Designing infusion areas that prioritize patient choice, comfort You’re stuck in an uncomfortable seat for hours with little choice as to where you sit, limited control over the temperature and no control over your view. Your seatmate insists on chatting when all you want to do
Author: Chris Schmidt
Texas Children’s Hospital for children and women in North Austin recently topped out. To celebrate the construction milestone, those involved in the project gathered at the site for the topping out and traditional tree hoisting. The 52-bed,
ECRI named McLaren Northern Michigan the winner of its 16th-annual Health Technology Excellence Award for its innovative integration of patient-care technologies into new hospital construction. McLaren facilitated collaboration among
To support Evidence-Based Design, The Center for Health Design has released another web-based, annotated diagram, focusing on the therapeutic emergency department treatment room. These interactive and visually engaging renderings
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center has been named the 2022 Climate and Health Innovation Award recipient by Health Care Without Harm’s Health Care Climate Council. The medical center is using an anesthetic sequestering and capturing system that captures the gas for recycling and
John Farnen has joined Kwame Building Group as vice president of operations. Farnen is responsible for leading the company’s healthcare, higher education and corporate divisions. He also develops and maintains strategic partnerships and
Karen Freeman, AIA, ACHA, NCIDQ, has been named president-elect of Women in Healthcare, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the professional development of women in the healthcare industry. She will assume responsibilities for the role in 2023-24.
Doug Dulin has been appointed vice president of strategy development at The Boldt Company. In this role, he will support the company’s senior leadership team in developing organizational strategy for the construction services firm.
Stantec recently expanded its growing healthcare practice in Hawaii with the strategic hires of Marni Tam, ACHA, EDAC, LEEP AP, as healthcare principal; Sundae Funai, AIA, as senior project manager and Kwan Law, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, as senior design coordinator.

