Construction & Facilities Management

Health system started the first phase of its modernization project that CEO Kenneth Davis said will transform how it delivers care services.

When the center opens in August 2017 it will be the only facility in the country with a gantry dedicated to basic research.

New patient pavilion includes trauma center with 66 patient rooms, modernized operating suites, critical care unit and helipad, system says.

Project will increase single rooms available to patients, new surgical, treatment areas that "conform to 21st century standards."

For the year, HTA has now invested more than $600 million in medical office buildings totaling 2 million square feet, almost 60 percent of which are located on hospital campuses.

Officials expect the move to enhance healthcare quality and cost effectiveness.

Moses Taylor Hospital CEO Justin Davis assumes leadership of second hospital as expansions across the system continue.

Massive project is the culmination of a long-running effort at Case to train different types of health professionals how to work together.

Indiana-based St. Vincent health system will expand access to both emergency and primary care with plans to build eight new emergency microhospitals and three ambulatory care centers, the system announced Aug. 22.

Population health is prompting systems to seek spots that grant a high level of visibility, where signage and architecture play a larger role than they typically have in the past.