by HCD Guest Author | Oct 26, 2015 | Trends
Breakthroughs in radiation therapy—specifically, the use of heavy particles, such as protons and carbon-ions—are creating promising new possibilities for treating cancer. First came proton therapy, a modality that uses proton beams to target tumors with greater...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 23, 2015 | Trends
Americans “have a very short attention span,” warned Dr. Bruce Ribner, medical director of the Emory University Hospital Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, during a Capitol Hill briefing in early October. As the editor of a magazine that’s constantly on the lookout...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 23, 2015 | Projects
Developer/owner Meridian opened a newly renovated 69,000-square-foot medical facility in Rohnert Park, Calif., in August 2015. The city of Rohnert Park is located approximately 50 miles north of San Francisco and was in need of more healthcare service providers, with...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 22, 2015 | Trends
The team behind the new seven-story Kay Jewelers Pavilion medical tower at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, didn’t just apply the concepts of Lean and integrated project delivery (IPD) to the project: They wrote the book on it....
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 21, 2015 | Trends
Jessica Welch’s college path was anything but clear. Having grown up in a family of doctors, she thought she’d follow them into the medical field. But when she started her studies, she didn’t enjoy the classes as much as she thought she would. She...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 20, 2015 | Trends
My wife and I come from families of doctors and nurses spanning several generations. Her 95-year-old grandfather, a retired physician, recently regaled us of his first house call in 1945. As a young intern at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, he was...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 19, 2015 | News
At the 2015 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference (Nov. 14-17, Washington, D.C.), Deborah Adler, the founder of Adler Design in New York City, will present the closing keynote presentation, “Go to the Gemba!” on Tuesday, Nov. 17.In this conference...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 16, 2015 | Projects
The two-story, 50,000-square-foot Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Cancer Center in Dallas offers personalized care in a facility dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer-related conditions. It was designed by HKS.According to HKS project...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 16, 2015 | Trends
The boomer generation is once again blazing its own trail as they’ve always done. This time, they’re turning the senior housing market upside down. In fact, the impact is so significant that a new building type, or typology if you will, has clearly emerged. This...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 15, 2015 | News
At the 2015 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference (Nov. 14-17, Washington, D.C.), Ken Schmidt, brand visionary and former director of communications strategy for Harley-Davidson Motor Co., will present the opening keynote presentation, “Creating Customer...
