by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 27, 2016 | Projects
The effort to promote and support population health and wellness has few rivals in its influence on healthcare today, inspiring the planning, design, and construction community to create environments that help providers deliver on that mission. The solutions being...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Apr 26, 2016 | Trends
You can’t talk about the healthcare industry today without bringing up wellness, a concept that’s been nudged to the forefront by reform, the aging population, and the demands of a more competitive market. Healthcare that focuses on total, lifelong health...
by Paglia Donna | Apr 25, 2016 | Projects
Our “Project Focus” stories take a closer look at specific Healthcare Design competition entries, focusing on the challenges these projects faced and the collaborative solutions employed to overcome them. Seattle Children’s South Clinic (Federal Way, Wash.) Firm: ZGF...
by Paglia Donna | Apr 25, 2016 | Projects
Our “Project Focus” stories take a closer look at specific Healthcare Design competition entries, focusing on the challenges these projects faced and the collaborative solutions employed to overcome them. Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health – Emergency...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 21, 2016 | Trends
Traditionally when people have thought of a healthcare facility, they’ve envisioned an uninviting environment where you go when you’re sick. But health facilities are working hard to change that image as they promote healthy lifestyles. Today, health systems are...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 21, 2016 | Projects
Foshan Women’s and Children’s Hospital is a greenfield project in the city of Foshan, in the province of Guangdong, China. It includes a 1,200-bed inpatient tower and 25 outpatient departments dedicated to women’s and children’s services. The...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 19, 2016 | Trends
The recent outbreak of Ebola in parts of West Africa put in focus the lack of a coherent strategy for addressing infectious disease outbreaks, as fear and confusion around the crisis resulted in many potentially preventable deaths. Partners In Health (PIH) has been...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 15, 2016 | Projects
Instead of reading 10 images for a patient diagnosis, radiologists today are faced with machines that are capable of outputting hundreds of images and a lot more detailed information than before, says Carlos Amato, healthcare principal at Cannon Design’s Los Angeles...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 15, 2016 | Trends
I recently read an article on the future of the lighting business and it made me think about our own industry and the path we’re on.Thomas Edison invented the first commercially successful light bulb in 1879. Since that time, the technology behind the light bulb...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 13, 2016 | Projects
Neighbors Health System (Pearland, Texas) had opened more than 20 freestanding emergency facilities in Texas and Colorado since 2008, with 10 more in the works, when it decided it was time to change its prototype. Specifically, the regional emergency care operator...
