Small but Mighty: Challenges, Triumphs, and Community at Cascade Medical Center

08/22/23 • 49 min

Critical Access Hospitals, tasked with providing vital hospital services to their rural populations, face unique challenges while serving their sprawling communities within the confines of budget, space, and oftentimes aging facilities. Strategic healthcare design can be a secret weapon in enhancing patient outcomes and staff wellbeing within these limitations.
Hosted by:
Matt Gerstner - BWBR Podcast Host and Producer
Guests:
Brad Krump, AIA - BWBR Principal, Director
Tom Reinhardt - Cascade Medical Center CEO
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Side of Design - Small but Mighty: Challenges, Triumphs, and Community at Cascade Medical Center

Transcript

Matthew Gerstner

This is Side of Design from BWBR, a podcast discussing all aspects of design with knowledge leaders from every part of the industry.

Matthew Gerstner

Hello and welcome to Side of Design from BWBR. I'm your host Matt Gerstner. On this episode, we'll be digging deeper into some of the unique challenges and opportunities specifically faced by small critical access hospitals, who are tasked with providing vital hospital servic