by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 30, 2015 | Projects
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center is making a $73 million investment in the health and wellness of communities in Lafourche, La., and surrounding parishes with a new wellness center that will open in early 2016. With the area’s obesity rate at 37 percent and diabetes...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 29, 2015 | Trends
Maybe you’ve heard about the latest research scandal of a retracted paper in the journal Science. It was a fascinating study about changing minds, and I heard an interview with the study team on the radio show This American Life one Saturday while doing errands. As a...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jun 26, 2015 | Projects
Sutter Health’s Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital opened its doors on Oct. 25, 2014. The $281.5 million, 84-bed, acute care facility has received LEED Gold certification and is one of the first hospitals in the state of California to earn this rating. Designed by...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 24, 2015 | Trends
While Lean planning and operations have most often been applied to large hospitals, Lean can also have a positive effect on primary care clinics. Lean eliminates waste, streamlining resources and improving workflows to provide exemplary patient services. By...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 23, 2015 | Trends
Karolinska Institutet was founded in 1810 and is one of Sweden’s oldest medical universities. The organization has been studying NICU medical practice, planning, and design since about the time neonatal medicine officially came into existence in the 1960s. Located in...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 22, 2015 | Trends
The Center for Health Design has been working with organizations for years to advance the practice of healthcare design. But lately, I’ve been hearing more and more about how the process is broken: There’s no time. Everything has to be done faster, cheaper. I don’t...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 19, 2015 | Projects
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on the University of Connecticut Health Center campus, in Farmington, Conn., facilitates the discovery of personalized treatments for cancer, diabetes, immunology, neurodegenerative disorders, and microbiology based on...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 18, 2015 | Trends
The patient room is one of the most important areas of any hospital, so it rightfully deserves plenty of design attention. After all, it’s the patient room that embraces patients in their weakest moments and, if designed correctly, can aid them in a speedy and relaxed...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jun 17, 2015 | Projects
The new Canyon Vista Medical Center in Sierra Vista, Ariz., designed by Gould Turner Group for RegionalCare Hospital Partners, opened in April 2015. The new 100-bed, all-private, four-story center is housed in 177,000 square feet on 77 acres. It’s connected to the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 16, 2015 | Projects
The executive leadership of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, embarked on expanding its urban campus from about 280 to more than 750 beds of tertiary care. But the development, which began in 2009, was interrupted at the end...
