Inside Duke Medicine
End in sight: Work on Cancer Center winding down
January 17th, 2012The vision is very close to becoming reality. On Jan. 23, the construction contractor literally handed over the keys to the 267,000-square-foot Duke Cancer Center facility.
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Healing Path proclaims commitment to patients, each other
January 16th, 2012A few years ago, as they considered all the details that go into making a world-class cancer center, the team leading the design of the Duke Cancer Center facility had…
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Carefully designed floor plans, signage to ease navigation in the Cancer Center
January 16th, 2012Thanks to thoughtful planning, the Cancer Center features a simple floor plan, visual cues and descriptive signage that will guide patients, visitors and employees throughout the new state-of-the-art facility.
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Reinventing Duke Clinic to maximize space by strategically co-locating related services
January 16th, 2012Next month’s opening of the new Cancer Center facility creates opportunities to reinvent Duke Clinic in order to maximize clinical space utilization by strategically co-locating related services and providing additional…
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Break room with a view inspiring for infusion nurses
January 16th, 2012Ask the nurses of the Oncology Treatment Clinic in the Morris Building to rate their current staff break room and you get an average score of “OK.”
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Sequencing plan tests systems, work flow, patient care
January 16th, 2012Though the first patients will enter the new Cancer Center facility on Feb. 27, the full opening will be sequenced over a period of three weeks to ensure that key…
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Haynes wins Fleming Award from Infectious Diseases Society
January 16th, 2012Barton Haynes, M.D., director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI), has won the 2011 Alexander Fleming Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
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5 Duke Med Center scientists selected as AAAS fellows
January 16th, 2012Five scientists from Duke University Medical Center have been chosen as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished…
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Dzau launches unique, unified planning process for continued success
January 16th, 2012With Duke Medicine – like all academic health centers – facing increasing economic and environmental challenges in the next few years related to health care reform, NIH budgets and other…
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Duke Medicine Pavilion to set new course for all of Duke University Hospital
December 13th, 2011Duke Medicine is positioning itself to seize a rare, strategically significant opportunity to reshape Duke University Hospital as a whole in conjunction with the opening of the Duke Medicine Pavilion…