Bakersfield Facility Illustrates Complexity Of Building New Hospital From Ground Up
Hospital builds are among the most challenging projects in the construction industry. In other hospital news, a “medical hub” in Seven Oaks Business Park serves area's growing health care demands. And the Bay Area News Group examines the state's looming doctor shortage.
The Bakersfield Californian:
Hospital Construction Poses Unique Challenges
To say HPS Mechanical Inc. is a Kern County success story would be an understatement. Nearly six decades ago, the company was founded in Bakersfield by Harry DenHerder as Harry’s Plumbing Service. With one truck Harry used for service calls, the business became recognized for its top-notch work at a reasonable price. Today, the company, which is known as HPS Mechanical Inc., has offices in Bakersfield and San Diego and a workforce of engineers and technicians that oversee massive new construction and pipeline projects, engineering and plumbing design services in California and Nevada. (Buscher-Dang, 8/14)
The Bakersfield Californian:
Bolthouse Properties’ Seven Oaks ‘Medical Hub’ Continues To Grow
Bolthouse Properties’ “medical hub” in Seven Oaks Business Park is growing as the demand for local health care services increases and the city of Bakersfield’s development continues to move into the southwest quadrant. A recent addition to Seven Oaks Business Park is the newly completed Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County facility just to the north of The Village at Seven Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care complex on Buena Vista Road. ADAKC relocated Kern County’s only adult day care for those with Alzheimer’s to the Business Park, allowing the center to provide services to an additional 60 people. (Wiener, 8/14)
The Mercury News:
California Faces Shortage Of Primary Care Clinicians
California is heading for a serious shortfall of primary care doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners over the next few decades — a crisis that could force patients to seek medical help for routine illnesses at hospital emergency rooms instead, a new study released Tuesday warns. That alternative is among the most troubling scenarios if a predicted shortage of 4,700 primary care clinicians occurs in California by 2025, according to authors of the UC San Francisco Healthforce Center report. (Seipel, 8/15)