by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
Sadly, The Center for Health Design lost one of its friends and long-time board members recently. Russ Coile, one of the nation’s top healthcare management consultants, died November 10 at age 60, from complications of brain cancer. Russ was a pioneering...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | Trends
A friend of mine in New Orleans has a favorite saying: “Laissez bon temps roulez—let the good times roll!” That’s how we’re feeling at HEALTHCARE DESIGN right now, several weeks after the conclusion of our HEALTHCARE DESIGN .03 conference. As an editor,...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
With JCAHO urging Emergency Departments to correct overcrowding, lengths of stays, and unsafe caregiving conditions, hospitals all over the country are scurrying to upgrade their ED facilities. Here are a few tips: Constance Nestor is Associate Vice-President and...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
BASED ON AN INTERVIEW WITH LINDA MARZIALO, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT, GOULD TURNER GROUP, PC Project Summary Client: Flathead Outpatient Surgery Center/Northwest Imaging, Inc./Kalispell Regional Medical Center Architecture: Gould Turner Group, PC Construction: Swank...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
Traditional hospital design revolved for years around the dual concepts of hospital “productivity” and healthcare business economics. A few years ago a third design criterion emerged: patient safety. Since then, healthcare has pushed in a new direction—patient-focused...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
Surgery is being revolutionized. For example, minimally invasive surgery has yielded dramatic benefits, including shorter recoveries and fewer complications. Robotic surgery is improving surgeons’ consistency and reducing fatigue. Invasive cardiology is restoring...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2003 | News
Healthcare facilities are becoming ever more complex, making them more maze-like and unfriendly to their users. Factors such as poor vision, low literacy levels, and multilingual needs blend to become a nightmare when attempts at communicating complex medical jargon...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2003 | News
It would be helpful if we could read the minds of clients during the preconstruction phase of a project, so we could know exactly how to create what they envision. Mind reading, however, is not very practical, so we opted for the next best thing. CG Schmidt recently...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2003 | News
For hospitals planning a building program, one of the most fundamental questions is whether to construct a new hospital or expand/renovate the existing facility. Each hospital faces different circumstances, so this decision must account for the approach best...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2003 | News
A new design initiative in the residential industry called evidence-based design is surfacing, and its benefits may translate to the healthcare industry. Evidence-based design becomes connected to anticipated patient outcomes by being research-informed, i.e., through...
