by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
When Lisa Antoun was first treated for can-cer, she received fine medical care—but, in the process, she faced many obstacles not uncommon in older hospitals, among them long corridors, crowded waiting areas, and lack of centralized services. So, in addition to...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
Project Summary Client: HCA/HealthONE Hospital Architecture: Gresham, Smith & Partners Medical Office Building Architecture: Davis Partnership Civil Engineering, Interior Design, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing Design, and Electrical...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
Awareness of autism has grown rapidly in recent years, as the rate of diagnosis increases and high-profile celebrities—NFL quarterback Doug Flutie and popular novelist Nick Hornby, for example—openly discuss their children’s cases. A focal point of today’s...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
‘Green’ flooring Manufactured with an average of 50% recycled vinyl and wood powder, Lonseal’s environmentally friendly LonEco line features soft, wood-speckle beauty, with innovative color options. LonEco emits 10 times fewer VOCs as linoleum and half as many...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2004 | News
Evidence-based design is a concept that has enormous instinctive appeal for those interested in clinical outcomes, performance improvement, and objective decision making, as discussed in the first in this series of three articles on evidence-based design (“The Four...
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...
