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  • Performance-based finishes

    Making informed design choices based on available data. Read the related article "Performance-based finishes."

  • Safe and sound

    Informed design approaches help to prevent patient harm. Read the related article "Safe and sound."

  • A new generation of ambulatory care facilities

    As physicians migrate from private practice to group practice or hospital employment, opportunities for a collaborative ambulatory clinic model have increased. Read the related article "Easy access."

  • 2014 ASHE VISTA Awards

    The annual Vista awards, presented by the American Hospital Association's American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), pay tribute to outstanding teamwork in new construction, renovation and infrastructure. Read the related article "Rising above."

  • The Methodist Outpatient Center | Houston

    The 26-story TMH Outpatient Center is a new skyline landmark for The Texas Medical Center and The Methodist Hospital. The facility offers increased operational efficiency through planning flexibility provided by floor plates ranging from 70,000 SF to 40,000 SF, and convenient, segregated public and staff circulation within the facility and to the main campus. Design by WHR Architects. Read the related article "Standing Out."

  • Chickasaw Nation Medical Center | Ada, Okla.

    Chickasaw and other Native American culture and art influenced the design of this 72-bed replacement hospital located on a 230-acre rural site on tribal lands. Design by PageSoutherlandPage. Read the related article "Native beauty."

  • Cooper University Hospital | Camden, N.J.

    Cooper University Hospital is a 370,000-square-foot patient care pavilion, which includes a 30-bed state-of-the-art critical care unit and 60 medical/surgical beds. Design by EwingCole. Read the related article "Bright future."

  • El Camino Hospital | Mountain View, Calif.

    Key components of the new El Camino Hospital include a 16-room Integrated Surgical/Interventional Platform, a multi-track Emergency Department and flexible nursing modules with 28 critical care and 180 acuity adaptable beds. Design by KMD Architects. Read the related article "Tech Savvy."

  • LeConte Medical Center | Sevierville, Tenn.

    LeConte Medical Center includes a 79-bed hospital, a medical office building, a women's center and a cancer center and was designed through a collaborative effort of BarberMcMurry architects, Knoxville, Tenn., and Earl Swensson Associates Inc. (ESa), Nashville, Tenn. Read the related article "'Mountain Modern'."