by HCD Guest Author | Oct 4, 2017 | Projects
The opening of Singapore’s Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and Jurong Community Hospital (JCH) two years ago was already an impressive feat. With a combined 1,100 rooms, the $461 million pair of hospitals, which are managed by JurongHealth, are the country’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 3, 2017 | Trends
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa. ORGANIZATION DETAILS: For 21 consecutive years, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has ranked as one of U.S. News & World Report’s top hospitals, this past year recognized in the top 3 percent for cardiology and heart...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 3, 2017 | Trends
I recently watched a presentation by futurist Daniel Burrus who told the story of an IBM executive who said at one point, about 40 percent of the technology company’s revenue came from products and services that weren’t available just three years prior. Think about...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 3, 2017 | Projects
UC Health (Cincinnati) at the University of Cincinnati, one of the largest regional centers for neurological and psychiatric care, sought to bring together patient care, research, and education into one facility, combining 12 specialty centers and 125 faculty members....
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 2, 2017 | Trends
Christina Grimes, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, architect and senior project healthcare planner at Ballinger (Philadelphia) WHO SHE IS: One of Grimes’ first clients at Ballinger—and one of her first projects in the healthcare sector—was Reading Health System, where she...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 29, 2017 | Trends
Across the country, the population of patients who may experience mobility issues and/or are at risk for falls is increasing. For example, obesity rates continue to rise, with more than one-third of adults considered obese by U.S. national surveys. According to the...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 29, 2017 | Trends
Ellen Taylor, PhD, AIA, MBA, EDAC, vice president for research, The Center for Health Design (Concord, Calif.) WHO SHE IS: Taylor graduated with a degree in architecture from Cornell University and spent a decade working in a firm environment before becoming project...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 28, 2017 | Projects
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC) in Burlington, Mass., opened in 1980 with an emergency department designed for an annual capacity of 17,000 patients; in 2016, 42,000 patients were treated there. The high demand resulted in patients frequently lined up in...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 28, 2017 | Trends
As the treatment of mental illness and substance abuse disorders gains parity within the healthcare environment, new approaches are evolving to accommodate the particular needs of these patients. Facility design for these patients must balance the need to provide a...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 28, 2017 | Trends
William Worn, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, architect, clinical associate professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, Ill.) WHO HE IS: After a decade teaching healthcare design to students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago...
