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As electronic health records become more prevalent in hospitals, do you have to build extra space for IT hardware for support?

Yes – 57.89%
No – 26.32%
We always build shell space for such expansion – 15.79%

I recently had a tooth extracted at my dentist, and the experience had every potential to be catastrophic. Having someone digging around in my mouth on a Wednesday morning with a full day of work awaiting me after the procedure, does not set the stage for a relaxing...

As healthcare designers, we focus on creating functional and aesthetically appealing interiors that facilitate the healing process. But how can we also design spaces that enable patients to research information and make informed choices regarding their healthcare?...

As an extension of the 2009 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Architectural Showcase, after Michael Graves’ keynote address, Editor-in-Chief Todd Hutlock formally awarded the Citations of Merit from the September issue showcase. Accepting the award on behalf of NBBJ for The Cleveland...

Last night, Michael Graves officially kicked off HEALTHCARE DESIGN.09 with his powerful keynote address. The story of Graves is well documented: A successful architect and designer who was struck by a terrible illness and paralyzed from the waist down, Graves...

“Lick, stick, and pour”-common words used to envision the work of pharmacists-white-coated men and women toiling away in the dispensing pharmacy in the hospital basement or behind the counter of a community pharmacy, counting out pills and affixing labels for...

2009 Jury for Categories A (Built, Less than $25 million), B (Built, More than $25 million), and C (Unbuilt) Stephen Yundt, AIA, ACHA CO ARCHITECTS Los Angeles, California Jury Chair Stephen Yundt, AIA, ACHA, has served as a specialist in healthcare planning and...

Our country's aging population will have increasingly demanding healthcare needs in the coming decades, and healthcare organizations are preparing for the onslaught. Rapidly developing technologies and environmental policies are enabling and helping to define new...

Apair of interesting new books made their way to my mailbox in the last month, each highlighting a different side to the healthcare design industry and thus drawing some intriguing questions to mind as to how the subjects work together and, more significantly, what...

Category: Category B: Built, More than $25 million (construction cost) Project: Peter O. Kohler Pavilion Owner: Oregon Health & Science University Project Location: Portland, Oregon Architect: Perkins+Will JV or associate architect: Petersen Kohlberg &...

The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building design and healthcare design-oriented research. Projects exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns, as well as the requisite functional and...