{"id":256187,"date":"2024-10-24T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T23:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grahambuilds.com\/?post_type=articles&p=256187"},"modified":"2024-11-10T20:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T02:37:55","slug":"constructing-for-care-the-crucial-elements-of-delivering-modern-healthcare-facilities","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/grahambuilds.com\/articles\/constructing-for-care-the-crucial-elements-of-delivering-modern-healthcare-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructing for Care: Delivering Modern Healthcare Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delivering healthcare facilities is a complex and critical endeavor, one that requires an intimate understanding of their unique nature and their specific purpose. Yet to be successful, as Dave Corcoran, Vice President, Healthcare at Graham, emphasizes, “It\u2019s also important for us as healthcare facility builders to understand the critical nature of these facilities, particularly when we design the facility. Our people understand our guiding principle and the primary goal of a health facility which drives our actions\u2014\u2018Patients come first when making decisions’.<\/p>\n

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE MATTER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graham has delivered over 350 hospital and medical facility projects across Western Canada and Northwestern United States.<\/p>\n

Experience in building these facilities is crucial, involving detailed knowledge of clinical operations, medical equipment, infection prevention and control, patient privacy, staff safety, and regulatory compliance. Our teams at Graham stay continuously updated with all regulatory requirements through training.<\/p>\n

With experience comes the understanding that integration of medical technology poses its own set of challenges. Hospitals require specialized equipment and infrastructure to support medical operations. As Vern Swicheniuk, Construction Manager, Buildings, explains, \u201cwith medical technology constantly evolving, projects need to accommodate the integration of the latest equipment\u2014sometimes as much as five or six years into construction.\u201d Typical hospitals have several thousand pieces of equipment and furniture that must be properly accounted for. Graham has experience with a variety of specialized equipment, including diagnostic imaging equipment (MRI, CT, x-ray, fluoroscopy, and mammography), medical device reprocessing equipment, and operating and procedure room equipment. Most of our full-build hospitals are a combination of more than ten specialized program spaces.<\/p>\n

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