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While there are many negatives associated with the recession, there can be ample opportunity as well. Opportunity obviously comes from stimulus spending and the myriad of projects that it generates, but it can also come in ways that perhaps have a greater long-term affect on our industry and how it is served in the future. This opportunity comes by way of training and education and the development of new techniques, means, methods, and technologies to further efficiency, safety, and project costs.

As part of the ongoing healthcare reform debate, we are hearing much discussion about the reimbursement model of pay-for-performance (P4P). Although the P4P model is in adoption across the nation presently, in a reformed system, it is envisioned it would have a much...

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Acute care projects need equipment planning more than most projects ever could. However, after hiring engineers, architects, interior designers, and others, there seems little left on the table. Equipment planning is also perceived by the client as something that the...

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HEALTHCARE DESIGN Online Editor Chris Gaerig interviewed various members of the healthcare design community at HCD.09 to get their perspective on issues affecting the industry. In this video, interviewees address the question, What is the outlook for 2010 and beyond...

It seems that everyone in the healthcare industry has a basic understanding of the aesthetic role that garden-filled atriums and well-placed live greenery in the healing environment provide, but have you ever really considered how these areas go about doing all the...

As seen on page 27 of this issue, HEALTHCARE DESIGN has taken an initial stab at compiling a list of the 25 most influential people in healthcare. Public voting was part of, but not all of the process, as was consultation with our own panel of experts from our...

“Reflections” is a new column featuring thoughts and commentary by former HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editor-in-Chief Richard L. Peck. I recently had the pleasure of reading Design on the Edge: The Making of a High-Performance Building by David W. Orr (The MIT Press, Cambridge,...

Observant readers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN will recall that the last few December issues of the magazine have included a popular feature called “Twenty Who Are Making a Difference.” Our editorial team would ask recognized architects, interior designers, consultants, and...

When people talk about the challenges involved in opening a new healthcare building project, different considerations may come to mind depending on which stakeholder you talk to. Is it the grand opening events with all of the pomp and circumstance? Is it the never ending list of punch-list items and overlooked details? Is it obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals to operate the new facility? Is it communicating the changes to staff? The community? Anyone who has been through the process knows it is a carefully orchestrated dance of all of these and more.

The image of healthcare facilities has evolved ever since the nation's first hospital opened in Pennsylvania, in 1752. Through history, the perception of a hospital has progressed from chaotic and filthy, to cold and impersonal, to spa- and hotel-like. Healthcare...