discuss and key takeaways they plan to offer attendees. Session: The Next Generation of Medical Malls – Expanding Care Access Strategically Speakers: Faith Orsini, vice president, facilities, Cooper University Health Care ; Jonathan Bykowski, Lean process facilitator, Array Advisors ; Sebastian Soler, principal, studio director, Array Architects; and Craig Melograno, Durapods. Strategies for medical mall planning and design Retail shopping malls have become less viable post-pandemic, and a new model has emerged with even more potential: medical malls . During this session, attendees will learn key considerations for the adapt

The Mercy Center for Performance Medicine & Specialty Care and a connected 1,000-space parking garage has been completed on the campus of Mercy Hospital St. Louis in St, Louis. The five-story outpatient center includes neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, reconstructive surgery, bariatrics, urology, weight and wellness-related care, and imaging services. The facility houses 10 operating rooms (ORs), eight post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) bays, and lounge and waiting areas. CannonDesign (St. Louis) served as the architect and Alberici/KAI Build Joint Venture (St. Louis) was the construction and design/build partners on the project. The post Mercy Center for Performance Medicine & Specialty Care Completed In St. Louis first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The 2023 HCD Conference in October will offer a variety of educational sessions. In this Q+A, speaker HOK’s Kathleen Schwartz and Vlad Torskiy discuss new sustainability strategies and initiatives and how they’re set to impact facility planning and design. The 2023 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo will be held Nov. 4-7, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. The annual event will offer a variety of keynote and breakout sessions on a range of topics. Healthcare Design is previewing some of the upcoming educational sessions in a series of Q+As with speakers, sharing what they plan to discuss and key takeaways they plan to offer attendees. Session: “ Population Health & Safety : A Look Through the Environmental Lens” Speakers: Kathleen Schwartz, senior healthcare consultant, HOK , and Vlad Torskiy, principal, regional leader of healthcare, HOK This sessions sets out to help attendees understand the healthcare industry’s environmental impact, and the

Academic medical system Mount Sinai Health System (New York) opened its new Discovery and Innovation Center in New York. The lab aims to expand research capabilities in collaboration with clinical neuroscience and neurosurgery centers of excellence at Mount Sinai West in New York. The facility also houses  clinical research programs for treatment in the areas of genomics and stem cell science, neuroscience, and immunology. Two floors of research space for proteomics, clinical neuroscience, genomics, and dermatology are planned at the Spine Center and Breast Ambulatory Center on campus, as well.   The post Mount Sinai Opens Discovery and Innovation Center In New York first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Abbott Northwestern Hospital , part of Allina Health (Minneapolis), broke ground on a new surgical and critical care facility on its campus in Minneapolis. The project, which is part of a campus improvement plan, will house 192 patient beds and 30 operating rooms (ORs), designed for flexibility and adaptability. The project team includes design firm HGA (Minneapolis) and engineering and construction firm Mortenson (Minneapolis). The new surgical and critical care facility is expected to be completed in 2026. The post Abbott Northwestern Hospital To Build New Surgical, Critical Care Facility In Minneapolis first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are building a new 688,100-square-foot freestanding cancer hospital for adults, according to bizjournals.com . The new 300-bed facility will connect to Dana-Farber’s existing facility in Boston. As part of the project, Dana-Farber plans to relocate 30 inpatient beds from a facility that it currently shares with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The post Dana-Farber, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center To Partner On $1.7B Cancer Hospital first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Austin, Texas) is planning a replacement facility for North Texas State Hospital , an inpatient mental health hospital, in Wichita Falls, Texas, according to the website newschannel6now.com . The $452 million project will be built adjacent to the current facility. It will house 200 beds, therapeutic areas, and separate adult and adolescent patient spaces. Construction is expected to begin in summer 2024 and completion is slated for fall 2027. The post $452M Replacement Facility Planned For North Texas State Hospital first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Broward Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Fla.) are partnering on a new freestanding emergency department (ED) in Sunrise, Fla. Broward will provide adult emergency care at the facility, while Memorial will provide pediatric emergency care through its Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (Hollywood). The ED is slated for completion in early 2025. The post Broward Health, Memorial Healthcare System Break Ground On Freestanding ED In Florida first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Nonprofit Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of its new mental health project in Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke, according to the website wdbj7.com . The $12 million outpatient facility includes mental health services for children and adolescents, a grief center, and therapy services. The 37,000-square-foot facility comprises two floors, and includes group therapy rooms, support groups, clinician offices, and telemedicine infrastructure. For more on Carilion Clinic, go here . The post Carilion Clinic Celebrates Opening Of $12M Mental Health Project In Virginia first appeared on HCD Magazine .

BayCare Health System (Tampa, Fla.) plans to build a replacement facility for St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa, by 2030, according to the website tampabay.com . The new hospital will include pediatric specialty medical services, as well as pediatric graduate medical education programs, including teaching, research, and training. BayCare has not released details of the project’s cost or future plans for the existing hospital, according to the article. The post BayCare Health System To Construct Replacement Facility For St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Photo credit: Project Management Advisors Inc. In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what has their attention and share their ideas on the subject. Doug King is vice president and national healthcare sector lead at Project Management Advisors Inc ., a program management/owner representative firm in Chicago. Here he shares his thoughts on why hospitals are adding more retail space, the role of FQHCs in providing health equity, and the use of AI and robotics for materials handling. Goodbye hospital cafeterias, hello stores and eateries   Taking a cue from vibrant coffee shops and revamped airport terminals, healthcare operators are developing mixed-use spaces that cater to contemporary tastes and needs. Hospitals are increasingly eliminating the traditional cafeteria and opting for retail, food, and shopping experiences that appeal to visitors, staff, and patients. For example, Northwestern Medicine in Chic