by HCD Guest Author | Nov 19, 2014 | Projects
While its first brick building was erected in 1902, St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Ore., had numerous additions tacked on over the decades. These extensions—circa 1922, 1962, and 1982—created a labyrinthine floor plan as well as many operational challenges, not to...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 18, 2014 | News
Imagine designing a geriatric mental health unit where there’s a waiting list of nurses who want to work there. That’s what happened after Mercy Health’s Saint Mary’s psychiatric unit underwent a redesign in Grand Rapids, Mich. Panelists James...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 18, 2014 | News
While the healthcare issues and design challenges faced on other continents may differ, there’s still much that can be learned and adapted to the work being done in North America. That was the message from MASS Design Group, which has built a career specializing...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 18, 2014 | News
Change is about meeting a fundamental need, Avein Saaty-Tafoya told audiences at the Healthcare Design Conference. On stage to accept The Center for Health Design’s Changemaker Award, which honors organizations and individuals that have demonstrated the ability...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 17, 2014 | News
When children were asked what they might like to see in a new expansion of the Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Delaware, FKP’s Diane Osan said, “They came up with some very creative things.” Those ideas included a roller coaster and a swimming pool,...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 17, 2014 | News
When Seattle Children’s made the decision to renovate its behavioral healthcare unit, restoring normalcy and patient dignity was at the top of the goal list. Debra Gumbardo, Anita Rossen and Martha Boes shared the design process and its finished successes on...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 17, 2014 | News
At a special awards luncheon on Sunday at the 2014 Healthcare Design Conference in San Diego, Healthcare Design honored the winners from its various competitions: the Healthcare Design Showcase, Remodel/Renovation Competition, Landscape Architecture for Healthcare...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 17, 2014 | News
Art is freedom. This was one of many messages graffiti artist Erik Wahl’s delivered at the Healthcare Design Conference on Nov. 16 in San Diego. He was the opening plenary and performed much of his show by painting and interacting with the audience. He...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 17, 2014 | News
Clinicians spend the majority of their time on tasks that do not add value, such as walking extra distances to find supplies or having to make phone calls to check in on medication deliveries, Gerard Leone, principal, Leonardo Group Americas, told an audience at the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 17, 2014 | News
The industry is in the midst of a shift to a wellness-focused model of care, with an eye on preventing illness rather than treating it. And the role the built environment plays in the process and the value that designers can bring to the table shouldn’t be overlooked,...
