Construction of the new Shatt Al-Arab Hospital will bring the first modern hospital to the desert town of Basra, Iraq. Funded by the Republic of Iraq’s Ministry of Health as part of a restructuring program, the project broke ground in 2013 and completion is targeted for 2015.
The other day a colleague of mine told me she has nightmares about red dots—and I can’t blame her.
Those red dots were part of a presentation given by Russell Olmsted, director of infection prevention and control services at St. Joseph Mercy Health System (Ann Arbor, Mich.), during DuPont’s recent Healthcare Speakers Series event on designing for infection control.
As the healthcare design industry continues to transition in response to the shifts taking place in healthcare overall, while exploring new lines of business and ways to bring more value to the table for clients, Healthcare Design is asking firms to report how business progressed in 2013 and shed light on some of the trends that emerged.
Planning healthcare campuses to promote health and wellness requires a new approach to the way this process has traditionally been done.
Rather than creating hospitals as towering structures set apart from communities and surrounded by a sea of parking lots, modern updates to the model make facilities centerpieces to wellness-oriented communities, inspiring wellness not only by providing healthcare services but by collaborating with other service providers from health centers to retailers to restaurants that all support healthy lifestyles.
The idea that the built environment can have a positive effect on health outcomes is a generally accepted truth today. Research has proven the benefits of providing natural light and views to nature, configuring spaces to prevent falls, and more.
But what about the community outside a hospital’s walls? What effect can a healthcare campus have on the health and wellness of its surrounding area?
A while ago, my husband and I took our dog to visit my family. We all decided to go out for a walk to enjoy the afternoon. But when I took to the street—leash in hand—something felt off. I realized it was because we were very literally walking down the street.
Aging medical facilities at a pair of U.S. Air Force bases in the Southeast will be replaced over the next three years, delivering the military’s world-class healthcare to the servicemen and women, and their families, who are stationed there.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., will receive a new 107,000-square-foot medical clinic to replace an existing 50-year-old facility. The $60 million center will serve 18 different clinical disciplines within the new space.
Technology is becoming as inherent to the delivery of healthcare as diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Whether building a new facility or renovating an old space, it’s likely that every project on design boards today will require plenty of thought for information technology (IT) and integration of all the systems that continue to be adopted to support the continuum of care.
