by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 21, 2014 | News
Several years ago, I was an editor for a group of hospitality trade magazines. When our editorial team decided to dig into a trend report on how the Internet was affecting the hotel industry, I was tasked with writing an article about customer review websites like...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 20, 2014 | News
Happy New Year! What’s on your list of resolutions?Health and organization seem to top most of our lists—and no one more so than healthcare facility owners. What if you could combine both health and organization into a plan that would transform your...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 18, 2014 | Trends
It’s become increasingly clear that the problem of patient safety doesn’t lie solely in the hands of clinicians or frontline staff. Healthcare systems have many underlying conditions that interact in complex ways and may result in adverse events, such as injuries,...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 14, 2014 | News
Stanford Children’s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.) is a growing community physician and sub-specialty group, developed in partnership with owner Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the Stanford School of Medicine. In September 2013, the group...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 13, 2014 | News
Ambulance bays are the front door for many at a hospital. However, the design and operation of these essential spaces can be less than ideal for patients, staff, and EMS personnel alike.Don Sharpe, a senior paramedic, emergency medical services, with Alberta Health...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 11, 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.Charles Griffin, a senior principal and studio leader at WHR Architects (Houston), is the...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 10, 2014 | News
The end customer defines value.When using Lean methods on healthcare design projects, the goal is to maximize value for your customer and minimize waste. Designers have to ask the question: “Who is my customer and what do they value?”The end customer of a...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 7, 2014 | News
Perkins+WillFirm details: With offices in 24 cities around the world, architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has had a significant impact on the healthcare scene over its 75-year history. The firm counts among its clients the Lucile Packard Children’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 7, 2014 | News
David Ruthven, AIACo-lead and creative director, NXT Health (New York)Who he is: At 32 years old, Ruthven has already garnered plenty of attention in the healthcare design field, starting in 2004 when he worked on a first generation patient room prototype as a...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 7, 2014 | News
Healthcare designers, architects, facility owners, and contractors and used to lengthy schedules and spending large amounts of time on a project that won’t see its first patients until 2016, 2018, or beyond.One deadline that might seem far off—but in...
