by HCD Guest Author | May 19, 2016 | Trends
The patient room is one of the better-researched areas of an acute care facility, and because of that it’s one of the easiest places to incorporate thoughtful evidence-based design (EBD) features. Through grants from the ASID Foundation and the Angelo...
by Anne DiNardo | May 18, 2016 | Trends
When Golisano Children’s Hospital sought input about its current wayfinding and signage program from patient and family focus groups to help guide the design of a new eight-story, $145 million facility in Rochester, N.Y., it got some brutally honest feedback. “Your...
by Anne DiNardo | May 17, 2016 | Projects
Hospital dining should be a place of respite for patients, visitors, and employees alike, but at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the 13,500-square-foot cafeteria was serving up a dated environment. “The cafeteria layout posed throughput issues and constraints...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 17, 2016 | Projects
The new Ghana Ridge Hospital will provide contemporary facilities that reflect the current social aspirations of the rapidly developing African country. Since existing infrastructure at the site already serves as the main healthcare provider in the city of Accra,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 16, 2016 | Projects
Founded in the 1970s, Downtown Women OB/GYN (DTW) was one of the first practices in Manhattan specifically committed to providing healthcare for women, by women. In 1987 DTW moved from a small office on lower Fifth Avenue to a third-floor, 2,500-square-foot loft space...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 9, 2016 | Projects
Built into a timber loft in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Medical Dermatology Associates is a 5,500-square-foot medical clinic for a newly formed medical practice. The partners wanted to dramatically improve patient experience, and the designers from...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 6, 2016 | Projects
When the city of Hackensack, N.J., designated the current site of Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative (BVMI) for redevelopment, the organization—the only of its kind in Bergen County to provide free primary healthcare to uninsured, low-income working...
by HCD Guest Author | May 6, 2016 | Trends
As a hands-on way to encourage wellness, more and more health systems are on a mission to show and tell their communities how to eat well. Introducing demonstration kitchens, some with mini-auditoriums, has become an innovative way for hospitals to engage the public...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 4, 2016 | Projects
The new Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin welcomes its first class in July 2016. In 2017, the medical school will open a new outpatient facility within Austin’s burgeoning medical district: the Health Transformation Building, a key part of Dell...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 4, 2016 | News
The Center for Health Design named the winners of its 2016 Changemaker Award who will be recognized at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference being held Nov. 12-15 in Houston.They are Jaynelle F. Stichler, professor emerita of nursing at San Diego State...
