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...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 18, 2013 | News
According to a survey released by the Beryl Institute earlier this year, 84 percent of healthcare organizations rank the patient experience in their top three priorities. And yet, 58 percent claim they haven’t made investments specifically related to improving...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 18, 2013 | News
With the goal of delivering cancer care closer to the community, UMass Memorial Health Care (Worcester, Mass.) added a new cancer center at its Marlborough Hospital in central Massachusetts. UMass worked with architects from The S/L/A/M Collaborative (Glastonbury,...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 18, 2013 | News
With offices in three neighborhoods and a separate therapy/gymnasium space in another town, Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group (PRCMG) wanted to consolidate all of its operations under one roof in Emeryville, Calif.Kava Massih...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 18, 2013 | Trends
Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of building performance is the process of systematically and rigorously evaluating buildings after construction and occupancy, and providing feedback. As one of the key components of continuous improvement of the built environment, the...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 17, 2013 | News
Some of healthcare design's most popular ideas—from acuity adaptable rooms to natural light-infused patient rooms and waiting areas—have benefits that touch patients and families, as well as the staff members delivering care. It’s a win-win...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 17, 2013 | News
The idea: Guthrie Health’s Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa., had two very specific needs: first, to alleviate overcrowding in the emergency department and on inpatient floors caused by holding observation patients in those spaces, and second, to create an...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 17, 2013 | News
Spire Healthcare, a private healthcare provider in the U.K., has invested $54 million (£35million) to turn a local landmark—No.2 Montefiore Road—into its 37th private hospital. Located in the seaside town of Brighton and Hove, the neo-classical...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 17, 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.Jeffrey Stouffer is a principal and academic and pediatric practice leader with HKS, Inc....
