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May 16, 2012 Gerry Dewulf
Can a kind of “Super MOB” with hoteling physicians be the answer to the lack of healthcare providers in bedroom communities surrounding some of our sprawling metropolitan areas?
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April 26, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
With architecture, construction, and engineering firms all native to Kentucky on board, the team behind the new Clark Regional Medical Center replacement hospital in Winchester, Kentucky, worked together to deliver the facility on time and on budget despite some challenges along the way.
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April 23, 2012 Adam Stone
The Katz Women’s Hospital and Zuckerberg Pavilion at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center accommodates several medical disciplines while creating a new front door to the 48-acre campus, connecting both new and old construction.
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April 18, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
A recent study indicates a new competitive strategy being pursued by hospital systems in key markets across the country—a move that has very clear ramifications for the healthcare design and construction industry.
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March 30, 2012 Mary Valmonte, EDAC
The 2012 edition of NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, comes with design, management, and cost implications for how healthcare facilities are built, as well as how they're maintained.
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March 22, 2012 Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
The location of Manhattan's Tribeca Radiation Oncology PLLC presented unique challenges for the installation of its Linear Particle Accelerator. Engineers from Simpson Gumpertz & Heger share how those challenges were overcome.
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March 21, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
The $826 million Walter Reed National Military Medical Center project was delivered six weeks ahead of schedule, thanks in large part to the successful collaboration of all team members. I recently heard from some of those team members on how this feat was accomplished.
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March 20, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
How Lean principles were implemented in the renovation of St. Joseph Medical Center’s sterile processing department, reducing cycle time and improving quality of the output.
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March 16, 2012
The International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety guidelines for new construction and renovations address safety measures recommended to be planned into facilities.
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March 12, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
James G. Easter Jr., MArch, FAAMA, vice president and director of healthcare planning for Hart Freeland Roberts, explores the topic of how healthcare reform will push the need to scale back hospitals and how anticipated changes in the healthcare landscape should be reflected in master planning.
