by HCD Guest Author | Jun 8, 2015 | Trends
As competition surges among healthcare providers, delivering positive experiences for patients is inspiring projects that breathe new life into care spaces. But simultaneously, organizations are turning their attention to areas of the hospital that likewise improve...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 8, 2015 | Trends
For years we’ve been designing the administrative C-suite to provide proximity for healthcare executives to foster collaboration and efficient decision making. But what about the D-suite? For years healthcare operations have been fraught with siloed departments and...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 5, 2015 | Projects
The population of Fort Collins, Colo., has increased by more than 30 percent since 2000. To help meet the healthcare needs of this fast-growing city, the University of Colorado Health System needed to expand its Poudre Valley Outpatient Cancer Center. Initially, the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 2, 2015 | Trends
Are healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) driven not only by existing harmful pathogens but by the absence of helpful species? In our zeal to create an ultra-clean patient environment, are we actually removing ecosystems that can help heal? Researchers are beginning...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 2, 2015 | News
Body mass index, or BMI, has been the traditional benchmark for classifying obesity, which affects more than 60 million adults in the U.S. But Christopher Upton, a project manager at the University of Texas Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction (Austin,...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 1, 2015 | Projects
Studio Dental Inc. is making it a lot harder for patients to put off their biannual cleanings. Founders Dr. Sara Creighton and CEO Lowell Caulder have created the 26-foot-long Studio Dental Mobile Unit to deliver dental services to offices around San Francisco. The...
by Anne DiNardo | May 29, 2015 | Trends
Obesity is a problem in this country that’s not going away, says Christopher Upton, a project manager at the University of Texas Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction (Austin, Texas). That means healthcare facilities will continue to see its bariatric...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 29, 2015 | Projects
To meet the needs of a growing satellite community of Spokane, Wash., Providence Medical Group created a new facility to provide comprehensive healthcare. Designed by Mahlum and opened in April 2014, the medical park allows a patient to visit a primary care doctor,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 28, 2015 | Trends
“We could make the hospital itself into a treatment for the patient.” Now, there’s a design challenge. But it’s one that Emily Landon, infection control epidemiologist for the University of Chicago’s Center for Care and Discovery, hopes that providers, architects, and...
by HCD Guest Author | May 26, 2015 | Projects
Lancaster, Calif., is located in the windy, high desert region of Antelope Valley, a fact that made the design and construction of the new Kaiser Permanente Antelope Valley Medical Offices a challenging undertaking—especially in light of the balance that had to be...
