Duke University Hospital has earned an award for environmental stewardship and design excellence for its 2007 heliport roof replacement project. The Washington, D.C.-based Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing presented the award in February during the 2009...
Improving patient outcomes is a constant focus for U.S. healthcare providers as well as patients and government agencies. Patient safety is at the heart of current healthcare quality improvement efforts in our nation. Enhanced patient safety through a significant...
How important is a patient’s sense of control over his or her environment in healthcare and healing facilities? Research suggests that a patient’s perceived control over their environment has a positive effect on their overall health and health outcomes when receiving...
To determine if sharing or outsourcing facility management is right for your organization, ask yourself these three questions: 1- What is the most effective use of facility management? If you’ve got multiple sites, purchasing a facility management package arrangement...
How important do you think social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook are in the current business climate? 29% - Very important 29% - Moderately important 38% - Not important at all 04% - What's Twitter? COMMENTS -For those of us in the public...
My last blog about multi-denominational healthcare worship spaces had me thinking about specific design experiences. I am always inspired by how invested community members are in the design process. Healthcare facilities and hospitals are truly community buildings...
If there is anything we should learn from this economic collapse, it is that risk costs money! Health care organizations must begin to understand that the default AE/CM process is fraught with risk for which the hospital pays.
One of the more controversial factors in planning the configuration of the ideal patient room is the location of the toilet room. You prefer: 51% - Inboard toilet room concept places the toilet room at the room entry and next to the corridor as in a typical hotel room...
The healthcare industry is buzzing with talk about greening, built environments, and sustainability, but many find it difficult to get started or, excuse the pun, sustain their efforts. Going green takes more than a few process changes or another recycling program; it...
After months of anticipation and a fair bit of buzz, a copy of Evidence-Based Healthcare Design, a new book by Rosalyn Cama, FASID-also the Board Chair of The Center for Health Design and a member of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN editorial board-finally landed on my desk....
“Reflections” is a new column featuring thoughts and commentary by former HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editor-in-Chief Richard L. Peck. Back in the pre-stimulus dark days, when most construction activity had all but fallen through the floor, the American General Contractors...
Integrating environmental principles into the planning, design, construction, and operations of healthcare facilities has shown a direct and indirect impact on human health and wellbeing. As an industry that employs so many Americans and drives such a large percentage...
