by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 17, 2013 | News
Industry professionals who produced some of the most impressive and memorable work of the past year were invited on stage to accept awards at a special luncheon held Sunday, November 17, at the Healthcare Design Conference in Orlando.With images of their...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 16, 2013 | Trends
We know that hospitals are energy and water intensive, and when looking inside, laboratory space emerges as one of the worst offenders. As with all conservation measures, best practices start with downsizing wherever practical. Fume hoods Fume hoods may provide one of...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 16, 2013 | News
The University of Florida’s Clinical Translational Research Building (CTRB) is a five-story, 120,000-square-foot facility that provides a headquarters for clinical and translational research for both the campus and the state. The building houses the Clinical and...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 16, 2013 | News
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and to share some ideas on the subject.Here, Mark Herstein, design manager at Tocci Building Companies (Woburn, Mass.),...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2013 | News
Named for a young girl who died in the 1970s from a simple, treatable infection due to lack of available care, the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center was founded 35 years ago in a small garage to provide healthcare to migrant farm workers and their families....
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 14, 2013 | News
I'm still surprised when I see articles that talk about well-designed, impressively built healthcare facilities as if they're like rare-bird sightings. I shouldn't be–in the grand scheme, there are still a lot of grim-feeling buildings desperately in...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 13, 2013 | Projects
With only general hospitals operating in the northern United Arab Emirates, 300,000-some residents of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), Umm Al Quwain, and Fujairah had to hop on a plane or take a long drive to a larger city such as Abu Dhabi or Dubai—or even go out of the...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 13, 2013 | News
Throughout the evolution of healthcare design, architects, engineers, and planners have responded to significant changes in the patient population. This has included responses to changes in demographic patterns and the changing philosophy around care and...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 12, 2013 | Trends
In 1960, the U.S. Public Health Service reported that disability from immobilization was one of 10 preventable health problems and that such disability could be reduced by 50-75 percent. Decades later, immobility is still an issue and garnering even more attention in...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 12, 2013 | News
Acibadem Hospitals Group, a private healthcare provider in Turkey that was recently acquired by global healthcare provider IHH Healthcare, operates 16 regional hospitals but recognized the need for services that are immediately accessible to the urban Istanbul...
