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ASID: Dare to be daring? Color or non-color to enhance the patient room
Is it safe to say it’s okay to be daring? The list of adjectives is endless as well…
News September 20Planning for an overbuild, Part three: Architectural considerations
Expanding a healthcare facility is a complicated undertaking. In my last post, I outlined some of the construction…
News September 20Electronic health records and their effect on design
As electronic health records become the norm in most hospitals, do you have to significantly change the design…
News September 20ASID: Wayfinding in healthcare
Effective wayfinding strategies in healthcare settings begin before the patient or visitor arrives at the hospital. With planning…
News September 16Using BIM: Part one
We regularly receive proposals requesting the use of BIM (Building Informational Modeling). This immediately presents us with two…
News September 15Ergonomics for healthier staff
In recent years, a growing number of designers for healthcare environments have started to look more closely at…
News September 15Do all hospitals need resident emergency evacuation vests?
How many facilities need to be equipped with resident emergency evacuation vests? 43.75% – All facilities should be…
News September 13B.I.M., Video Games, and Cell Phones
B….I…. M.Sounds simple.Three unassuming letters that represent an electronic program for designing buildings.That’s all it is, yet to…
News September 9Cultural insights from China's healthcare industry
Several years ago when my husband and I were in Hangzhou, China, to adopt our daughter, we visited…
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