The effort to promote and support population health and wellness has few rivals in its influence on healthcare today, inspiring the planning, design, and construction community to create environments that help providers deliver on that mission.
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All Is Well: Designed For Living
The effort to promote and support population health and wellness has few rivals in its influence on healthcare today, inspiring the planning, design, and construction community to create environments that help providers deliver on that mission.
What Does It Really Mean To Design For Wellness?
You can’t talk about the healthcare industry today without bringing up wellness, a concept that’s been nudged to the forefront by reform, the aging population, and the demands of a more competitive market. Healthcare that focuses on total, lifelong health and not just sickness and emergencies is a rallying cry with no end in sight.
Who’s Your Design Team MVP?
A few months ago, I wrote about how our HCD 10 awards—honoring individuals across different specialties within the healthcare design field—are actually a great way to focus on the team nature of the work you do in creating healthcare environments. As we open up the nomination process for this year’s HCD 10 program, we’ve shuffled our 10 categories a bit, and we’re introducing a new category that takes this concept a little further.
PHOTO TOUR: Cedimat Cardiovascular Center
Cedimat Cardiovascular Center is part of the Plaza de la Salud Juan Manuel Taveras medical campus in the Dominican Republic. The center is an eight-floor, 322,917-square-foot, 180-bed facility divided between medical building and services. The conceptual design was done by Gresham Smith and Partners, with architectural design by Civil del Caribe. The interior design came from Michelle Urtecho and Associates.
FIRST LOOK: Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands
As its patient population grows, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Houston is extending its services out into the suburbs with the new Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands. FKP Architects provided master planning for the dedicated pediatric campus as well as programming, architecture, interior design, and equipment planning for the outpatient building, medical office building, garage, and central plant.
Making Healthcare Visits A Ride In The Park
A hospital stay can often be described as an emotional roller coaster, an experience riddled with loaded expectations, anticipation and uncertainty, moments of fear, and relief when it’s all over. But a real roller coaster—in a real amusement park—should be fun.
PHOTO TOUR: Stamford Hospital MOB
With an increasing demand for more convenient access to healthcare, Stamford Health Medical Group, an affiliate of Stamford Hospital, has co-located multiple adult primary care and specialty care practices into a new outpatient medical building. Designed by The SLAM Collaborative, the MOB aligns with Stamford Hospital’s Planetree commitment to personalizing, humanizing, and demystifying the healthcare experience for patients and their families through patient-centered care.
PHOTO TOUR: CAMC Cancer Center
Charleston Area Medical Center’s (CAMC) new cancer center gives southern West Virginia cancer diagnosis and treatment services in one location. Opened in May 2015, the three-story, 110,000-square-foot building houses a comprehensive suite of cancer services: radiation oncology, medical oncology, clinical trials, medical office space, imaging, and a breast center.
It’s Time To Take Another Look at Sustainable Design
In The Center for Health Design’s column in the January/February issue of Healthcare Design, Debra Levin describes The Center’s informal efforts to capture Healthcare Design Expo & Conference attendees’ top issues of interest in 2015. Among the findings, this one caught my attention: the return of sustainable design as a key topic that keeps our industry up at night. It came in at number three; in 2014, sustainability wasn’t even included as a topic to choose from.
Educational Highlights, Photos From The 2015 HCD Expo & Conference
The 2015 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference brought thousands together to learn and engage in Washington, D.C. Here, we've compiled all the links to our on-site coverage, with insights from the keynote speakers, facility tours, and a sampling of educational sessions. You'll also find a selection of the photos taken on site; just click the photo at left to scroll through our gallery. And be sure to mark your calendars for the 2016 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, Nov.
PHOTO TOUR: SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital
The new replacement hospital for SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Jefferson City allowed SSM to implement significant changes to its existing care model and operational processes. Located about five miles from the existing hospital in downtown Jefferson City, the new campus sits on a 110-acre greenfield site and contains a 366,000-square foot hospital; a 66,000-square-foot medical office building; and extensive landscaping with a healing garden, walking trail, courtyards, and water feature. A core team of representatives from the owner (SSM Health St.
