The second day of the 2021 HCD Expo in Cleveland kicked off with The Center for Health Design’s presentation of its 2021 Changemaker Award to Dr. George Tingwald, administrative director, medical planning at Stanford Health Care (Stanford, Calif.). The annual award honors individuals or organizations that have demonstrated the ability to change the way healthcare facilities are designed and built and whose work has had broad impact on the advancement of healthcare design. As a licensed physician and architect, Tingwald healthcare

Nonprofit hospital Enloe Medical Center (Chico, Calif.) has completed a renovation project at Enloe Regional Cancer Center in Chico. The 2,400-square-foot project included adding a linear accelerator, equipment room, control room, physics treatment, and planning office. The project team includes Trapani Architects (architect and interior architect; Burlington, Mass.), Nelco Worldwide (design-build; Burlington, Mass.), CMTA Inc. (MEP; Louisville, Ky.), and KPFF Engineers (structural engineer; Los Angeles). healthcare

Step into any hospital and you’re likely to notice the constant bustle of people with places to go and people to see. Some easily find their way because they’ve previously visited the facility,  while others are stepping through the front door for the first time (or maybe even for their second or third visit) and may be lost, confused, or frantically seeking some direction or guidance to get to their appointment or destination. Creating a wayfinding strategy alongside the architectural healthcare

Set in the middle of a prairie in Grand Island, Neb., the new Grand Island Regional Medical Center is distinguished by a barn-red patient tower that rises above the landscape and appears as a glowing lantern at night. The 173,000-square-foot facility was initiated by a group of local doctors who sought to offer a community-focused healthcare experience. Starting around 2014, the group of approximately 10 physicians, as well as local partners, began developing the concept of a health and wellness healthcare

Many healthcare facilities have aging mental and behavioral health facilities that are in need of safety upgrades, according to Melanie Baumhover, principal, BWBR (St. Paul, Minn.), during the presentation, “Renovating Occupied Inpatient Mental/Behavioral Health Units for Safety, Experience,” at the 2021 HCD Expo, held Oct. 23-26 in Cleveland. “Mental/behavioral health has been a challenge in our country for decades, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, the needs are greater than ever before,” she said. As facilities look to renovate their existing healthcare