by Tracey Walker | Nov 11, 2020 | Trends
Continued concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have caused many industry events to be canceled this year. The annual Healthcare Design Forum, scheduled for New Mexico in September, was no exception. But in a desire to come together, we invited our Editorial...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 10, 2020 | News
In 2015, UNC Health Care based in Chapel Hill, N.C., began an intentional transition from volume-based to value-based care delivery, said Cameron Ebron, senior planning manager for real estate and development at UNC Health Care, University of North Carolina Health...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 10, 2020 | News
As technology becomes more prominent throughout the healthcare landscape, speakers at HCD Virtual, Nov. 9-12, stressed that it should be used to enhance patient-caregiver interactions but not replace them. “Our focus is on humanizing the healthcare experience,” said...
by Elana Ben-Tor | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured Firms Projects
AWARD OF MERIT – 2020 Healthcare Design Showcase The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is the institution’s—and New York City’s—largest freestanding cancer care center. Through innovative planning and design and...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 10, 2020 | News
As healthcare designers, it’s imperative to ensure that the built environment supports and enables healthcare workers and the community they serve as much as possible during a wide range of potential shocks and stressors. “Hospitals by their nature have to be...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 10, 2020 | News
Option Care Health Inc. (Bannockburn, Ill.), an independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services, has completed a new facility in Itasca, Ill. Situated on 6.10-acres, the 50,000-square-foot, single-story facility houses ambulatory infusion suites,...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 10, 2020 | News
Strategic planning, architecture, and interior design firm Anderson Brulé Architects (ABA; San Jose, Calif.) has named Terri Sudbrook as associate principal. In her new role, Sudbrook will maintain and manage quality processes, develop and mentor team members, and...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 9, 2020 | News
During the opening keynote session for the Healthcare Design Virtual Conference, Nov. 9-12, panelist David Grandy, vice president of delivery system design and innovation at Kaiser Permanente, reminded attendees that it was the 291st day since the first COVID-19 case...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 9, 2020 | Trends
The primary means of controlling airborne infection in the hospital environment. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare organizations have updated or retrofitted their HVAC systems to minimize the recirculation of contaminated air in hospital air distribution...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 9, 2020 | News
Indiana University Health Frankfort (IU Health; Frankfort, Ind.) is opening a new hospital in Frankfort to replace an aging facility, according to an article in Wlfi.com. Situated behind the original 1923 building, the new hospital features 12 critical care beds, a...
