Earning Fundas

I can’t deny that I was riding a high a year ago when we brought the 2021 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo to my hometown of Cleveland, our first in-person show since COVID-19. But like all the firsts we’ve experienced in our pandemic recovery, it wasn’t quite the same as before. Now, fast-forward to last week, and, oh my, how far we’ve come. At press time, we’re just returning from the 2022 HCD Conference in San Antonio. We saw attendance surge and, honestly, it felt pretty darn normal. Facility tours were back, sessions were packed, parties were hopping, and countless reunions took place. You’ll find this issue loaded with show coverage, but in this space, I’ll share a few of my favorite things. Pandemic restrictions prevented us from holding tours in 2021, so it was a special treat to see attendees lined up to board buses and head off to local San Antonio healthcare facilities. I enjoyed a visit to one myself, where I was reminded that you just can’t replicate seeing pro

The vision for the relocation and expansion of the Hilger Face Center – University of Minnesota Physicians in Edina, Minn., is rooted in the mission to serve patients in a new setting that will support the care team. The clinic includes facial plastic and reconstructive surgery services. In the clinic’s former location, no workspace—outside of exam rooms—existed for the care team. A separate workspace has been added that allows staff a private area for administrative tasks or to break away for a few minutes of down time. The office space, complete with a separate staff entrance, includes flexible workspace including a workroom, virtual visit space, shared office, and a dedicated nurse manager’s office. The previous space included two exam rooms, one functioning as a procedure room and the other shared with an esthetician. The new space includes three dedicated exam rooms featuring soft blue- and walnut-toned custom millwork, filtered natural light through gradient window film that

Early in her career, Sophia Skemp served as an intern at BWBR for the first phase of a master campus plan for Hennepin Healthcare, a new ambulatory clinic and specialty care center. Skemp participated in hundreds of meetings with clinic leadership, physicians, and other key stakeholders during the design process—an experience that sparked an interest for her in healthcare architecture and planning. Afterwards, she began working with one of the firm’s most senior planners to help design and plan projects both large and small. This mentorship opportunity quickly evolved into a design partnership lasting over two years as she gained more experience. In 2018, she was promoted to medical planner, where she funnels her passion for design research and her empathetic design approach to work with project teams to create innovative and equitable design solutions. Besides her work with Hennepin Healthcare, she has helped plan and design projects for other health systems including the Mayo Cli

Pediatric healthcare system Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta) is planning a multimillion dollar pediatric behavioral and mental health center in Druid Hills, Ga. The Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Zalik Behavioral and Mental Health Center will be situated on 10 acres adjacent to Children’s North Druid Hill campus in Druid Hills. It will house preventive care, early intervention, and outpatient services. The center is expected to open in 2023. The post Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta Plans Behavioral Health Project first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Construction on the new Wadley Regional Medical Center (Texarkana, Texas), owned by Steward Health Care (Dallas), has halted construction, according to the website ksla.com . The reason for the pause was not available at press time. The $227 million project was slated to open in 2024. The post Steward Health Care Pauses Construction Of Wadley Regional Medical Center first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Adena Health System (Chillicothe, Ohio) has completed an expansion project at Adena Greenfield Medical Center in Greenfield, Ohio), according to the website highlandcountypress.com . The project includes a new 8,500-square-foot building with a registration and waiting area, 11 exam rooms, seven procedure rooms, donor wall, and offices, as well as a renovated hospital entrance. Construction on the project began in November 2021. The post Adena Greenfield Medical Center Completes Expansion first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Brian Henks discovered his passion for healthcare through medical planning. While pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he dedicated his extracurricular time to pursuing independent studies, extra classes, and research on architectural trends in healthcare to understand the industry from the ground up. After graduating in 2016, he joined Hoefer Welker where he spent five years of close mentorship working alongside Hoefer Welker’s lead medical planner before absorbing the responsibilities of the role in 2020. Since then, he’s taken up the charge of medical planning for some of the firm’s most impactful healthcare projects, including an inpatient and outpatient facility for Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Fla.; the Sage Memorial Hospital, a critical access care facility for Navajo reservation residents in Ganado, Ariz.; and an emergency department at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, Neb., where he’s tasked with keeping t