have resolved the issues regarding the provision of healthcare services in western Forsyth County and in Davie County, North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Certificate of Need Section, has approved an agreement that will allow both organizations to obtain certificates of need to build hospitals and provide other medical services in those areas. As part of this...

This home away from home was created to combine the comforts of home with professional medical care for the terminally ill. Thus, the first hospice house in New York State was envisioned for Visiting Nurse Services of Suffolk.Hospice care typically is provided by nurses who visit a patient at home or in an institutional setting. This facility was created for patients who were too sick to be cared for...

ILOILO CITY – A Metro Manila-based hospital will invest more than P700 million and the latest technology in health care as it embarks on an expansion to Iloilo City.In a statement, Alfredo R.A. Bengzon, The Medical City president and chief executive officer, said the expansion to Iloilo City and other parts of the country would bring world-class medical services to the rest of the country.The...

Triangle – Political dignitaries, media and guests attend grand opening at Cary, N.C. locationCary – Employees of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. welcomed political dignitaries, the media and other guests from the surrounding area today at the grand opening of its new national customer service headquarters in Cary, N.C. This new facility will better facilitate Siemens’ customer commitment...

Next Tuesday, December 8, Miller Childrens Hospital Long Beach will open its new pavilion. After four years of planning and construction, Southern California pediatric patients will have access to the new four-story, 124,000-square-foot inpatient pavilion. The new clinical space will feature state-of-the-art operating rooms, one of the largest NICU bed counts in California, the regions only dedicated...

Project category: Project in progress (February 2008)Chief administrator: Richard W. Newman, President, (336) 886-2444Firm: SFCS, Inc., (540) 344-6664Design team: Tye Campbell, PE, Project Principal; Vernon Feather, AIA, Project Designer; Scott Rasner, AIA, Project Manager (SFCS Inc.); Linda Bump, Culture Change Consultant (Action Pact, Inc.); Steve Shields, Culture Change ConsultantTotal building...

The recent election saw the passing of Proposition 3 in California, a law that authorizes $980,000,000 in bonds to be repaid from states General Fund to fund the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing, and equipping of childrens hospitals.Frank Tiedemann, president and chief executive of Children’s Hospital Oakland, said the proposition’s passage is key to the hospital’s...

Christine Guzzo Vickery (HGA)Christine Guzzo Vickery, CID, is an associate VP and interior designer at HGA Architects and Engineers in Minneapolis. She has worked with healthcare systems across the country and has focused her career on designing supportive, healing healthcare environments that inspire patients, family, and staff. Brian Scott (Independent Consultant)Brian Scott is an independent consultant...

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has been awarded $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand its stem cell research capabilities. The funds will be used to create new laboratories in order to increase its already substantial base of stem cell investigators. This will be carried out under the auspices of the recently established Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman...

Issue Date:April 2010,Posted On:3/30/2010 Urban oasisProject SummaryCompleted: Spring 2009Architecture, interior design, environmental graphic design, and donor recognition: Stanley Beaman Sears (Principal-in-Charge: Kimberly Stanley, AIA; Director of Design: Betsy Beaman, AIA; Project Manager: Veronique Pryor, AIA, LEED AP; Project Architect: Jennifer Wilkinson, AIA; Associate Director of Design:...