Inside Duke Medicine
Nature is a theme throughout the Cancer Center
February 8th, 2012As a part of the architectural planning for the Cancer Center facility, a continuing theme was to incorporate nature and other natural elements as much as possible.
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Cancer Center Quiet Room and programs create soothing patient experience
February 8th, 2012As displayed on a sign at its entrance, the Quiet Room will be used as “a healing space to nourish the mind, body and spirit.” The Quiet Room is an…
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Cancer Center Building Excitement - Part 2
February 7th, 2012Part 2 of the series features Marie Stone, Chief Technology in Radiology, Heidi Scarsella, clinical dietician for Nutrition Services and Outpatient Oncology and Larry Alston, oncology nurse.
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Cancer Center Building Excitement - Part 1
January 31st, 2012What's it like inside the new Cancer Center?
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Cancer Center Café is a nutritional, educational destination
January 30th, 2012In planning for the Café at the Cancer Center, members of the oncology team, including dieticians, nurses, and oncology specialists, collaborated with the food services department to create a health-conscious…
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Timelapse Video Shows Cancer Center Exterior Transformation
January 27th, 2012Since construction crews broke ground on the Cancer Center in 2009, the landscape of Duke’s medical campus has changed on almost a daily basis.
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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…