It's almost that time. Maybe you're in an office that seems like a ghost town as people hurry to take advantage of their earned vacation time or maybe there's a flurry of activity around you as this becomes your busiest time of year, whatever the case, are you in the mood for innovation? Well ok, not right now but maybe in 2012?
As previously noted, I will focus on clinic design over the next several blogs to identify successful design strategies.
Let’s start with location factors.
Whether the interview is 30 minutes, three hours, or any amount of time in between, it’s all about creating a positive impression in the mind of the hiring manager. We won’t go through all aspects of the interview, the various do and don’ts, but we will address what is often the most neglected component of the interview— asking questions.
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Planning public areas in healthcare requires an in-depth look at how space has an impact on a patient's or a visitor's emotional state. The healthcare experience is one that exists with, among other things, a delicate balance of the practical and the human spirit. Connecting an entryway, a waiting area, or other specialized areas within the facility presents an opportunity to relate the ethos of that hospital.
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It was almost too obvious. Sitting at a conference with thousands of fellow designers, planners, and innovators in the healthcare design field, I was taken back by keynote speaker Dev Patnaik as he spoke on a topic that struggles to realistically exist in today’s culture: empathy.
At the recently completed HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 Conference in Nashville, I attended a session presented by Healthcare Design Psychology Consultant Barbara Lyons Stewart, AIA, EDAC, MArch, titled "Flooring Patterns in Healthcare Facilities–Friend or Foe?" Armed with tons of examples both photographic and anecdotal, Lyons Stewart had developed a series of 18 instinct-based design principals to use in the development and selection of flooring patterns based not only on reinforcement of themes through colo
Every October for the past three years, my husband, my son (age 6), and I take a trip about 2 miles down the road from our house to our local corn maze and pumpkin patch.
The first year, when my son was 3, we only made it as far as the tricycle circle and about 20 steps into the pumpkin patch before it was time for hot cider and a special treat waiting for us at the treat shack. I watched from the treat shack as the older kids entered the mysterious corn maze and couldn’t imagine the day that we would be “ready for that."
To help healthcare design industry members better understand the purpose of, differences between, and requirements for each of the numerous professional credentials available to them, this article dives into definitions and organizes information about the various programs.
