by Anne DiNardo | Nov 1, 2013 | News
For decades, Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.) had been serving the metro Portland, Ore., area through its Sunnyside Hospital on the southeast side of town, and several medical office buildings (MOBs) on the west side, including Sunset Medical Center. But as the...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 31, 2013 | News
Tomorrow is the first day of November, and for me, that calendar flip also flips a switch in my head—the one that lights a neon sign proclaiming “Healthcare Design Conference.” That 100-foot mental reminder will blaze uninterrupted until November 20....
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 31, 2013 | News
Across the healthcare spectrum, hospitals and other facilities are working to break down their institutional settings, asking designers to instead pursue more homelike and hospitality-inspired models. But deinstitutionalizing behavioral health facilities can come with...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 30, 2013 | 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.Here, Brett Oliver, landscape architect, and Marcus Cantu, landscape designer, at Copley...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 29, 2013 | News
My first lesson on the value of artwork in a healthcare setting occurred about nine years ago when I was walking the hallways of a maternity ward. It was the middle of the night, I was having regular contractions, but I wasn’t far enough along to be admitted to...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 28, 2013 | News
Completion date: July 2012Owner: Ty Cobb Regional Medical CenterArchitecture: Earl Architects LLCInterior design: Maregatti InteriorsContracting: MPA of GeorgiaEngineering: Pruett, Ford & AssociatesIT and telecommunications engineer: EDI, Ltd.Construction: Freese...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 28, 2013 | News
Like other rural facilities across the county, Ty Cobb Healthcare System (Royston, Ga.) felt the pressures of providing rural healthcare in a modern age: rising costs, funding shortages, increasing competition, and a shrinking medical staff population.According to the...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 28, 2013 | News
In countries like Namibia, where the population density is the third lowest in the world, women and children must often walk for hours to the nearest clinic, wait in line to see the doctor or nurse, travel elsewhere to receive diagnostic testing and pharmaceuticals,...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 25, 2013 | News
This month, PBS released the documentary The Waiting Room, providing a 24-hour window into the ER waiting room at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif. “We’re a public hospital, we’re the safety net in society, the institution of last resort for so...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 25, 2013 | News
Designed by William Thomas, one of Toronto’s most important 19th century architects, the Old Don Jail is a historic landmark. Built in 1864, it was the largest prison of its kind in North America—a jail that attempted to reform its inmates rather than...
