Critical Access Hospitals – Efficiency, Flexibility, and Connection are Keys to Success
By Ryan Turner, DSGW Architects, Healthcare Design Every year, rural emergency and trauma facilities save thousands of American lives. Design for these Critical Access Hospitals is, for me—one of the most rewarding parts of working in DSGW’s Healthcare Architecture group. In the late 1990s, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created the Critical Access […]
A Bridge Back to Home – Designing Short-Term Inpatient Rehab with the Whole Patient in Mind
By Rebecca Lewis, DSGW Architects, Director of Healthcare Design DSGW designs short-term transitional care facilities where patients recover from life changing illnesses and injuries. The English word “transition” originates from the Latin—transitione—implying “a going across or over”. This definition makes a lot of sense for how we work. In DSGW’s healthcare design, we see “transitional […]
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Breaks Ground on New Health Clinic
by Carleen Wild, Moody County Enterprise Groundbreaking ceremonies were held this past week for a tribal health care project years in the making. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal officials along with health care staff, and about a dozen others gathered on the land right next to the Wicoicaga Otipi Community Center on Broad Avenue. A new […]
Lac Vieux Desert breaks ground on new clinic
Your Daily Globe by Tom Stankard WATERSMEET – The Lac Vieux Desert Tribe hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to celebrate its new $10 million state-of-the-art health center. Tribal chairman James Williams said the tribe has been in need of a new facility for some time now. After much trouble, Williams said the tribe found funding […]
Scottish Rite Clinic Breaks Ground
Duluth News Tribune by Grace Pastoor DULUTH – Patients, parents, employees and public officials gathered at the Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders on Wednesday to watch the clinic break ground on what will become its new building in downtown Duluth. The new building, set to open in 2016 adjacent to the present clinic […]
FirstLight Pine City Expansion is Underway
Construction for the 10,600 sf Urgency Care and Physical Therapy Expansion at the FirstLight Pine City Clinic is underway. Completion is schedule for June 2015!
DSGW Healthcare Leader to Speak at 2014 ASHE PDC Summit
Have you wondered how activities that happen at a nurse station for inpatient and outpatient settings drive the codes for design? New codes and standards are being developed, and DSGW’s Rebecca Lewis is one of the co-authors of the future guidelines. She will present at the PDC Summit, which will be held March 16-19 in Orlando, Fla., is […]
Red Cliff Community Health Clinic Breaks Ground
RED CLIFF, Wisconsin – Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa broke ground on the new 32,000 sf clinic. Within the new facility, the clinic and support staff will operate under a medical home care delivery model. Tribal members will have access to dental, pharmacy, imaging, lab, physical therapy, mental health, clinical, and community health services under one […]
St. Luke’s Opens New Facility
WDIO, by Paige Calhoun DULUTH, Minnesota – St. Luke’s hospital staff and other community members cut the ribbon Tuesday, officially opening the doors to their new facility located at 1012 East 2nd St., downtown Duluth. It’s called “Building A”. A standard name, but the facility is anything but. Its five stories house six clinics, with […]
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Celebrates Grand Opening of Dialysis Clinic
Minot Daily News, by Jim Schramm BELCOURT, North Dakota. – A state-of-the-art kidney dialysis center opened in Belcourt this past week a tribute to the perseverence of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the cooperation of medical providers. The tribe, Trinity Health and Indian Health Service participated in a grand opening celebration for the […]
