by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 21, 2016 | Trends
Any conversations between healthcare providers and their design partners regarding capital projects were colored by a marked sense of uncertainty leading up to passage of the hotly contested Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. It continued until the U.S. Supreme Court...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 21, 2016 | Trends
The operations of many new outpatient clinics are designed to support the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, a concept that was codified by four major physician associations in the “Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home” white paper in 2007....
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 18, 2016 | News
The end of this year’s Healthcare Design (HCD) Expo & Conference wrapped up with a vision of the future, one that attendees who plan, design, and build healthcare facilities might not be expecting—a future without walls. Susan Dentzer, president and CEO of Network...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 18, 2016 | Trends
Emergency departments are evolving as healthcare organizations address the changing needs of their patient base. EDs often serve as a melting pot where diverse demographics converge with a range of medical emergencies. Immediate, coordinated response from caregivers...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 18, 2016 | Projects
Completed in 2016, the 11-story Building for Transformative Medicine, designed by NBBJ, bring 620,000 square feet of translational research and clinical space to Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The new building houses eight floors of research laboratories, two floors of...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 15, 2016 | News
Waiting rooms play a big role in a facility’s first impression with patients and family members. That environment can also be a source of comfort and stress relief or a place where anxiety and agitation rise. To improve that experience as part of overall patient...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 14, 2016 | News
For the first time in its history, The Center for Health Design presented its Changemaker award to two recipients: D. Kirk Hamilton and Jaynelle Stichler.The duo, who’ve spent the last 10 years working together as founding co-editors of the Health Environments...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2016 | News
The doors of Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) Pavilion for Women in Houston were opened to attendees of the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference for a tour on Nov. 12. Leaders shared successes and lessons learned during the design of the $575 million facility...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 13, 2016 | News
Looking to add to the body of research on nursing station design and the effects of different models on nurse communication, care processes, and patient outcomes, researchers and staff at the University of Kentucky teamed up with University of Kentucky Medical Center...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 13, 2016 | News
The Houston Methodist Hospital’s $249 million outpatient center opened in 2010 on a one-and-a-half city block city in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. The 1.6 million square-foot facility, designed by WHR Architects, was designed to bring all of...
