3 Top Hospital Projects in 2015
In 2015, construction in the health care industry tended to move towards approaches that would hopefully give patients a more tailored and personal-care experience. Some of the hospitals focused on bringing nature inside and into the healing process, while other hospitals took a more digital approach. Read on to see three of the top projects of 2015.
1. Humber River Hospital: The Humber River Hospital in Toronto opened its doors on Oct. 18 as the first fully digital hospital in North America. The 1.8 million-square-foot facility has state-of-the-art medical equipment and was designed to improve patient care. Construction began in September 2011 and cost approximately $1.7 billion. Highlights of the innovative hospital include automated kiosks, where patients are able to enter their information to be given their medication from a robotic arm. It also features a fully digital management system that counts, organizes and checks the expiration date on all of the drugs at the hospital to ensure that patients are receiving the correct treatment. The radiology department even has robots that are able to position a patient during an X-ray procedure.
2. HCA StoneSprings Hospital: The new, 234,000-square-foot HCA StoneSprings Hospital opened in December 2015. The $95.8 million hospital design focused on the elimination of wasted or inefficient space. As such, the Nashville, Tenn.-based architecture firm Greshman, Smith and Partners worked with the local staff to cut excess space, reducing the space per bed by 100 square feet. The hospital, which is situated on a 51-acre, features 124 private patient rooms and will provide a large range of medical services. This includes a 24/7 ER, medical, surgical, labor and delivery, pediatric and intensive care services, a cardiac catheterization lab, and state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging and interventional equipment.
3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Clinical Sciences Pavilion: The newly completed Clinical Sciences Pavilion at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, which opened in June 2015, provided a 15-story, 445,000-square-foot research tower to increase the dedicated research space to more than 1.4 million square feet. The $205 million project houses more than 1,500 physicians, scientists and support staff and took approximately three years to construct. Architects on the project were Cincinnati-based GBBN and GPR, and Omaha, Neb.-based HDR and Cincinnati-based Messer Construction served as the builders on the project. The building sits between the hospital’s main clinical care center and its other research tower.
The health care industry in 2015 tended to move toward a more digital approach to patient care. By providing telemedicine and a technologically advanced experience in facilities, the hospitals were able to optimize their efficiency while giving the patients the attention needed for their recovery. Moving towards a more technologically advanced system also allowed for better research and equipment in the hospitals.