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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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Using Family-Centered Design to Support Patient Outcomes, Part 2
There is a virtual vise applying significant pressure on hospitals today. On one side is the desire to improve patient outcomes, which supports evidence-based design and can be a key…
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As healthcare facilities designers, our mission is to improve the physical environment for patients, families, and caregivers. But, often, we lack the rationale to make our case to hospital leadership.…
News June 2Pardon Our Dust…
After some months in the making, the HEALTHCARE DESIGN team is proud to present our readers with a new (and we think improved) Website, our new home for all the…
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