by HCD Guest Author | Dec 10, 2013 | News
As 2014 approaches, The Center for Health Design (CHD) is preparing to move into the last year of our five-year strategic plan and start laying groundwork for the next.Over the last few months, we’ve been engaging in conversations with industry experts,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 9, 2013 | News
The new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida expands Lee Memorial Health System’s pediatric care. The new building will be located on the existing HealthPark Medical Center Campus in Fort Myers, Fla., and will follow these guiding...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 6, 2013 | News
“Most studies indicate that employees spend 75-95 percent of their time doing things that increase costs and create no value for the customer,” says Amanda Mewborn, senior healthcare operational planner, Perkins+Will.Mewborn joined colleague Marvina...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Dec 6, 2013 | News
Temecula Valley Hospital in Temecula, Calif., is a 140-bed acute care hospital that was built based on Lean principles and an integrated project delivery (IPD) approach. Design began in April 2010, construction started in June 2011 and was completed in July 2012, and...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 4, 2013 | News
In this series, Healthcare Design magazine asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.Here, Bob McCleskey, CEO, Sellen Construction (Seattle), talks about construction...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 3, 2013 | News
Talking about your job makes it easier, right? Are you looking for a forum brimming with other healthcare design professionals like yourself? Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn and join the multiple conversations we’ve already started.What are...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 3, 2013 | News
The baby boomer generation—or as I call them in this blog series, Boomer Nation—has emerged as the largest segment of healthcare system users. This generation is entering the retirement and Medicaid phases of their lives, and the statistics around this...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Dec 2, 2013 | News
The 17 participants in my group introduced themselves by name, title, and company and shared a bit of what they hoped to get out of the conference that week. They were from all over the country, big hospitals and small—and there wasn’t an architect or...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 2, 2013 | Trends
The inpatient room is arguably the most comprehensively addressed setting in healthcare, with a large body of evidence for designers to draw upon. Yet the “ideal” patient room remains a myth. Although there are unique issues in the design of each project, whether new...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 27, 2013 | News
There are countless factors to be considered in product selection to create warm, inviting, and comfortable healthcare spaces for patients and staff. Those concerns can range from ease of use to infection control to maintainability. But when designing for behavioral...
