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Should Healthcare Say Goodbye To Waiting Rooms?
The self-rooming model can help ease friction points within the clinic environment and meet patients‘ growing demand for seamless healthcare experiences.
Clovis Community Medical Center Expands In California
The Clovis Community Medical Center in Clovis, Calif., doubles in size to accommodate a faster-than-expected population growth spurt and the needs of a changing suburb.
Take 5 With RMF Engineering’s Jacek Grabowski
The project manager at RMF Engineering shares the top five trends and issues getting his attention right now, including proper training for staff on MEP equipment, the increasing popularity of microgrids and telemedicine.
Can Healthcare Design Away Loneliness?
Social isolation has become an epidemic in the U.S., and the healthcare design industry is in a unique position to help address it.
Cancer Center Finds New Home In Nashville MOB
Sarah Cannon Research Institute moves into a spacious new medical office building designed with residential-style touches to help put patients at ease.
Designing For Pediatric Patients With Complex Conditions
The new Rosedale School in Austin, Texas, provides a home for Dell Children’s Comprehensive Care Clinic in a building specifically designed to serve children with special needs.
How To Overcome Scheduling, Material Procurement Challenges In Healthcare Construction
Delivery of Cambridge Health Alliance’s new adult inpatient behavioral health unit offers lessons in planning, procurement, and design when facing a tight project schedule.
5 Myths About Healthcare’s Drive to Reduce Emissions and Why They’re Wrong
Misconceptions about the cost, timing, and perception of sustainable design can keep healthcare systems from achieving goals on reducing their carbon footprint and improving the facility resiliency.
Are Patient Room Sinks Necessary?
The requirement for handwashing stations in patient rooms as well as their location and design are topics the healthcare design industry should reconsider.
5 Reasons For Designers To Specialize In Healthcare Interior Design
Between the soaring popularity of HGTV shows and meaningful new studies on the impact interior design can have on healing and happiness, it’s not surprising that designers (and even non-designers; more on that later) are finding interior design opportunities in...
4 Healthcare Design And Construction Trends To Watch
Healthcare’s competitive landscape provides opportunities within capital planning, design, and construction to engage in new strategies that maximize planning, technology, flexibility, and prefabrication.
