At the start of the New Year, I took upon myself the task of skinny-ing up the to-do lists in my life. Not so much the more mundane list, but the more weighted of the two: the list of professional-development endeavors. One item, which sat on the development list for...
CORONADO, CALIFORNIA—Beneath sunny California skies, attendees at Environments for Aging .10 began the conference yesterday with preconference tours to choose from; sessions on private partnership, alternative housing, bathroom accessibility standards, and access to...
Last week's HEALTHCARE DESIGN poll question asked: As the construction industry continues to lose jobs, my design firm is: 55.00% - Maintaining our current staff 20.00% - Hiring new staff members 25.00% - Losing staff
I give Alanna Carter of Horty Elving a lot of credit. She is an architect who really wanted to experience what it was like living in a nursing home. So, she checked herself into one for 24 hours. Carter's experiences were chronicled in a presentation today at the...
After this weekend’s historic healthcare reform, opinions have been understandably mixed and numerous. Below are some voices in the healthcare industry giving their view of the bill and the future of healthcare: Dr. Mandy Krauthamer Cohen, Executive Director of...
Dr. Anjali Joseph, director of research at the Center for Health Design, defines aging well as having three components: A low risk of disease and disease-related disability High mental and physical engagement An active engagement with life Dr. Joseph's talk was part...
After discovering that his son Luca had a rare form of Leukemia, Greg Vassallo, Senior Associate in the User Experience Design group at Moment—an independent interaction design firm in New York—spent a significant part of his life in and out of hospitals, eventually...
When interior designers are faced with the challenge of selecting appropriate fabric for healthcare furniture we know that high performance fabric is a must. Yet as designers we look to specify not only the fabric that performs the best in a healthcare setting but...
Last week's HEALTHCARE DESIGN poll asked, As a healthcare facility, are you addressing your infrastructure in one of the following manners: 66.67% - Your facility is updating or upsizing your infrastructure systems to prepare for future expansions 33.33% - Your...
The Center for Health Design has transitioned from a board-run to a staff-run organization. Debra Levin, our CEO and President, and her astute management team in the last few years have built a competent and diverse team of employees. This transition has led to much...
Maybe buffalo didn't roam there, but horses and cattle did for a hundred years. And through that time ranchers and their families gathered around a sprouting oak tree to tell stories and enjoy respite from the Texas heat. In August 2008 something new was added: a...
Healthcare facilities today face significant challenges when it comes to implementing environmentally sustainable building design. Because hospitals are 24/7 operations, it's often difficult to operate an energy-efficient hospital, while adhering to strict code requirements. Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach, one of four hospitals that make up the Southern California MemorialCare Health System, is one example of a hospital that has found innovative ways to become “greener” in the design and construction of their new inpatient pavilion.
