Evidence-based healthcare design was applied at Hancock Geriatric Treatment Center, a 150-bed psychiatric intermediate care facility. Two primary patient challenges addressed with this geriatric population are yellowing vision and memory recall. Colors were selected...
Designing for adolescents requires a specialized knowledge base due to their physical, mental, and emotional variances from both children and adults. However, the ambiguity of the adolescent phase between childhood and adulthood creates a challenge to effectively...
Healthcare clinics and urgent care is a service that we have all had to visit at some point, whether it be to take a child in the middle of the night, an elderly parent, or even ourselves. If you have not had this experience, I feel sure that sometime in your life, you will get to experience this. We find ourselves rushing in to get on the list in hopes that others are not in line ahead of us. We engage in mountains of paperwork and find ourselves digging for insurance cards while our personal anxiety level is on the rise. After we are all set to be seen, the wait begins.
Many healthcare facilities have been built with the foresight of future expansion, which usually means a relatively large investment in oversized building MEP system capacity or distribution components. However, when the need arises to expand, the facility is usually fully occupied with active MEP systems and a lot of daily activity that cannot be disrupted. So what are some things to consider when undertaking an overbuild or vertical expansion project? The answer is in careful planning.
An interesting read from Business Week that looks at the recent failures of Wal-Mart to capitalize on the growing retail clinic trend . In it, the author explains why Wal-Mart has been unable to capitalize on the market that smaller retail companies (CVS, Walgreens,...
Something of a contrarian article from Anthony Cirillo over at Hospital Impact that addresses how successful person-/patient-centered care is. In his estimation, the move to patient-centered care has been an unsuccessful one. He cites a culture change, the nature of...
Will you be attending HEALTHCARE DESIGN.09? 37.50% - Yes 17.86% - No 44.64% - We had to cut such expenses from our budget COMMENTS - Registration Fees too high to justify. Registration is more than travel expense.
With the tremendous amount of participation we've had in our 2009 Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, we've decided to extend the voting one week until Friday, August 28. You can vote by visiting www.hcdmagazine.com/vote or clicking on the button on our...
In a recent survey of nurses, 67% said that their workload has increased over the past six months. Fifty-nine percent reported burnout. Nursing is hard work, physically and emotionally. Days are long—40% of nurses today work shifts of more than 12 hours. The stress of...
Like many of you, we have clients in both urban and rural settings. With these different settings, our process with each client is based on their unique set of needs, timelines and goals. Design From a design perspective, new or retrofitted buildings in urban...
Renovation is difficult. It causes a ripple of disruption through all levels of staff and carries through to patient and their loved ones. From housekeeping and maintenance staff, all the way through the change in traffic patterns that need to be communicated to...
Will the Obama healthcare plan affect the way buildings are designed in the future? 55.56% - Yes, major policy changes always affect design eventually 14.81% - No, design is unaffected by such matters 29.63% - It depends on the details of the plan
