Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety

This article explores the pivotal shift from traditional hospital settings to Medical Office Buildings (MOBs), focusing on how these facilities enhance patient access. Discover the key drivers of this transformation, including technological advancements, demographic trends, and a growing emphasis on integrated, patient-centered care. Learn how MOBs are not only adapting to modern healthcare demands but are also leveraging modern access control and safety innovations.

Architects

Emerging considerations in inclusive design

Design elements that consider a diverse population of users make lives better. When it comes to wayfinding, some factors will remain consistent—including accessibility and legibility.

Healthcare Facilities

Mexico’s ‘premier private academic health center’ under design

The design and construction contract for what is envisioned to be “the premier private academic health center in Mexico and Latin America” was recently awarded to The Beck Group. The TecSalud Health Sciences Campus will be located at Tec De Monterrey’s flagship healthcare facility, Zambrano Hellion Hospital, in Monterrey, Mexico.

Healthcare Facilities

The just cause in behavioral health design: Make it right

NAC Architecture shares strategies for approaching behavioral health design collaboratively and thoughtfully, rather than simply applying a set of blanket rules.

Healthcare Facilities

From hospitals to research facilities, healthcare buildings are essential to the health of the world’s population, as well as medical innovation. Designing these structures requires a delicate balance of technical requirements with the needs of doctors and patients, but when done right, these designs can save lives.

Healthcare Facilities | Aug 1, 2019

Best of healthcare design for 2019

A VA rehab center in Palo Alto, Calif., and a tuberculosis hospital in Haiti are among five healthcare facilities to receive 2019 Healthcare Design Awards from AIA's Academy of Architecture for Health.

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 18, 2019

A 75-year-old hospital in Minnesota completes its latest makeover

A 25-month project includes three separate additions.

ErinoakKids treatment center, Erin Sauga, courtesy Stantec

Healthcare Facilities | Stantec | Jul 15, 2019

Can a kids’ healthcare space teach, entertain, and heal?

Standard building requirements don’t have to be boring. Here’s how you can inject whimsical touches into everyday design features.

Healthcare Facilities | Gensler | Jul 15, 2019

Hospitals are moving into their communities

Below are five strategies to improve access and patient experience.

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 9, 2019

Tampere psychiatric clinic features a modern, locally rooted ambiance for patients and staff

C.F. Møller Architects is designing the project.

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 2, 2019

Veterans' mental health needs are central to Seattle VA's design

Called the Seattle Veterans Affairs Mental Health and Research Building, the structure is meant to enhance patient care.

Healthcare Facilities | May 24, 2019

Beyond the corner store: Where retail health is headed

New players are redefining what retail health might look like by embracing technologies including mobile apps, telehealth, and artificial intelligence.