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.

Apr 26, 2019

Greenwich Hospital upgrades boilers to improve operational efficiency

Greenwich Hospital, in Greenwich, Conn., chooses new Miura boilers.

Healthcare Facilities | Apr 15, 2019

It’s official: China opens first green hospital, designed by HMC Architects

Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University is the official pilot green hospital for development of China’s green guide for hospital design.

Healthcare Facilities | Apr 12, 2019

New health pavilion completes on the Health Education Campus at Case Western Reserve University

Foster + Partners designed the facility.

Healthcare Facilities | CannonDesign | Apr 9, 2019

How healthcare organizations can leverage design and culture's symbiotic relationship

The relationship between workplace design and company culture isn’t all that different from a tango.

Healthcare Facilities | Apr 3, 2019

Patients will actively seek out lower-cost and virtual healthcare in the future

Mortenson’s latest study finds that Millennials’ inclinations toward technological solutions are changing how care is and will be delivered.

Healthcare Facilities | Apr 3, 2019

Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart addition includes 175,000 sf of new construction

HKS Architects designed the addition.

Healthcare Facilities | Mar 29, 2019

Former grocery store becomes a cancer care center in New Jersey

Francis Cauffman Architects (FCA) designed the adaptive reuse project.

Healthcare Facilities | SmithGroup | Mar 27, 2019

Working to reduce HAIs: How design can support infection control and prevention

For many health systems, seeking ways to mitigate HAIs and protect their patients is a high priority.

Healthcare Facilities | HMC Architects | Mar 6, 2019

What is the role of the architect in healthcare data security?

Safeguarding sensitive data is top of mind for healthcare administrators across the country, and, due to the malicious intents of hackers, their security efforts are never-ending.