by HCD Guest Author | Mar 10, 2015 | Trends
From a lack of intuitive wayfinding to poor acoustics to a lack of contrast between walls and floors, many acute care environments are inadequately designed to support seniors. “You can design an environment that’s beautiful, easy to maintain, and allows for the best...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 6, 2015 | News
From the opening session at the Healthcare Design Academy on “Five Takeaways to Share with the C-Suite,” to the closing session on “The ‘Real’ Retailing of Healthcare,” the message was clear: healthcare providers and the teams that design their spaces need to keep...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 6, 2015 | Trends
Like many of you, I was surprised to read the recent headlines claiming that a new Johns Hopkins study proves that design doesn’t really affect patient experience. Then I read the articles. Then I read the actual study. Colleagues Sheila Cahnman and Sara Marberry both...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 6, 2015 | Projects
Orlando Health’s new 245-bed, 10-story, 345,000-square-foot Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) North Tower opened to the public on January 12, 2015, after being completed by a team including general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie and architectural firm HKS...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 6, 2015 | Trends
Sinai Hospital in Baltimore made a profound shift in their medication administration approach by moving the process directly to the patient bedside, with the goal of decreasing potential clinical errors. Like many other hospitals across the US, Sinai Hospital made...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 3, 2015 | Trends
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject. Paul Braun is a principal at Gresham, Smith and Partners and serves as the healthcare practice...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 2, 2015 | Trends
The media went bonkers last week over a study, published in the March 2015 Journal of Hospital Medicine, that analyzed patient satisfaction survey results to see what role the physical environment played in improving inpatient hospital scores. Provocative headlines...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 2, 2015 | Projects
After the opening of The Royal London Children’s Hospital in 2012, Vital Arts, the arts organization for Barts Health NHS Trust, spent two years working to turn the hospital’s blank walls into a showcase of fun, creativity, and positive distractions for its patients....
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 27, 2015 | Projects
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) global headquarters and Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center, completed in January 2014 and LEED Silver-certified, provides a home for its 18,700 members in a build-to-suit structure. It was designed by...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 25, 2015 | Trends
You likely know Morgan Spurlock as the guy who taught us all to pass on extra fries in his 2004 Academy Award-winning documentary “Super Size Me.” In the film, Spurlock challenged himself to only eat McDonald’s food for one month, documenting the effects the diet had...
