In 2010, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England, was feeling some growing pains. Over the years, several additions had been made to the 100-year-old campus’s two- and three-story buildings, creating inefficient and labyrinth-like circulation routes. This development was largely fueled by an evolution in demand for specialty services in the pediatric market, with Alder Hey seeing the most activity in the areas of cardiac and neuroscience care.
In 2011, California State University Northridge (CSUN) in Northridge, Calif., conducted a survey to evaluate the health of its students and found the two top health concerns affecting academic performance were stress and lack of sleep.
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.
Jeff Nicholas is director of healthcare at Tocci Building Companies (Woburn, Mass.) and has 30 years of experience in medical construction and management. Here, he shares his thoughts on how the integration and convergence of technology, project delivery teams, and tracking tools are impacting facility design.
It’s one of the most reflective times—As another year wraps up, we look back to see how far we’ve come before turning our attention to what lies ahead.
To gather some industry perspectives, I reached out to Healthcare Design's Editorial Advisory Board members and asked for their thoughts on where the industry made strides in 2015 and what they hope to see on the horizon in 2016.
This intelligent bunch always has a lot to say and they didn't disappoint with the opportunity to make their own "best of" list for the year.
Name: Gail Vittori
Award: 20 Making A Difference, 2007
Then and now: Co-director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (Austin, Texas)
Name: Nicholas Watkins
Award: The HCD 10: Researcher, 2013
Then and now: Director of research, BBH Design (Raleigh, N.C.)
Name: Blair L. Sadler
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2009
Then and now: Senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (La Jolla, Calif.)
Name: Bruce Raber
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2009 and 2010
Then: Senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (La Jolla, Calif.)
Now: Architect, vice president, practice leader for health and wellness, Stantec (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Name: Derek Parker
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare, 2009 and 2010
Then: Director emeritus, Anshen+Allen (San Francisco and London; now part of Stantec Architecture)
Now: Founder and chairman, PCI (Tiburon, Calif.)
Name: Kimberly N. Montague
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2010
Then: Director of design consultation services, Planetree (Derby, Conn.)
Now: Knowledge and insight lead, healthcare, Herman Miller Healthcare (Zeeland, Mich.)
Name: Natalie Miovski Hagerty
Award: The HCD10: Rising Star, 2013
Then: Principal, national director, healthcare practice, EwingCole (Philadelphia)
Now: Director, facilities planning, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP; Philadelphia)
What she’s been up to: Completed design projects for Penn Medicine, Geisinger Health System, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children at EwingCole and became director of facilities planning at CHOP in 2015.
Name: Robin Guenther
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2009 and 2010
Then and now: Principal and global sustainable healthcare leader, Perkins+Will (New York)
