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Overlake Medical Center, a 350-bed, non-profit regional hospital in Bellevue, Washington, has installed an Exterity IPTV system to improve the patient experience and manage the hospital's in-house video requirements, according to a company press release. The system is part of…
With the new East Tower built, Project FutureCare is about 75% finished. By JON FRIEDRICHSEN Friedrichsen In January 2016, the GLY team presented its proposal to Overlake Medical Center for the construction of Project FutureCare, Overlake’s $250 million, five-year, phased campus renewal project. Knowing the project was about more than bricks and mortar to its client of nearly 30 years, GLY’s proposal centered on a list of six questions. If the questions could consistently and continuously be answered “yes,” that meant important promises to the community were being kept, and Overlake...
Flexibility and collaboration: How teamwork paved the way for an innovative health care project When COVID-19 reared its head, a whole new dimension to flexibility came into play for the project. By BRYAN EPPLER Eppler Flexibility has been a key focus in facility design and construction thinking for many years. From planning spaces that are easily adaptable to changing technological and user needs, designing infrastructure that makes rapid changes possible, and inventing construction methods that support these needs both economically and time-wise, AEC firms have partnered to support a quickl...
Patient rooms are organized into “neighborhoods” with care team spaces at the center for efficiency. By JEREMIAH POWERS and JANET DUGAN NBBJ Dugan Hospitals support life at its most fragile moments and bear witness to some of the most consequential events in the lives of the community. Yet they are also the underlying foundation of many significant medical and environmental community health measures. This triple-charge of responsibility the compassionate, the fiscal and the environmental informed the vision for Project FutureCare at Overlake Medical Center. By elevating patient care...