As happens in design profession from time to time, project team members can shift and change according to specialties, experience, and basic firm-wide staffing projections. Last summer, I found myself in such a situation, moving from completion of construction...
Do you plan to become EDAC certified? 26.1% - Yes 8.7% - No 65.2% - What is EDAC? COMMENTS - I would like to know a little more For those of you who were interested in knowing more about EDAC certification, click here. Per The Center for Health Design's description of...
Quality healthcare begins at a building’s main entrance before a patient even walks in. The architecture tells a patient about the kind of care they will receive. Yet one of the biggest challenges for healthcare designers is to create a welcoming entrance that...
Do you use BIM (building information modeling) in your design process? 41.2% - Yes, we always use BIM 31.4% - We sometimes use BIM, depending on the project 27.4% - No, we never use BIM COMMENTS - We prefer to focus on the building elements rather than the drawing...
Outside of the question, “Where did you say your firm is located?” I would say that the next biggest question is “What is LEED, and what does it have to do with healthcare?” So, I am going to take a moment and answer that question. The LEED for Healthcare Green...
Whether you’re planning to replace or repair, relocate or remodel, there are certain expenses that should be made up front, to save you more at the back end. Here are four things to think about: 1. Replace or Put Off? If the decision is between replacing something now...
As a past in-house hospital designer we were constantly battling the lack of thought that went into the flow of trash by the design teams. An important piece of equipment a healthcare designer should consider in his/her planning that is often overlooked, is the trash...
A recent blog post considered the potential downfalls of designing for sustainability. Have you ever set out to design for LEED certification and chosen not to because of economic or practical factors?7% - No, I’ve never encountered these issues when designing for...
When designing a healthcare interior, we often have two primary clients—the patient and the healthcare provider. Developing solutions that satisfy this client base is our goal as designers, and it ultimately improves the patient experience. HGA’s ongoing research...
I’m finally beginning to feel like my old self! It’s been rough since the Spring Equinox and the roll back to daylight savings time, but my biological clock is finally entraining to longer days and shorter nights. And I’m not alone. Recent studies have also shown an...
How much control should a patient have over his or her care environment? 46% - Some control; a patient could feel overwhelmed by a perception of a lack of supervision 18% - Little control; trained hospital staff should have more control over the patient’s direct care...
Go for the Silver or go for the Gold? That's a question being posed today by a number of hospitals across the country as they prepare to build new or replacement facilities. The flurry of publicity following the June 2006 opening of Providence Newberg Medical Center...
