The global pandemic has served as a worldwide wake-up call to the ways in which we’re all vulnerable — and connected. At the beginning of the crisis, we heard constant reminders to wash our hands. Now that it’s clear COVID-19 is here to stay in one form or another, attention has turned to building in solutions for cleaner hands and designing spaces to be healthier. Clearly, nowhere is that more important than in physicians’ offices, clinics, hospitals and long-term care healthcare

Gundersen Health System (La Cross, Wis.) is planning a new replacement hospital in Whitehall, Wis. The two-story, 69,000-square-foot Gundersen Tri-County Hospital, which will replace a 1960s-era facility in Whitehall, will include private patient rooms, a trauma center, and helipad landing zone near emergency services. It will offer emergency, imaging, lab, pharmacy, surgical, dietary, rehabilitation, and transitional care services. A new ambulance and maintenance building are also planned. A renovation of a current clinic, which is connected to the existing hospital, healthcare

Norton Healthcare (Louisville, Ky.) is planning to build a $70 million hospital as part of Goodwill industries of Kentucky’s 20-acre campus in Louisville, according to an article in wdrb.com. Situated on 6.5 aces, the 40,000-60,000-square-foot hospital will include 20 inpatient beds, an emergency room, and adult and pediatric primary care offices. It will offer women’s health, cardiology, neurology, and endocrinology services. The site also will house Goodwill’s headquarters and local social service agencies. The $100 million project is scheduled to healthcare