by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 7, 2014 | News
The accommodation of technology in all its forms—whether it’s installing an 80,000-lb. magnet for a super-sophisticated MRI scanner, mapping out the infrastructure to support wireless communication initiatives, or building new data centers—is a...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 6, 2014 | News
Ambulance bays connect EMS personnel and their patients to the triage area of a hospital and should be fast, safe, and efficient at getting everyone in, and out. Yet not all bays are created equal, and oftentimes they become a dumping ground for excess supplies and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 5, 2014 | News
Oftentimes when embarking on a new healthcare facility project, square footage and adjacency requirements will drive programming and, subsequently, design. But things were a bit different when the team from ZGF Architects LLP (Seattle) partnered with Seattle...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 5, 2014 | News
If you were to ask hospital CEOs what issues keep them up at night, the scope of answers would be as varied as the types of hospitals and health systems out there. The challenges facing rural hospitals differ from those in urban settings, and large-scale systems have...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 4, 2014 | News
As patient, industry, and regulatory demands heat up, hospital administrators are juggling increasingly urgent priorities. What role does the built environment play in meeting these demands? For the Healthcare Design feature article “Facility Owners Share...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 28, 2014 | News
In March, the 2014 healthcare facility guidelines will be available. And, for the first time ever, there will be two volumes—one for hospitals and outpatient facilities, and one for residential health, care, and support facilities.This is a significant...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 27, 2014 | Trends
While architects and designers are trained to understand the ways in which the built environment can improve the user experience and patient outcomes, for healthcare facility owners, the physical space is just one part of a much bigger puzzle. This is why it’s so...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 26, 2014 | News
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.With a background as a sociologist and design strategist, Lance Carlson leads the...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 25, 2014 | Projects
The promise of empowering the patient and his or her personal support network within the healthcare setting is more than just a selling point for the healthcare design industry—with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it’s a mandate to everyone who makes a...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 21, 2014 | News
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center completed an 80,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic in Green Township, Ohio, in 2013. The building houses nine clinics and 17 services and is designed to bring area children a comfortable and positive healthcare...
