by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 19, 2015 | Projects
University of Kentucky’s $265 million, 306,000-square-foot collaborative research center broke ground on Oct. 23 at its Lexington, Ky., campus. Scheduled for completion in the summer of 2018, Research Building Two (RB2) will house scientific research aimed at...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 19, 2015 | Trends
As the healthcare industry shifts toward outpatient care, healthcare organizations are reevaluating clinic planning to meet evolving patient needs. Once-standard waiting rooms, workstations, and exam rooms are evolving to accommodate new delivery models for a diverse...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 18, 2015 | Trends
Don’t be surprised if there’s an industrial engineer at your next project planning meeting. The continuous improvement specialist—also known as Lean design expert, performance improvement coach, or process improvement consultant—is an increasingly common staff member...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 17, 2015 | News
A hospital’s goal to achieve net-zero energy isn’t impossible, but it’s an effort that requires a combination of active and passive systems and community partnerships. That was the message from Kim Shinn, a principal and senior sustainability wizard at TLC Engineering...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 16, 2015 | News
Among the challenges facing hospitals today is care for chronic patients—addressing how to keep them healthy and out of the hospital and serving them once they do arrive. To look for ways to address the issue, a group of healthcare, technology, and design...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 16, 2015 | News
What’s service design and how can it improve the patient experience? That’s what Allison Matthews, a senior service designer at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation was on hand to explain to attendees of the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference on Monday....
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 16, 2015 | News
The Center for Health Design presented its 2015 Changemaker Award to Roger Ulrich, the “father of evidence-based design,” at a Monday morning general session at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference. Rosalyn Cama, the outgoing board chair for The Center—who also...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 16, 2015 | News
The ambulatory care trend isn’t going anywhere. And as hospitals and health systems continue to spread their reach into communities through smaller clinics and medical office buildings, the more they’re considering leasing these spaces as opposed to buying. From...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 15, 2015 | News
Reducing hospital readmissions is on the minds of designers, operators, and owners across the healthcare design spectrum—and rightfully so as penalties for these continue to take effect. During a session at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference in Washington,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 15, 2015 | News
It’s not every day that an acute inpatient behavioral health hospital opens in a converted four-story office building, but that’s just what Quail Run Behavioral Health Hospital did in November 2014. The team behind the considerable challenge shared the project story...
