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Inside UCI Health – Irvine’s All-electric Acute Care Hospital
Owner UCI Health, University of California, Irvine combined all-electric systems, biophilic design, and AI-driven surgical planning to open one of the most sustainable acute care hospitals in the country.
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Air Distribution Patterns Within Airborne Infectious Isolation Rooms
An airborne infection isolation (Aii) room is designed with negative pressurization to protect patients and people outside the room from the spread of microorganisms transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei (small-particle…
News January 24Design Firm Recruitment Revisited
Despite all the uncertainly created with the Affordable Care Act, many of our healthcare design clients continue to heal and recover from the jolt in 2008 and 2009. Many have staffing…
News January 24The Role Of The Built Environment In Fixing Mental Healthcare
I read an op-ed piece in Florida's Sun Sentinel today about what this country needs to do to better support its mentally ill, according to a man who lost his…
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