by HCD Guest Author | Mar 18, 2015 | Trends
Time. It is the one thing we can’t make more of, and the one thing that costs us the most. This is especially true in a healthcare environment, where clinicians are stretched to their limits—expected to do as much as possible, in a finite amount of time, with minimal...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 17, 2015 | Trends
There’s a whole world of big data out there, but all of that information requires analysis to truly understand how it can shape change. So that’s just what Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation did, shared Peter Valenzuela, chief medical officer for Sutter Pacific Medical...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2015 | Trends
Two years ago, the board of the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) discussed the inherent problem in its guidelines for the design and construction of healthcare facilities published every four years: they’re reactionary. The process itself takes about seven years to...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2015 | News
Today’s new healthcare landscape, specifically its changing reimbursement models, is having a transformative effect on how providers might best approach the concept of creating flexibility in the built environment. Speakers Jason Busby, senior manager of Kurt Salmon,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 13, 2015 | Projects
The Angie Fowler Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Institute, inside Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, has undergone a complete renovation of the 8th floor outpatient and 9th floor roof garden. Designed by Stanley Beaman & Sears Architecture...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 13, 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. Jennifer Aliber is a principal at Shepley Bulfinch (Boston and Phoenix). Here, she shares her...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 12, 2015 | Projects
The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center (Oklahoma City, Okla.) welcomes young patients and their families to its campus with a scene comprising 12 kites and three bronze sculptures of children at play. The 140-foot-long piece, titled “Spirit,” is the work of...
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...
