by Anne DiNardo | May 30, 2014 | Trends
OR 360, a project conducted jointly by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the U.S. military, aims to streamline and improve trauma care in the crucial first hour of emergency medical treatment by reconfiguring the surgical suite.Working with CannonDesign, the team turned...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 30, 2014 | Trends
From an exterior marked by brightly colored glass designed to resemble butterfly wings to its single-patient rooms, the 450,000-square-foot expansion of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., will be a physical reflection of feedback...
by HCD Guest Author | May 30, 2014 | Trends
What is a healthcare megaproject and where are they being built? A literature search was surprisingly difficult— there are few databases on the largest hospitals being constructed in the world. More often, there are lists of the “best hospitals.”The...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 29, 2014 | Trends
The Woods Bagot-designed Nepean Mental Health Centre (NMHC) in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, is a new insertion into the existing Nepean Hospital campus and is designed to respond to the increase in demand for mental health services as a result of the growing...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 29, 2014 | Trends
Last week I attended the live judging for Healthcare Design’s annual Design Showcase, a special section that appears in our September issue—what I tend to view as a yearbook of what’s been moving and shaking in healthcare design over the past 12...
by Anne DiNardo | May 28, 2014 | Trends
“Pretty bold, isn’t it,” says Jim May, executive vice president and COO, Catholic Health Partners, talking about the colorful tile exterior adorning the new Mercy Health West hospital on the west side of Cincinnati.The façade of the...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 23, 2014 | Trends
The Fleur Heights Care Center renovation in Des Moines, Iowa, is the first major remodel of a 10,000-square-foot portion of a nursing home originally built in the 1980s. The space was converted from an assisted living unit to a skilled nursing care unit. Though by...
by HCD Guest Author | May 22, 2014 | Trends
As of 2013, “financial challenges” had been listed as the number one concern of hospital CEOs for 10 consecutive years, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives. Financial stress has been the order of the day for many industries since the...
by Anne DiNardo | May 22, 2014 | Trends
Given the nature of today’s healthcare industry, there’s a greater prevalence of renovation and expansion projects than new construction. As a result, project teams are often upgrading active facilities with patients on-site.Working around sensitive...
by HCD Guest Author | May 20, 2014 | Trends
It’s not always easy to pinpoint a beginning, and yet it’s human nature to seek the answer to where things began. Humans are curious creatures: From silly curiosities (which came first, the chicken or the egg?) to cerebral discussions such as the Big Bang...
