by HCD Guest Author | Oct 25, 2013 | News
Bridgepoint Active Healthcare's new Bridgepoint Hospital in Toronto established a number of links between patients and the community. Here are a few highlights:Diverse and plentiful views from the interior spaces to the immediate park environment and the city...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 25, 2013 | News
Research is so important to Healthcare Design's mission of providing current, usable information to help our readers build and maintain modern and efficient facilities that positively affect patient outcomes. But we're not a technical research...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 25, 2013 | News
As hospitals have become more patient-centered, there’s been a trend toward including a family area inside the patient area to promote family presence, support, and involvement in patient care. Growing evidence shows that family members play an important role in...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 24, 2013 | News
The procurement model for the Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Bridgepoint Hospital project is design, build, finance, maintain (DBFM), a common strategy used in the healthcare industry outside of the U.S. Under this model, the consortium developer, Plenary Health...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 24, 2013 | News
A new acute care facility being constructed on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles tackles the realities of providing respiratory care, which often requires extended stays, by creating a space that's comfortable for both patients and family members while...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 24, 2013 | News
Thanks to a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), The Center for Health Design (CHD) has embarked on a three-year quest to make hospitals safer for patients and staff. As part of this project, CHD and partners the Facilities Guidelines...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 23, 2013 | News
As far back as 2008, we at Healthcare Design were reporting on the growing popularity of standalone emergency departments (EDs), a solution to both the rising demand for services and the declining stock of hospital-based EDs.Five years later, little has changed....
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 23, 2013 | News
Completion date: June 25, 2013Owner: Bridgepoint Active HealthcareArchitecture: Stantec Architecture/KPMB Architects (planning, design, and compliance architects); HDR Architecture/Diamond Schmitt Architects (design, build, finance, and maintain architects).Interior...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 23, 2013 | News
Designing a new hospital is always a complex process. In Canada, it’s even more complicated because, historically, new facilities have been paid for by the government and require a different type of approval process than in the U.S. Bridgepoint Active...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 21, 2013 | News
Of all the products needed to build new healthcare facilities or update existing ones, none has undergone the basic changes in selection criteria that lighting has.While components like HVAC systems and building envelopes have been improved upon incrementally over...
