by Anne DiNardo | Mar 29, 2016 | Projects
Southeast General Hospital opened in South Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1965 Watts Riots. For decades, the facility, which was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. – Harbor Hospital, was one of the few hospitals serving the community’s poorest residents....
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 23, 2016 | Trends
Bridging the gap between inpatient care and off-site clinics, health systems are experimenting with cost-effective, short-stay settings to treat and stabilize “frequent flyer” patients with multiple chronic conditions.These sometimes frail, mostly elderly...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 22, 2016 | Trends
Twenty years ago it was a “forgone conclusion” that some patients would contract a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), said Linda Dickey, senior director of quality, safety, and infection prevention at the University of California Irvine Medical...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 22, 2016 | Trends
It’s long been recognized that the delivery of healthcare in the U.S. doesn’t quite stack up against that of other peer countries across the world, ranking low comparatively on effectiveness, quality, and even healthy living, said Jim Miller, executive vice president...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 21, 2016 | Trends
At its core, any healthcare building is a workplace. So what are the basic elements and best practices behind making that workplace a high-performing one? A panel of designers shared some ideas Monday at the ASHE PDC Summit in San Diego. In the session “Strategy,...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 18, 2016 | Trends
Therapeutic design for rehabilitation spaces Today’s rehabilitation spaces are designed to be motivating, welcoming, safe, and accessible. Everything from the layout and equipment to a mix of open and private areas are created with an eye on contributing to and...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 17, 2016 | Trends
A few months ago, I wrote about how our HCD 10 awards—honoring individuals across different specialties within the healthcare design field—are actually a great way to focus on the team nature of the work you do in creating healthcare environments. As we open up the...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 15, 2016 | Projects
Not every patient approved for discharge is able to vacate the hospital bed immediately. Some might be waiting on a prescription to be sent from the hospital pharmacy while others might have to wait for a family member to pick them up. Keeping these patients in beds...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 10, 2016 | Projects
Cedimat Cardiovascular Center is part of the Plaza de la Salud Juan Manuel Taveras medical campus in the Dominican Republic. The center is an eight-floor, 322,917-square-foot, 180-bed facility divided between medical building and services. The conceptual design was...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 10, 2016 | Trends
In September 2015, the blog “Union Village: Introducing a First” examined the design phase of what’s being called the largest healthcare project in the world, the Union Village health village in Henderson, Nev. The project involves the use of integrated project...
