by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Unfortunately, the above scenarios exemplify the paradox that exists on many nursing units in a variety of healthcare organizations across the country. The challenge is to design a nursing unit that not only positively influences the guest’s experience, but also...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Although they are rarely the focus of attention, nurses have a tremendously important role as healers in the life of any healthcare institution. Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City was fortunate to find a benefactor who understood this. Beatrice Renfield...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
In the early 1930s, the construction industry considered one death per $1 million spent on construction to be the norm. Worker fatalities, though undesirable, were an accepted corollary to doing business. Some of the workers who built our nation’s most treasured...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Safety Flooring Altro Designer 25 heavy-duty safety flooring has been updated to coordinate with and complement many other Altro High Performance flooring products. It is now available in 12 contemporary colors. Altro’s Easyclean Technology does not compromise...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Trends
PROJECT CATEGORY New Construction (completed May 2000) CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR Daryl Melvin, CEO, (928) 737-6000 FIRMS Gresham & Beach Architects, Inc., (520) 882-0698; FKW Architects, (405) 848-2297 DESIGN TEAM James A. Gresham, FAIA, Principal, Lead Designer;...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Uncategorized
The Medical Education Center (MEC) at New York Medical College was the focus of a master plan developed by Payette Associates that resolved and synthesized a number of the college’s competing needs. The four-story brick and stucco building consolidates the...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Trends
Enriching the mind, body and spirit of its 425 residents was just one of the objectives this Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) sought to accomplish by adding a new wellness center to its 44-acre campus. The center features an expanded and more operationally...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Trends
One always goes into a new venture with high hopes. There is no motivation in just “try it and see what happens.” You have a vision, and you know that if you do it right, you will feel highly gratified. In all honesty, though, we didn’t anticipate the success of...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Uncategorized
Operating at full capacity in one of the fastest-growing population centers in the United States, the Medical Center of Plano and owner HCA realized the need for a major expansion and renovation to the existing facility. When the original facility was built in 1974,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Trends
Eing a patient is just about the least amount of fun a consumer can buy. What is more stressful, frightening and emotionally draining than being a patient? As an added vulnerability, patients must relinquish control over the service exchange to a provider with a...
