Atlantic Health System wanted to create a holistic health and well-being center for its Morristown, N.J., community where people can learn about the root cause of illness and prevention utilizing techniques from around the world.
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An App A Day Can Keep The Doctor Away
Technology is helping fundamentally change healthcare delivery in the built environment, from the way patients check in for an appointment and how medical information is taken and recorded to how appointments and treatment are delivered. It’s also influencing the conversation between doctors and patients.
Moving Beyond Traditional Staff Workplaces In Healthcare
Many providers have started to transform staff workspaces, moving away from traditional models of assigned offices and segregated departments, and designers are considering a variety of approaches to accommodate the shift. The new University of Minnesota Ambulatory Care Center, a $160 million project, offers one interesting take on the concept.
Finding Friendship Through Architecture
If it weren’t for breaking out of his normal routine, Randy Geise might never have met Brendan Watson.
Geise is a senior healthcare facility planner at the Cleveland Clinic, where 13-year-old Brendan has been a patient at its Children’s facility for nearly half his life.
Lighting Up the ED With Nature
The trend to bring natural light and views to nature into healthcare spaces has been making the rounds.
Transition Plan: From HIV Service Provider To Community Health Center
Founded in 1978, Whitman-Walker Health’s roots are in serving individuals who face barriers to accessing care, starting as the Gay Men's VD Clinic and evolving to become Washington, D.C.’s primary HIV clinic.
Take 5 With John Michael Currie
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.
John Michael Currie is a 40-year veteran of the healthcare design industry and serves as vice president of healthcare at Baskervill (Richmond, Va.). Here, he shares his thoughts on infection prevention, project budget constraints, and the importance of beauty in healthcare spaces.
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Podcast: 3 Design Ideas That Are Transforming Emergency Departments
The emergency department—whether on a hospital main campus, in a freestanding location, or specifically designed for a particular segment of the population—and its role in healthcare is evolving.
In this Healthcare Design podcast below, Jeff Brand, design principal at Perkins Eastman, Jon Summers, principal, BRG3S Architects, and Craig Pickerel, project manager and architect at SSOE Group, discuss the trends they’re seeing and some of the design strategies they’re putting into place inside these important, lifesaving spaces.
Design Strategies For Today’s Emergency Departments
Many factors are at play today in shaping the future of the emergency department (ED), a space that’s likely to face rising demand.
A Look Back At Design Ideas Of 2014
Healthcare Design regularly checks the pulse of the industry by inviting healthcare design professionals to share what’s on their minds and why, via our Take 5 column.
This year, we heard from healthcare planners, CEOs, designers, architects, and more on a range of topics, from branding and population health to technology and building resiliency. (If you want to start off the new year sharing your own Take 5, contact me at [email protected].)
PHOTO TOUR: UAB Student Health and Wellness Center, Birmingham, Ala.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) saw a need to modernize its student health facilities to meet the evolving needs of its growing student population. The university had experienced six straight years of record overall enrollment and a 30 percent increase in the demand for health and counseling services since 2012.
Eskenazi Hospital: One Year Later
Nearing the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, members of the design team took part in a roundtable discussion at this year’s Healthcare Design Conference in San Diego to share how new design features and operations were performing against expectations.
