by HCD Guest Author | Jul 7, 2014 | Trends
As a healthcare interior designer working with an integrated team of architects and medical planners, I often begin a patient unit project by meeting with clients, caregivers, and user groups to map existing operational processes and identify opportunities for...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 3, 2014 | Trends
The new 140,000-square-foot Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Emergency Care Center at Ocean Medical Center (OMC) in Brick, N.J., was designed by WHR Architects. The ED occupies the first floor of a new three-story hospital building that deploys the material palette of the...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 3, 2014 | Trends
When Jenifer LaRose, an RN, CPN, and clinical manager of the sixth floor at Hasbro Children’s Hospital (Providence, R.I.), started her career in nursing 20 years ago, she says families were not embraced as part of a patient’s care team.And even if...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 3, 2014 | Trends
With its co-location with the “New Prescriptions for Transforming Healthcare” program from Healthcare Institute, an IFMA Alliance Partner, and the Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute, our Healthcare Design Academy in Portland, Ore., offered...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 3, 2014 | Trends
Providers have put a lot of time and effort into fine-tuning the patient experience and creating supportive workplaces for staff—and with good reason. But their sights are now resting on another population that’s coming into healthcare buildings: families...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 3, 2014 | Trends
This year, 106 architecture/engineering and construction firms working in healthcare took part in Healthcare Design's Corporate Rankings Survey, providing both business results in 2013 and insight on where the healthcare design industry stands today.Below, please...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 2, 2014 | Trends
To keep up with the pace of medical advancements, healthcare institutions are upgrading to the newest technology and renovating their physical settings to accommodate the purchase of new state-of-the-art equipment. This is affecting construction planning and design...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 2, 2014 | Trends
This year, 106 architecture/engineering and construction firms working in healthcare took part in Healthcare Design's Corporate Rankings Survey, providing both business results in 2013 and insight on where the healthcare design industry stands today.Below, please...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 1, 2014 | Trends
I was reminded recently of one piece of the planning and design process that can make or break any healthcare project: community buy-in.Just a couple of weeks ago, two stories were in the news that illustrate the weight that not only public opinion but the decisions...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 1, 2014 | Trends
(RANKINGS: Check out rankings of the firms that participated in the survey, based on gross healthcare billings, completed projects, RFPs received, and contracts signed. For architecture/engineering firms, click here. For construction firms,...
