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Is volunteerism part of what makes America special?

On the evening of September 11, 2008, a Presidential Candidate Forum on National Service was hosted at Columbia University in New York City. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain were both asked to address the topic of national service. As each presented his views, I...

Collaboration to strengthen sustainability

In February, construction began on what will be Washington state's first LEED-certified inpatient hospital. In mid-February, Puyallup's MultiCare-Good Samaritan Hospital authorized registration of the project as a candidate for LEED for New Construction 2.2, targeting...

A hospital without beds

Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, Washington Project SummaryProject Completion Date: July 2008 Owner/Client: Group Health Cooperative Architecture: Ellerbe Becket, 501 2nd 2nd Street., Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94107 Local architectural partner: NAC Architecture,...

A Sign of Excellence

When Tom Rockers arrived at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis as the facility's new president and CEO in 2003, he had a mandate from the hospital's Board of Directors to improve all facets of operations. It didn't take long to determine that one fundamental...

Healing Environments for America's Heroes

“I want you to imagine how our future military hospitals look, feel, and act. We will have healing settings that are: quiet, organized and filled with light, where patients get few if any infections, places that minimize the possibilities of falls designed to reduce...

Nurses organize to take a seat at the planning table

After attending the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.05 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, a small group of registered nurses were inspired to address a knowledge gap they found among nurses who are increasingly being invited to the planning table. Since then, the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design has been helping to educate and inspire nurse leaders in their role in healthcare design and construction.

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A clinical impact

The installation of art programs in hospitals is not only a new and evolving concept, but also an expensive one with only incremental amounts of research. Though studies show that views to the outdoors, soothing and calming colors, and the presence of nature and art...

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