Temple University Health System (Philadelphia) is opening a hospital for women at the former Cancer Treatment Centers of America location in Philadelphia, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The $30 million project will house a range of specialty care for women, with an emphasis on maternity services, as well as general surgery, breast surgery, vascular surgery, urology, internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, behavioral health, radiology, mammography, and MRI services. The hospital will include 12 labor and delivery beds; a healthcare

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed the U.S. healthcare system beyond all known limits. Providers were and are still challenged at several different levels, including personal protective equipment (PPE) supply shortages, changing care protocols, staff burnout, capacity demands, vaccine protocols, and facility adaptability. While COVID-19 variants and surges are still with us, it’s appropriate to begin documenting lessons learned to better understand how planning and design features can maximize a seamless response to care needs for a range healthcare

For many patients, a hospital is challenging due to its stressful, busy, and unfamiliar nature. But for a person with dementia, the experience can be exacerbated by cognitive impairment and behavioral or psychological symptoms, making it a frightening, distressing, and disorientating place. For this vulnerable population, unintended consequences of unsupportive design include longer hospital stays, more emergency department visits, and more frequent hospital admissions, according to speakers at the HCD Expo in Cleveland, who discussed how designing waiting areas to healthcare