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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act early returns

Has the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act returned any new orders, contracts, hiring, or other changes in your…

ASID: The practice of narrative medicine

While reading a chapter from the book A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, I learned about the…

Should hospitals have separate seating areas for bariatric patients?

Should hospitals have separate seating areas for bariatric patients? 39.5% – Yes, the bariatric population needs to be…

Having a fully integrated design and construction team

Managing budget pitfalls in hospital construction

The digital transition

In publishing circles, the debate has been raging for years now. With the closing of some high-profile daily…

Navigating the choppy waters of the financial downturn

“Make no little plan. They have no magic to stir men’s blood.” –Daniel Burnham, father of the Chicago…

Meridian Health and Cornell University team up to study Jersey Shore University Medical Center's Transforming Care project

When planning of the $300 million expansion and renovation of Meridian Health’s Jersey Shore University Medical Center began…

The First 15 Feet

Let’s start at the very beginning” may apply as much to designing an acute care patient room as…