Last week, I joined in on the Matrix Serious About Security Symposium held at the Cleveland Clinic. I heard interesting presentations covering trends in hospital security incidents and the convergence of security data networks onto an organization’s main network. Then Martin Epstein, manager of Technical Operations at the Cleveland Clinic, took some of us on a tour of the Clinic’s command center and its data and equipment space, which he laid out himself during the design process.
In the United States, 65% of the population is overweight or obese. About a third of all patients weigh 350 pounds or more. And they are present in every sector of healthcare. All furniture and spaces need to acknowledge and accommodate the special ergonomic needs of...
The Modular MRI Suite An architectural firm and a leading provider of modular building solutions team up to push the concept into the future. By Todd Hutlock, Managing Editor Read the full article in the April issue of HCD.
At least 45% of deaths in the southern provinces of Iraq are caused by cancer, according to a study, The Increase in Cancer Cases as Result of War Debris, published in May 2007 by Basra University Medical College. “Psychological stresses and strains engendered by...
While setting up an HCD YouTube page to host a couple videos for news and blogs here on the site, I came across this moving piece of video art. It's a video rendering using architect Raimund Abraham’s Hospital drawings and poems. I expect that this video portrays...
For healthcare designers who think that the American Institute of Architects is a newcomer to the field of healthcare design, perhaps only tangentially connected with it, please think again. For more than 50 years the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has...
If something “involves firing a wooden timber at a structure using an air cannon,” I can’t help but be interested. You too, obviously! I guess everyone likes to see something getting (safely) smashed once and a while. It looks like DuPont has opened a testing center...
Patient room casegoods The Senso and Logique collections of patient room case pieces complement Carolina's offering of seating designed specifically for patients and families. The collections include bedside cabinets, wardrobes, media display units, overbed tables,...
I personally think any story in which robots are involved is newsworthy. Maybe that’s because I’ve really always wanted to be a robot builder (I think that’s the technical name). At the same time, my generation (whatever that is) and Generation X before it think it’s...
Virtual modeling for design has been used by automobile, aircraft, and spacecraft designers for decades. But when introduced to U.S. architects in the early 1990s, it was new, exciting—and a little intimidating. Architects were aware that Building Information Modeling...
Each year as we sit down to look at project submissions for the annual Architectural Showcase issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN (published every September), I find myself impressed by the overall quality of the design of so many of the projects. It seems like each year the...
Over the last 20 years, we have witnessed a transformation in the way healthcare buildings are designed and constructed. At the heart of this new sustainable (or green) design movement is a systems approach that recognizes the interconnections between design,...
