During her session at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10, Jane Rohde, AIA, FIIDA, ACHA, AAHID, LEED AP, and principal of JSR Associates Inc. discussed some of the findings she saw during her travels throughout the United States completing Green Globes third-party assessments for...
Though among the most common neurological disorders in the United States, epilepsy remains a mysterious condition that, unfortunately, comes with a significant stigma for those who suffer from it, noted Josh Schoonover, MMC, PhD student in healthcare and healing...
Among the first series of sessions held this morning at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 was “Cancer Care Design Innovations that Really Work (And a Few that Didn't!)” with George Mejias, AIA, director of design and construction at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (SKCC) in...
The HEALTHCARE DESIGN office is bustling as our team prepares to head off to Las Vegas for the HCD.10 show Nov. 13-16 at the MGM Grand Hotel. For those of you attending the conference, or for anyone who can’t make it but wants to follow what’s happening from the show,...
During the annual observance of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, we’ll all remember the service men and women who have volunteered their time, and lives, to our country. One way the United States has worked to pay back what’s been given to us all is through the Department of...
Some of you may have caught an interestingnews item out of HKS, Inc., about two weeks ago. The firm is launching a nonprofit entity called the Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation (CADRE) that will serve as a research arm dedicated to improving the...
If you happened to do a Google search for the words “Halloween” and “healthcare,” perhaps in a far-fetched scheme to brainstorm ideas for a healthcare design blog post somehow tied to the spooky season (speaking strictly hypothetically, of course), your memory would...
I’d like to take a moment to introduce our new team of HEALTHCARE DESIGN bloggers from tgba | architects. Established in 1993, tgba | architects is located in Edmonds, Wash. The firm covers the greater Pacific Northwest, serving Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and...
For anyone out there looking for ways to become more involved in community projects, I thought I'd share news we received here recently on how one builder took part in a fundraising program for a children's hospital partner. For the second year,McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., teamed up with Orange County, Calif.-based
I’m very excited to note that our HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 conference is now just one month away. Scheduled Nov. 13-16 at the MGM Grand Hotel in sunny Las Vegas, the conference will feature loads of educational content from leading industry experts like The Center for...
On Oct. 4, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took note of Children's Health Day in the United States while also recognizing October as Children's Health Month. As those of you involved in the healthcare industry have likely heard before, children may be more...
The topic of sustainable, energy-efficient building is one that inherently goes hand-in-hand with healthcare, as organizations across the country battle to balance the inevitable contradiction that is at play on a daily basis inside their facilities.
That contradiction lies in the fact that their operation often results in the massive consumption of natural resources, use of chemicals, and creation of loads of waste—all of which can have a negative health impact on the general public, the same public hospitals strive to heal and keep healthy.
