by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 31, 2014 | Projects
As part of its long-term vision, Mercer University School of Medicine had been seeking a medical home model for Mercer Medicine to answer a growing need for community health services in central Georgia. To that end, in fall 2012, it engaged McMillan Pazdan Smith...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 30, 2014 | Trends
We hear a lot about community health and how hospitals can use their role in our lives to help promote healthy living and active lifestyles. A lot of projects we cover for Healthcare Design talk about landscaped campuses that have paths to encourage walking and plenty...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 29, 2014 | Trends
Private patient rooms have gained such widespread acceptance in the U.S. that it’s pretty much step one in any large-scale acute care renovation or new-build project. And arguments have been made—and evidence gathered—in support of single beds in other types of care...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 29, 2014 | Trends
While healthcare organizations have always faced the challenge of adapting their facilities to evolving services, needs, technology, and healthcare delivery models, the tempo of that change is accelerating. “It’s virtually impossible for a design that is one snapshot...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 29, 2014 | 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. Raymond E. Brower is vice president with RTKL (Washington, D.C.) and has more than 30 years of...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 27, 2014 | Projects
In 2014, Weirton Medical Center implemented an electronic administration record system where nurses began charting patient information from computers on mobile carts. The 238-bed, non-profit, acute-care, general community hospital is located in the city of Weirton in...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 27, 2014 | Projects
Opening its doors on Feb. 4, behavioral health not-for-profit Centerstone of Tennessee celebrated its new 18,090-square-foot outpatient facility on the six-acre Dede Wallace Campus in Nashville, Tenn. With the goal of improving its coordination of care and enhancing...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 24, 2014 | Projects
As part of a larger plan to increase bed capacity within an existing wing of the hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Lavallee Brensinger Architects (Manchester, N.H.) collaborated on the creation of a new 13,500-square-foot critical care unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 24, 2014 | Projects
Textural variety and colorful activity abound year-round in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s therapeutic gardens, thanks to the kinder, gentler weather of its Gainesville, Ga., location. “For every season, if it’s bulbs, if it’s herbs, you’ve always got...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 22, 2014 | Trends
As designers, we bring years of collective expertise to a project, advising clients on the right choices for their new or renovated healthcare facility. Research plays a big part in this collective expertise. Over the years, HGA design researcher Kara Freihoefer, PhD,...
