Dartmouth, NH – Construction is underway for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua’s (D-H Nashua) new 152,000sf multi-specialty medical office building/ambulatory care building. The facility is designed by healthcare architects MorrisSwitzer Environments for Health.
The state-of-the-art facility will accommodate space to relocate the existing clinical and support programs currently operating in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua facilities at the East Center, the West Center and The Squires Center as well as expanded clinical programs, such as an Oncology program and space for visiting specialists.
The $35-million DHMC building is revolutionary in its design around the advanced medical home model which features flexible physician practice areas void of traditional office space.
D-H Nashua medical director Sanders Burstein praised the functionality of the plan. “Physicians and nurses will be working more closely together seeing patients,” he said. “They will be working side-by-side so communication and efficiency will be a lot better. MorrisSwitzer does healthcare design, so they are putting form and function into it so that it’s easy to find your way around. Patients can expect a much more calm and welcoming reception area.”
The project team created a design which reflects Dartmouth Hitchcock’s mission of advancing health through research, education, clinical practice and community partnerships, providing each person the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time. MorrisSwitzer also worked to incorporate Green Design Goals, documenting approaches to achieve environmental sustainability and including as much natural light as possible.
MorrisSwitzer Environments for Health has offices in Boston, Burlington, Vt and Portland, Maine.