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As the definition of health moves beyond the simple absence of illness, healthcare spaces must adapt to foster strong partnerships for health and wellbeing. From regional, community, and critical access hospitals to specialty pediatric, ambulatory care, and freestanding emergency/urgent care facilities, our healthcare environments are patient-centric and staff-friendly, welcoming and comfortable, and empowering and intuitive.
BWBR designs healthcare facilities that support the physical, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of patients, families, and staff, resulting in increased patient satisfaction, expanded services, more efficient workflow, and easier recruitment.
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MASTER PLANNING
BWBR has completed over 100 master plans in the last 10 years and about 90% of our work begins with a master plan. We embrace master planning as a critical component to the success of an organization, especially in healthcare. BWBR helps clients create master plans in order to evaluate existing facilities, help project space needs, and develop options.
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REMODELS & RENOVATIONS
As a relationship-based organization, many of BWBR’s client partnerships go back decades. Due to these relationships, a significant portion of our healthcare work is comprised of renovation projects, often in challenging existing conditions. These span the gamut of every space found within a hospital or clinic from offices and administrative areas to highly technical pharmacies and surgical suites.
CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS
Our experience working with Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and rural health clinics is second to none. We have worked with more than 70 CAH nationwide, on a full range of services from campus and facility planning to remodeling, expansion, and replacement campus projects.
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MENTAL/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
BWBR is nationally recognized as a thought leader for research-informed behavioral health design and speaks regularly at major conventions. We have designed across the care continuum with a successful track record of helping private and public entities design facilities for inpatient and outpatient mental health, including new construction and renovation.
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Inpatient Unit Renovation
Antelope Memorial Hospital
Antelope Memorial Hospital is an 18-bed Critical Access Hospital serving rural, northeast Nebraska. BWBR partnered to remodel the hospital’s inpatient...
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CedarCrest Surgery Center
Western Wisconsin Independent Medical Campus
BWBR collaborated with Surgery Management Professionals to create a new Ambulatory Surgery Center and attached clinic in northwestern Wisconsin. CedarCrest...
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Katie Hageboeck Children’s Cancer Research Fund Clinic Renovation
M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center
The Katie Hageboeck Children’s Cancer Research Fund Clinic and Team One Four Center, which offers world-class childhood cancer and blood...
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Center for Safe and Healthy Children and Adolescents
Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic Center for Safe and Healthy Children and Adolescents offers a comforting environment for families and children, typically...
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Emergency Department and Chemo/Infusion Remodel
HealthPartners Amery Hospital & Clinic
As part of continued master plan updates, BWBR partnered with Amery Hospital & Clinic to renovate the emergency, chemotherapy, and...
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Orthopedic Institute Expansion and Renovation
Ridgeview Medical Center
To support the growing needs of the community, BWBR partnered with Ridgeview Medical Center and Twin Cities Orthopedics to expand...
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