Some months ago, several nursing colleagues of mine invited me for a walk-through of their brand new hospital. It was a beautiful space: light and bright, with the latest technology. As we travelled the floors, the problem emerged. Supply rooms were too small and too...
Category: Category A: Built, Less than $25 million (construction cost) Project: Providence North Portland Clinic Client: Providence Health and Services Project Location: Portland, Oregon Architect: Mahlum Interior Designer: Mahlum General Contractor: Lorentz Bruun...
Introduction HealthCare DESIGN is pleased to offer our 2009 Specialty Directory. With its 434 listings, you get convenient access to useful information about 269 companies offering supplies and services to the healthcare design field. The Directory, under its various...
Multiple technology solutions Mul-T-Lock's integrated systems are designed to meet healthcare facilities' unique challenges. Sensitive records, pharmaceuticals, and supplies along with ever-changing employee schedules and responsibilities require a strong yet flexible...
Anyone who has leafed through an architectural magazine has seen Rion Rizzo's work. A leading architectural photographer for the past 25 years, Rizzo has photographed restaurants, hotels, office buildings, public forums, and-with increasing frequency during the past...
A recent study found a surprising answer. In an ideal world, a nurse could turn around 360 degrees in one location and see all his or her assigned patients. That was true to an extent in the Nightingale ward layout, which is still prevalent in many countries around...
Most architects and interior designers would agree that the broader the perspective one brings to a project, the smoother the process should be-simply anticipating multiple viewpoints and objectives should help avoid unnecessary interruptions and conflict....
There are several ways to learn, and one of those ways is the hard way. Recently Diana Spellman, a well-known interior designer and president of Spellman Brady & Company, completed a two-year journey as a patient herself, battling breast cancer. Enduring six...
Project Summary Owner: Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center Architecture: HDR Architecture, Inc. Interior Design: HDR Architecture, Inc. General Contracting: Pepper Construction Photography:VanceFox.com Total Building Area: 254,342 square feet Total Cost: $96 million...
At HEALTHCARE DESIGN.09, I was able to take a tour of the soon-to-open (November 2, 2009), Flad Architects-designed Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. The facility is Phase I of a multi-Phase master plan that will eventually boast seven towers. The process...
“Reflections” is a new column featuring thoughts and commentary by former HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editor-in-Chief Richard L. Peck. One of the fun things for an editor is when articles that he or she has selected for a particular issue fall inadvertently into a theme. That...
Today's hospitals are operating in an increasingly complex and challenging environment. Factors such as the weakened economy, cuts in Medicare reimbursement, and the growing uninsured population are whittling away at already paper-thin operating margins. At the same...
