by HCD Guest Author | Dec 8, 2015 | Trends
At a recent meeting of the Built Environment Network, member Don Orndoff, senior vice president of Kaiser Permanente National Facilities Services, talked about the softening of the boundary between when we’re receiving healthcare and when we’re just living our lives....
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 8, 2015 | Trends
Name: Kimberly N. Montague Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2010 Then: Director of design consultation services, Planetree (Derby, Conn.) Now: Knowledge and insight lead, healthcare, Herman Miller Healthcare (Zeeland, Mich.) What she’s been up to:...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 8, 2015 | Trends
U.S. healthcare construction continues to move steadily along at the reliable pace of $38 billion to $42 billion a year. Harder to quantify is the value of healthcare design—particularly its influence on patient satisfaction. In today’s healthcare landscape, hospitals...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 7, 2015 | Projects
As part of its HH2020 master plan, Hartford HealthCare of Hartford, Conn., broke ground on a new orthopedic facility in October 2014. The Harfortd Hospital Bone & Joint Institute’s dynamic, sculptural form expresses the hospital’s aim to become the leading...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 7, 2015 | Trends
Name: Natalie Miovski Hagerty Award: The HCD10: Rising Star, 2013 Then: Principal, national director, healthcare practice, EwingCole (Philadelphia) Now: Director, facilities planning, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP; Philadelphia) What she’s been up to:...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 7, 2015 | Trends
Name: Robin Guenther Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2009 and 2010 Then and now: Principal and global sustainable healthcare leader, Perkins+Will (New York) What she’s been up to: Contributed to winning design for Kaiser Permanente Small Hospital...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 4, 2015 | Trends
Name: Lyn Geboy Award: 20 Making a Difference, 2007 Then: Director of research and education, Kahler Slater (Milwaukee) Now: Principal, Cygnet Innovations Group (Milwaukee) What she’s been up to: Wrote Person-Centered Care in Practice: Tools for Transformation for...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 4, 2015 | News
Healthcare’s tectonic shift from volume to value based and intensified focus on preventative care and new economic models and incentives is bringing new challenges to the industry, which in turn demands new problem-solving strategies. Deborah Adler, a designer,...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 4, 2015 | Trends
Name: Kristi Ennis Award: 20 Making A Difference, 2007 Then: Sustainable design director, Boulder Associates Architects (Boulder, Colo.) Now: Principal and sustainable design director, Boulder Associates Architects What she’s been up to: Became a principal in 2008 and...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 3, 2015 | Trends
Name: Tama Duffy Day Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2012 Then: Principal, global market sector leader for healthcare interior design, Perkins + Will (Washington, D.C.) Now: Principal, firm-wide health and wellness practice area leader, Gensler...