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.
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Concord Medical Acquires Fortis Surgical Hospital In Singapore
Concord Medical Services (International) Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited (Beijing), is acquiring the Fortis Surgical Hospital (Singapore) from Fortis Healthcare International Pte Ltd.
Take 5 With Anthony J. Haas
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.
Anthony J. Haas is president of the American College of Healthcare Architects and a senior principal at WHR Architects (Houston). Here, he shares his thoughts on nurturing the next generation of healthcare architects, international partnerships, and project time management.
1. Young talent
In His Own Words: The HCD 10’s Sean Gouvin
Sean Gouvin, the director of facilities planning and engineering operations at the not-for-profit healthcare system, Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.), says his 10-year-old self would never have imagined a career in facilities management.
“No way,” he said during a recent interview with Healthcare Design. “I would have guessed that I’d be into athletics or coaching.”
Beginning in high school, Gouvin began working in construction and eventually project management in a variety of sectors before landing in healthcare.
Getting Up Close And Personal With The HCD 10
Early on, before they knew what an architect, designer, researcher, or facility manger really did, this year’s HCD 10 honorees imagined themselves taking different career paths.
A few wanted to be teachers or doctors, another an athlete. At the age of 10, one aspired to be a TV weatherman.
In Her Own Words: The HCD 10’s Christine Hester Devens
This is the first installment of our HCD 10 podcast series, featuring an interview with AECOM’s Christine Hester Devens, this year’s Interior Designer winner. Check back each week for more installments.
Take 5 With Jennifer Aliber
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.
Jennifer Aliber is a principal at Shepley Bulfinch (Boston and Phoenix). Here, she shares her thoughts on healthcare-acquired infections, the rise of 3-D printers in medicine, and the convenience of clinic care.
1. Healthcare in the media
Artwork Lifts Spirits At OU Children’s Hospital
The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center (Oklahoma City, Okla.) welcomes young patients and their families to its campus with a scene comprising 12 kites and three bronze sculptures of children at play.
The 140-foot-long piece, titled “Spirit,” is the work of Omaha, Neb.-based sculptor Matthew Placzek and took 14 months to complete.
Keeping Up With Change In Healthcare
From the opening session at the Healthcare Design Academy on “Five Takeaways to Share with the C-Suite,” to the closing session on “The ‘Real’ Retailing of Healthcare,” the message was clear: healthcare providers and the teams that design their spaces need to keep changing and adapting in order to survive.
Take 5 With Paul Braun
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.
Royal London Children’s Elevates The Mood With Art
After the opening of The Royal London Children’s Hospital in 2012, Vital Arts, the arts organization for Barts Health NHS Trust, spent two years working to turn the hospital’s blank walls into a showcase of fun, creativity, and positive distractions for its patients. Five wards in the 130-bed hospital, which is run by the trust, now feature works from a range of commissioned artists and designers.
Finding Room For Our Social Support Systems In The Care Process
I recently spoke with Susan B. Frampton, president of Planetree Inc. (Derby, Conn.), on the evolution of patient-centered care, how the concept is taking off around the globe, and how the 30-plus-year-old organization has adapted and evolved its mission to continue promoting better healing environments. (You can find the full Q&A here.)
