by Kristin D. Zeit | Dec 15, 2014 | Projects
Indiana University Health and the building team on the Riley Hospital for Children Simon Family Tower at IU Health signed an integrated project delivery (IPD) contract for the design and construction of the 360,000-square-foot hospital addition in 2009. The project...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 15, 2014 | Trends
NICUs are currently one of the most discussed topics in the world of evidence-based design. As part of the Spencer de Mille Traveling Fellowship through the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Northern Pacific Chapter Knowledge Advancement Fund, I have...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 10, 2014 | Trends
The emergency department—whether on a hospital main campus, in a freestanding location, or specifically designed for a particular segment of the population—and its role in healthcare is evolving. In this Healthcare Design podcast below, Jeff Brand, design principal at...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 10, 2014 | Trends
Over dinner recently, a colleague who’s the CEO of a health system that just completed a hospital replacement project said something that made me think about our responsibilities as architects. “You [architects] are so good at describing architectural ideas and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 9, 2014 | Projects
In 2016, a vision at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) will unfold that advances the school’s goal of both improving education and enhancing the stability of the North St. Louis County community in which it is located. Part of a more than $100 million...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 8, 2014 | Trends
Many factors are at play today in shaping the future of the emergency department (ED), a space that’s likely to face rising demand. “From my experience, most of the emergency departments are picking up patient volume,” says Craig Pickerel, project manager and...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Dec 8, 2014 | News
Healthcare Design is hoping to get to the root of our industry’s most pressing needs for innovation and change—and we need your help. Innovation is all about the new—about the products, strategies, approaches, and processes that take the design of healthcare...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 5, 2014 | Trends
Healthcare Design regularly checks the pulse of the industry by inviting healthcare design professionals to share what’s on their minds and why, via our Take 5 column. This year, we heard from healthcare planners, CEOs, designers, architects, and more on a range of...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 5, 2014 | Projects
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) saw a need to modernize its student health facilities to meet the evolving needs of its growing student population. The university had experienced six straight years of record overall enrollment and a 30 percent increase...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Dec 4, 2014 | News
The researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago unpacked their story in a straightforward, methodical manner during the team’s presentation at the 2014 Healthcare Design Conference, titled “Centralized vs. Decentralized Nurses’ Stations:...
