both natural and man-made, I'd say the hospitals in my area are: Comments: -Available staff will be a big concern, and this is a global issue. -Being head of security at my hospital and a member of the Disaster Planning Committee I feel that there is always room for...
At St. Joseph’s Hospital in the aptly named Eureka, California, workers at a healthcare construction project discovered a time capsule ensconced behind a memorial plaque attached to a hospital exterior wall. Inside they found, perfectly preserved since 1954, copies of...
With all the green and sustainable building ideas, designs, and products that come into my inbox, this press release from Green Spirit Strategies, a sustainability communications consulting company, stuck out like a sore green thumb. I was sent this press release just...
A video painting is created by recording footage from a stationary digital camera for an amount of time, anywhere from three minutes to a half an hour or longer, theoretically. The scene can be anything in the real world, as represented in Artscape Gallery’s...
A recent report from House Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform surveyed trauma centers in the country's top cities and found them all lacking the capability to deal with the aftermath of “predictable surprises” such as terrorist attacks. The...
Weight-activated counterbalance chair InSync by highmark brings high design down to earth. An affordable weight-activated counterbalance chair, InSync is easy to use, automatically adjusting to support every user, promoting health and productivity. Circle 50 on Reader...
When internationally renowned artist Leslie Lerner visited The Wellness Community (TWC) in Sarasota, Florida, after his bladder cancer diagnosis, he found many of the resources and support he sought. But while he appreciated the helpful, caring people he met, he also...
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, oh my! Designers of hospitals and other medical facilities often must accommodate one, sometimes two, of these disasters into their designs. But all three? No designer had ever faced that hurdle until NBBJ designed a new $190 million...
The trials and tribulations of a magazine editor probably don't rank very high on anyone's list of must-reads. But this job is no different from anyone else's—it has its emotional highs, lows, excitements, disappointments, and anticipations. And this is true never...
Wellspring Medical Center in Woodburn, Oregon, embodies a new concept for healthcare delivery that is designed to encourage and empower people to become and stay healthy. Wellspring's beautiful new 89,000-square-foot facility is the first comprehensive wellness center...
As I was waking up this morning I was reflecting on what I wanted to share in this month's column. I started thinking about the EDAC program that we will launch this fall and why we felt the need to create an evidence-based design accreditation and certification...
When the time came to renovate the reception area of Dr. James Chan's cosmetic surgery clinic in Taipei City, Taiwan, designer Michael Young made the decision to work primarily in a rather unusual new medium: DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™ decorative glass...
