by HCD Guest Author | Apr 28, 2015 | Trends
Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates is one of the fastest growing cities in the world—and it’s where I made my second stop on my research tour of NICU design, as part of the Spencer de Mille Traveling Fellowship through the International Interior Design Association...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Apr 24, 2015 | Trends
The May 2015 issue of Healthcare Design offers a lot in terms of lessons learned, on how the past informs the future of healthcare systems and inspires physical buildings that will serve their patients, staff, and communities better than it ever could before. Whether...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 23, 2015 | Trends
It’s no secret that a well-designed built environment plays a critical role in keeping patients safe and enhancing the quality of care. Though there is a growing body of research that supports the role of design in health outcomes, oftentimes the research is very...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 22, 2015 | Trends
U.S. healthcare systems are moving away from episodic care delivered in silos to coordinated, team-based care that improves population health. One model, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), is supported by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA),...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 17, 2015 | Projects
Seattle Children’s Hospital’s new 34,000-square-foot Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) serves children ages 3 to 18 years with complex mental health issues. Emphasizing a life-affirming attitude with patient and staff safety elements built into the...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 16, 2015 | News
David Grandy’s career path has many twists and turns—a result, he said, of knowing how to recognize a great opportunity and then capitalizing on it. For instance, after deciding to go to medical school, he took a year off to intern with a healthcare system. There, he...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 15, 2015 | Projects
Founded in 1908 as a faith-based institution, Florida Hospital has grown statewide into 24 hospitals specializing in providing patients with whole-person care. With a renewed commitment to women’s services in central Florida, Florida Hospital Orlando is building a...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 15, 2015 | Trends
The industry has recently taken a keen interest in what keeps healthcare professionals up at night. In hope of shedding light on this topic, HDR recently conducted a survey asking pediatric care providers this very question (the full report can be found here). This...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 13, 2015 | Projects
Project Summary Completion date: November 2014 Owner: Queensland Government Total building area: 802,018 sq. ft. Total construction cost: hospital—$459 million ($600 million AUD); total project cost—$1.2 billion ($1.5 billion AUD) Cost/sq. ft.: hospital—$572 per...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 10, 2015 | Projects
The University of North Carolina’s new Marsico Hall on the Health Affairs campus (Chapel Hill, N.C.) is allowing researchers, faculty, and students to take collaboration to greater heights. Designed by Perkins+Will (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), the...
