Many of us may not realize this until we think about it, but furniture, like heating and lighting, is essential to the delivery of quality healthcare services. And, like utilities, it’s a major portion of the healthcare facility budget.
Furniture will be bought and replaced multiple times during the 30+year lifetime of most healthcare facilities.
As building information modeling continues to gain traction as a project design tool—particularly in the healthcare sector where even greater efficiencies can be captured due to the complex nature of hospitals—one Midwest institution is now applying BIM in a most innovative way.
Green Building Law Update Blogger Chris Cheatham created a bit of a stir recently when he proclaimed that the U.S. Army had abandoned using the U.S.
Building information modeling (BIM) has changed the way architects and contractors deliver a building from beginning to end. As technology has advanced, the possibilities in terms of complexity and sophistication using computer-aided, three-dimensional design have become endless.
In honor of National Landscape Architecture Month, I thought it would be a fitting tribute to highlight five of my favorite landscape design stories from the HEALTHCARE DESIGN archives. The notion of the "healing environment" really starts outside of the facility, and these stories perfectly illustrate all of the aspects of that notion in my mind. Simply click on the titles below to be taken to the stories.
Those of you that have been with HEALTHCARE DESIGN from its humble beginnings as a once-yearly publication back in 2001 might remember that the concept actually sprung from a sister publication: DESIGN, an annual publication of Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management magazine (now published as Long-Term Living.) While the name has changed–the publication and its
As many of you may know, The Center for Health Design launched the Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) exam in April 2009. We’re happy to report that more than 1,090 architects, interior designers, physicians, nurses, healthcare executives, product manufactures, and other individuals throughout the U.S., Canada, and seven other countries are EDAC certified.
In case you didn’t know, the winners of the “Small Hospital, Big Idea” design competition created by Kaiser Permanente, were recently announced on March 23, 2012. Congratulations to the winners and a job well done to all who participated!
The telephone, email, and the Internet keep me well-informed and connected, but there is nothing to equal the benefits of face to face meetings. As I consider my plans to cover upcoming events over the next few weeks, I am anticipating exposure to new ideas in the world of healthcare design.
Earlier today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that the 12,000th commercial project has earned LEED certification.
The basic design and programming of waiting rooms are evolving. Increasingly, healthcare organizations are realizing that minimizing wait time and providing comforting features are integral to successful healthcare delivery.
Waiting rooms serve many functions. They are not necessarily exclusive to the front of the building anymore, especially with larger healthcare facilities.
Let’s look at a few basic waiting rooms:
Answering the need in a tri-county region, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has begun the first phase of construction of a new medical office building (MOB) and outpatient center in Davie County. Designed by HKS Inc., the 60,000-square-foot MOB is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer in 2013 and the 101,000-square-foot, three-level outpatient building is expected to be completed a few months later in the same year.
