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Article: New Hospital's Therapeutic Design Supports Healing, Green Practices.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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Heading to the hospital? These days, the newest member of your medical team just might be the building itself -- and it's likely to play a bigger role in your healing than you might think (see also Cancer).
New trends in hospital design are helping health-care systems to better choreograph care and provide a soothing yet energy-efficient environment.
Consider the Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida, which opens Nov. 1. The new 500,000-square-foot, $388-million medical tower is an extension of the Shands at UF academic medical center on its new south campus. The tower will feature 192 private beds and will house the Shands Critical Care ...