New Urbanism—a development model that integrates housing, retail, and amenity services—is not a new concept. But the integration of senior living communities within these new town centers is still rare.That may not be the case for long. In their Environments for Aging...
One could scarcely spend any time at the Environments For Aging 11 conference without encountering the concept of "culture change," surely one of the most active topics on display throughout the program. In an early morning roundtable session earlier today, Meldrena...
Environments For Aging 2011 conference is presented by Vendome Group, HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Long-Term Living magazines, The Center for Health Design, and in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects--Design for Aging, the Society for the Advancement of...
Photo Credit: © HDR + CorganAuthors Hank Adams, AIA, and Chuck Armstrong, AIA, from the new Parkland Hospital design team of HDR + Corgan, share the process their team went through to create the facility's master plan in HEALTHCARE DESIGN 's four-part online exclusive series. The design team simultaneously executed both the master planning and hospital schematic design processes to achieve a completely integrated design solution.
Can good design impact medical outcomes and reduce costs? We asked ourselves that recently when remodeling a pediatric radiology department for a healthcare provider in Washington, D.C.
Evidence has taught us the importance of the arts in healthcare and the healing process, but what can be said about the proper selection of artwork? We know that artwork can have a positive impact on the patient experience and distractions, but can it have a negative...
If you've been to any large healthcare design conference, no doubt you've encoutered the phenomeon of the mid-afternoon Monday session on codes and standards: a dizzying array of numbers and rules and more numbers and more rules that your brain, post-lunch and hours...
At a morning session at the ASHE PDC conference in Tampa, Florida, Jeffery L. Campbell, PhD, and students Brian Sorenson, and Kimberly Mendez--all of Brigham Young University--presented a session titledResearch on the Future of Health Care Construction: An FM...
It’s Friday, March 11, and the new iPad 2 is here. With every new iToy or gizmo introduced to the market, I find myself, like many of us, wondering about its potential impact on healthcare. Even The Advisory Board reported on Wednesday about the transformative power of tablet computers. They mentioned studies that have shown widespread adoption of these gadgets by clinicians and facility managers.
Can design infuse hope in patients? More importantly, is infusing hope important? Shouldn’t treatment itself be sufficient? While treatment constitutes the central focus, treatment efficacy and recovery is very much associated with the notion of hope. Here is my...
A roundup of the most talked about articles and topics for the month on our LinkedIn group takes us over to TheHEALTHCARE DESIGN Connection. The " Small Hospital, Big Idea" competition from Kaiser Permanente has garnered some interest among our members. The...
ASHE's International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction -- otherwise known around the industry as ASHE PDC -- takes place this year March 13-16 in Tampa, Florida. Outside of providing a much-needed break from the Ohio winter...
