Hall Health Renovation Blog

Front Lobby: Before and After

DC Dugdale — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:15:16 +0000

We recently received some conceptual renderings of the front lobby of Hall Health from Miller Hayashi Architects LLC, the architectural firm contracted for the renovation project. Some “before” photos and “after” conceptual renderings are posted below with an outline of some of the proposed benefits. The entire document, Hall Health Final Lobby Renderings (05/20/09), from which these photos were extracted is available in the Drawings section of this website, along with the current and archived versions of the proposed floor plans for the health center.

Front Lobby (current)

Front Lobby (Proposed Concept)

Pathway for Incoming Patients (Current)

Pathway for Incoming Patients (Proposed Concept)

Some of the core benefits of these proposed changes include:

Improves patient privacy during check-in process
Creates improved work flow and improved waiting areas
Markedly improves main reception area and consolidates waiting areas for multiple health clinics into one central location reducing patient traffic throughout the health center
Increases capacity for current and anticipated increased demand by patients

Please post any comments and feedback in the comments at the bottom of this post.

Sincerely,
DC Dugdale
Director, Hall Health Primary Care Center

UW Student Services Project Town Hall

DC Dugdale — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:30:12 +0000

On April 1, I attended a Town Hall on campus where the directors of the HUB and the Ethnic Cultural Center, and I all gave brief presentations about our renovation projects. The PowerPoint that accompanied my presentation is below. We invite you to use the comments section to ask questions or provide feedback.

Sincerely,
DC Dugdale
Director, Hall Health Primary Care Center

Welcome to the Hall Health Renovation Blog

DC Dugdale — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:00:19 +0000

At the student health center, we are very excited about this opportunity to improve our services for students by making needed building renovations in order to improve or accommodate the:

increasing demand for student health services at UW,
building’s lack of waiting room areas for patients and lack of space in general,
increasing size of the “on-campus” residential student population (1,200 expected in 4 years (23% increase) and 2,400 expected over 15 years),
increasing medical and mental health care needs of students (a nationwide phenomenon), and
diminishing primary care services in the surrounding community.

We will use this blog to communicate with the campus community about our renovation project. Please use the navigation menu near the top of the page to learn more about the details of this project. We invite you to use the comments section to ask questions or provide feedback. You can also subscribe to receive updates via e-mail or your favorite news reader.

Sincerely,
DC Dugdale
Director, Hall Health Primary Care Center