by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 13, 2015 | News
ZGF Architects LLP Organization details: With one-half of its work dedicated to healthcare, the architecture and interior design firm ZGF—with its 500 staff members across offices in Portland, Ore.; Seattle; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, D.C.; and Canada—has...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 12, 2015 | Projects
Among the many recent changes executed in workflow and campus redirection for Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis., the restructuring of its emergency department stands out as one of the most dramatic shifts, a shift that made Kari Houser, director of...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 12, 2015 | News
The HCD 10: David Grandy, Rising Star (Under 40) David Grandy, FACHE, CMPE Associate vice president and managing director of strategic innovation, HDR (Omaha, Neb.) Who he is: Grandy’s career has involved work on five continents and such high-profile clients as Kaiser...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 11, 2015 | Projects
The story of Gundersen Health System’s La Crosse, Wis., campus renewal begins with the retreating glaciers that formed the Coulee Region 500,000 years ago. Or so felt the design team from Ellerbe Becket (now AECOM) when it first considered how to approach the design...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 11, 2015 | Trends
A multitude of changes have occurred in healthcare systems over the last two decades, including shifts in medicine, regulations, health insurance, caregiving, disease management, technology, systems, patient records, patient expectations, outpatient orientation,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 11, 2015 | News
Sam Moses Superintendent, Balfour Beatty Construction (Dallas) Who he is: Moses has spent the majority of his 37-year career with Balfour Beatty Construction as a superintendent on projects from the east to west coast, including several hospitals. However, at 2...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 10, 2015 | Trends
Understanding the human experience in healthcare planning and design is essential to creating spaces that meet the needs of users. While human experience in healthcare includes staff, patients, and family members, this article will focus primarily on staff experience...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 10, 2015 | News
Who they are: While it took a coalition of community and business leaders to bring a new public safety-net hospital to Indianapolis, two individuals stand at the forefront of that movement: Matthew Gutwein and Dr. Lisa Harris. Gutwein serves as president and CEO of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 9, 2015 | News
George Mann, AIA Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA, Endowed Professor of Health Facilities Design, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) Who he is: Mann arrived at Texas A&M in 1966, charged with launching the university’s Architecture...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 6, 2015 | Projects
Whittington Health Trust (London) recognized that demand for acute services was rising among the 500,000 people in its service area. Based on this need, and the focus by the NHS on integrated care, Whittington decided to use the opportunity to build a new ambulatory...
