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.
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
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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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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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Comprehensive wayfinding plan eases patient, visitor access to medical campus
December 13th, 2011Construction of the Cancer Center facility and Duke Medicine Pavilion (DMP) presents a timely opportunity to deploy a comprehensive, unified wayfinding system that uses improved signage, enhanced traffic lanes and…
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Tour the Cancer Center facility as construction progresses
October 12th, 2011Inside the Cancer Center, construction is quickly progressing and on schedule for a February 27 opening for patients.
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Cancer Center facility enters the home stretch
July 21st, 2011Victor J. Dzau, M.D. Chancellor for Health Affairs and CEO of DUHS It’s sometimes hard to believe that after several years of planning and anticipation, we are now entering the…