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PALO ALTO, Calif.—Stanford Hospitals & Clinics embarked on the four-year construction of a state-of-the-art and seismically sound hospital. The hospital broke ground on a facility that will add 824,000 square feet to the existing hospital and expand inpatient capacity to 600 beds. The...
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You might occasionally see superheroes washing windows or Star Wars characters roaming the halls at the new Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla.
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—The University of Missouri Health System recently opened a $190 million expansion to University Hospital. The 310,500-square-foot addition includes a 100,000-square-foot replacement for its Ellis Fischel Cancer Center on two of the towers' eight floors. The building has...
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The grim uncertainty that froze the healthcare construction industry during the Great Recession appears to have lifted—only to be replaced with a new type of uncertainty.
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A Special Feature on 169 U.S. healthcare construction and design companies. Source: Modern Healthcare's 34th annual Construction & Design Survey. Published March 18, 2013, p. S2.
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The experiences of Milwaukee's Froedtert Health system during the past several weeks represent something of a microcosm of what the nation's healthcare system as a whole is going through.
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The experiences of Milwaukee's Froedtert Health system over the past several weeks represent something of a microcosm of what the nation's healthcare system as a whole is going through.
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Though it might seem counterintuitive, healthcare design experts are saying standardization is the key to flexibility—and the ability to be flexible can mean the difference between going ahead with a construction project or going through another round of costly planning and trying to predict...
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Late last year, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit hospital systems plunged deeper into the managed-care market with a move to purchase a majority stake in insurer Soundpath Health.
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Healthcare leaders in the midst of changing their business models to adapt to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should consider the role that planning and designing facilities plays in addressing the challenges of a changing industry.
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