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Take Five With Jeffrey Stouffer

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....

Restaurant Renovation Serves Up Challenges For New Clinic

by HCD Guest Author | Oct 16, 2013 | News

Dr. Edward Levitan, founder of Visions HealthCare, a private health and wellness center, spent nearly two years searching for an ideal spot to relocate the practice. Proximity between the new facility and an existing one in Wellesley, Mass., was key to allowing...

Inspiring, Innovative Healthcare Spaces: Put A Pin In It

by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 15, 2013 | News

Several months ago, we started a Healthcare Design Pinterest account and Associate Editor Shandi Matambanadzo created a few boards. We didn’t announce it with any fanfare—we didn’t “announce” it all, actually—because we wanted to...

Puyallup Medical Center Blazes A Trail To LEED For Healthcare

by HCD Guest Author | Oct 15, 2013 | News

The Group Health Puyallup Medical Center, a new 53,000-square-foot, two-story facility in Puyallup, Wash., is the first project in the country to achieve certification under the new LEED for Healthcare rating system (LEED-HC). Recognizing that healthcare facilities...

Patients Leave A Mark On New Golisano Children’s Hospital

by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 14, 2013 | News

It’s always nice to have a reminder of why the time- and cost-intensive planning, design, and construction of our healthcare facilities mean so much. The team building the new Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., had that opportunity last...

New Medical Staffing Procedures Call For Design Solutions

by HCD Guest Author | Oct 11, 2013 | News

The hybrid medical professional—physician-writer, physician-researcher, physician-educator, and the physician-editor—is often mentioned in literature and popular press. As a self-labeled “dochitect,” I propose a new hybrid model, the...

Converting Commercial Buildings Into Healthcare Facilities

by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 11, 2013 | News

The conversion of empty buildings (particularly retail spaces) into healthcare facilities isn’t new, but just in the past few months it seems like these completed projects have multiplied exponentially. In our upcoming October issue, we include stories about a...