by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 3, 2015 | Projects
Beijing Aiyuhua Hospital for Children and Women—the first privately owned pediatric hospital in Beijing—provides inpatient and outpatient healthcare services for women and children. Opened in December 2014 to the population of Beijing as well as surrounding provinces...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 31, 2015 | Trends
This spring the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services introduced the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which is focused on expanding access to science-based information on climate change and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 31, 2015 | Projects
Expectant mothers brought something unexpected to healthcare providers last year: more bundles of joy. It was the first time since the onset of the recession in 2007 that the U.S. fertility rate saw an uptick. And as providers likewise rebound, more and more are...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2015 | Trends
When designing women’s and children’s facilities, we need to understand the challenge: creating a separate identity for distinct groups while maximizing operational efficiencies and collaboration. In fact, we’re designing for three age groups: women (adults),...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 30, 2015 | Projects
After operating for more than 10 years, the Child Life Zone at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston was starting to show some wear and tear. “With thousands of patients and families using the space over the years, it was well loved,” says Mary E. Tietjens, child life...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 28, 2015 | Projects
After touring the Park Nicollet Women’s Center in Minneapolis last week as part of the Healthcare Design Academy, I can understand why so many patients react with awe and confusion. It doesn’t feel like a clinic—a comment the staff has heard from more than one patient...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 24, 2015 | Trends
The Institute for Patient-Centered Design’s 2013 design competition set out to advance neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environments, and results of the effort are still going strong. It started with a challenge to the design community to develop a solution that...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 24, 2015 | Projects
Healthcare Design has followed the New Parkland Hospital project in Dallas closely over the years, from covering its master planning process and research initiatives to sending editors to tour the site to reaching out to its project team members as sources for...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 23, 2015 | Projects
When the New Parkland Hospital project first got off the ground, its trajectory forward was soon tempered by immediate budget concerns: On day one, it was sitting more than $100 million over budget, largely due to scope creep. The original program was based on a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 22, 2015 | Trends
While the story of the New Parkland Hospital is steeped in planning and design feats, the construction team behind the project brought it to life. And it all started when two competitors in the Dallas market, Balfour Beatty Construction and Austin Commercial, decided...
