by Anne DiNardo | Aug 16, 2013 | News
In this series, Healthcare Design magazine asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.Here, Gary Vance, national director of healthcare at BSA LifeStructures...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 15, 2013 | News
The headline “World War II bunker found at Dover Hospital site” popped up in my Google alerts today. And, sure enough, as it seems to happen fairly regularly, especially in places like England with hundreds of years of history on top of ours here in the...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 14, 2013 | News
A visit to a doctor’s office or hospital is stressful enough without the worry of “How long is this going to take?” Recently, Angie’s List, a member review and rating service, found that of 1,008 members who responded to an online poll, 65...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 13, 2013 | News
I was in Dallas last week for the Healthcare Design Academy, where a team of highly invested players working on the replacement facility for Parkland Memorial Hospital gave an in-depth presentation on the project’s progress. Their mood was upbeat, and with good...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 13, 2013 | News
The 184,600-square-foot new Louis & Peaches Owen Heart Hospital includes 72 new private patient rooms; a cardiac intensive care unit; cardiac surgical suites; and comprehensive cardiac, thoracic, vascular and pulmonary services—as well as state-of-the-art...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 13, 2013 | Trends
In 1813, Samuel Tuke wrote the following in a description of York Retreat, an institution for insane people in York, England, that was founded by his grandfather William Tuke: “Many errors in the construction, as well as in the management, of asylums for the insane...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 13, 2013 | News
The terms “sustainability” and “green” naturally bring to mind thoughts of the products and features designed and built into a new or renovated facility and the practices followed during construction. But sustainability and sound environmental...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 9, 2013 | News
Pause for a minute and think about the traditional doctor’s visit or clinic experience: A patient arrives, checks in at the registration desk, sits down in a chair or loveseat, and waits to be called back to an exam room. But what is that waiting...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 9, 2013 | News
Most project teams rely on building information modeling (BIM) to assist in planning, designing, and troubleshooting a project’s above-ground systems. But for the University of North Carolina Hospital’s (UNCH) Hillsborough Campus project, Skanska...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 9, 2013 | News
Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed November 2012)Chief administrator: John Chuey, MD, Senior Physician, (212) 420-2000Firm: Array Architects, (212) 689-3110Design team: Jeffrey Drucker, AIA, Project Executive; Jason Lee, LEED AP, Project Manager;...
