by Rebecca Walker — July 12, 2010—Gene Burton & Associates (GBA), the largest independent medical technology consulting firm in the country, has been selected to provide medical equipment planning services for the new Parkland Hospital, a $1.27 billion replacement hospital campus in Dallas.
The new hospital will replace the existing Parkland Memorial Hospital, a 54-year-old acute-care facility that handles more than one million visits a year. The new campus is said to be among the largest health system construction projects in the country. It will include an 862-bed acute-care hospital, a 380,000-square-foot outpatient center, a 275,000-square-foot office center, parking, plant, and other support facilities. Design is underway and construction is scheduled to begin later this year; project completion is slated for 2014.
GBA will provide comprehensive equipment planning and procurement services through completion of the project. The firm’s consultants are currently working with the hospital’s design and construction team to provide medical equipment installation specifications and develop cost estimates.
Gene Burton & Associates, founded in 1988, has provided medical equipment planning, medical communications/IT planning and project management services for more than 1,000 projects across the country. For more information, see the Web site.
