by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 10, 2013 | News
More than a decade after first studying the quality of cancer care in the U.S., the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in September reported that barriers to achieving quality care remain challenging. Those barriers include a failure to provide patient-centered and...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 9, 2013 | News
As more and more hospitals and medical centers integrate themselves further into their communities, becoming a place for medical care as well as community meetings and wellness programs, space design is evolving to become more regionally focused. From materials...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 8, 2013 | News
For patients receiving treatment at the Immanuel Medical Center Cancer Center in Omaha, Neb., their surroundings were given a facelift this summer when the hospital unveiled a new Inspiration Garden.“We hope this garden will provide patients and families with...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 8, 2013 | News
Federally funded since 1965, community health centers (CHC) began as a grass-roots initiative to provide primary healthcare within a growing number of urban and rural poverty-stricken communities. Today, there are more than 1,200 CHCs in more than 9,000 facilities...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 7, 2013 | News
When Cleveland Clinic decided to add an ultra-high resolution 7T MRI scanner to its main campus in downtown Cleveland, it didn’t just have to figure out how to transport and install an 80,000-pound magnet. It first had to build the right facility to house such a...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 4, 2013 | News
Columbia University Medical Center’s (CUMC) flagship practice relocated to the center of midtown Manhattan where it transformed a corporate office space into a high-performance ambulatory care facility. The patient-focused center, designed by Perkins+Will (New...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 4, 2013 | News
Sift through the pages of Healthcare Design’s Architectural and Interior Design Showcase (appearing in the September 2013 issue), to see what’s current in healthcare design. This juried section features healthcare projects from design firms that developed...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 3, 2013 | News
As humans, we’re hardwired to know what’s good for us, says David Webster, partner, Ideo (San Francisco). For instance, our intuition tells us that rotten food is not good to eat. But when it comes to knowing what helps us heal in the built environment,...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 3, 2013 | News
If all goes according to plan, sometime next year, 30 million more Americans will have access to health insurance to pay for regular checkups and preventive care. The prospect of this greatly expanded customer base, along with a focus on wellness and incentives to...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 2, 2013 | News
There are an incredible number of variables that can influence the direction a healthcare building project might take, from budget to schedule to delivery method to ownership goals and everything in between.Managing all of those pieces is critical to a successful...
