It's in every hospital. In each operating room. In each patient's room. It's even in the hallways. Find a point of care, and it's there. It's the data and communications network, and it's transforming healthcare facilities into massive data centers dependent on...
The United States is facing the worst nursing shortage in history. Not enough young nurses are entering the workforce, while baby boomers are aging and requiring more and more medical care. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a registered...
When The Reading Hospital and Medical Center teamed with Z&F Consulting for a physical plant commissioning project in 2003, the two didn't realize the project would lead to a cogeneration facility and an innovative energy approach. Cogeneration is part of a...
Two of Los Angeles' most renowned design firms-CO Architects and Rios Clementi Hale Studios-collaborated on the new $280-million Kaiser Permanente hospital in the Panorama City section of Los Angeles. Professionals at both firms say starting early in the process was...
Project Summary Completion Date: November 2008 Owner: The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Architecture: Astorino Interior Design: Astorino Photography: Dennis Marsico (exteriors), Alexander Denmarsh (interiors) Total...
“Reflections” is a new column featuring thoughts and commentary by former HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editor-in-Chief. Richard L. Peck. HEALTHCARE DESIGN has traditionally been a “halvsies” book-roughly half architects/designers and half hospital planners in its audience...
A roundup of flooring, solid surface products for healthcare facilities.
Courtesy of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Rapidly developing technologies and medical advances are blurring the boundaries between surgery, interventional radiology, and cardiology. These traditionally separate disciplines are performing both diagnostic and...
Today we find ourselves at a unique moment in the history of healthcare. Around the world, healthcare professionals, and the architects and designers that serve them, are grappling with the best ways to keep pace with the rapid development and rising costs of new...
Working with Herman Miller as a corporate partner, The Center for Health Design has completed the first Survey of Design Research in Healthcare Settings. With more than 600 respondents to the online survey, the results provide insight into questions surrounding the...
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Healthcare interior designers have always been a special bunch. Face it: anyone inspired by bleach-cleanable, antifungal, flame-retardant, antimicrobial, low-VOC building products has to be a bit different, and they are. In the year 2003, five visionary healthcare...
