In the last five years many important healthcare building projects have been completed using evidence-based design. This transition in practice methodology has created a baseline of knowledge that no longer needs debate, and as a result, has fostered groundbreaking...
One of the more fascinating aspects of publishing a long-term care design annual is the chance it gives us to follow the evolution of design concepts from year to year. Now in its 13th year, DESIGN/Environments for Aging has been tracking the long-term care design...
The Cleveland Clinic is world renowned for its treatment and service, something that it holds as a significant point of pride. It's only fitting then, that their art collection be similarly spectacular, something that Joanne Cohen, executive director and curator at...
Palomar Medical Center West Escondido, Ca As has become clear in recent years, the design profession, together with nonprofit groups committed to improving care, has begun to fundamentally change the physical environment of healthcare facilities to achieve better...
Pebble Partners' commitment to utilize an evidence-based design process within their healthcare building projects is reinforced through the contribution and enthusiasm of their architecture and design teams. Having architecture firms involved, and in many cases, lead...
What trends did you identify in this year's entries? Any improvements or regressions compared to previous competitions you've judged? Wilson: It seems like we had more renovations and new designs focused on culture change and creating neighborhoods. In spite of this,...
Rainbow Babies & Children's (RBC) Hospital, located on the University Hospitals Case Medical Center campus in Cleveland, Ohio, will open a newly renovated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) later this spring. The new 38-bed unit will combine with the hospital's...
He was a young architect just starting out in a post-9/11 New York City-not the most propitious of beginnings. But his first project as a member of a large team was a $44 million renovation for comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Long Island estate. He followed that with...
This article provides a roadmap of key decisions to be made when determining the location of the patient toilet room, outlining the pros and cons of the most common options and identifying how care models, same-handed or mirrored room layouts, and patient privacy and staff sight lines all play a role in the decision-making process.
It isn't often that this editorial space is devoted to the happenings in another publication, but in this case, the exception is warranted. Vendome Group, publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, have acquired Healthcare Building Ideas magazine, and the first issue under our...
The newest revision to the Green Guide for Health Care's (GGHC) Operation Section was recently released amid a handful of studies from various sources declaring that green building will be a bright spot in these hard economic times and might even be an integral part...
Changing an organization's culture from a medical model to a resident-centered model is a continuous process that takes time and does not happen overnight. Think of it as a journey, rather than a destination. It is a movement that encourages homes to examine their...
