by Anne DiNardo | Nov 4, 2013 | News
Sight and touch are the senses most obviously affected by the built environment, and in a healthcare setting, what you hear and smell are also important factors that can’t be ignored. Masking efforts are one way to go. In some case, you can take a more active...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 1, 2013 | Trends
With patient-focused care a top priority for healthcare providers, many organizations are realizing the value of asking patients, families, and visitors to play a role in design. These populations are some of the most important users of a healthcare facility and have...
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,...
