by HCD Guest Author | Jul 23, 2013 | News
Completion date: February 2013Owner: University of Chicago MedicineArchitecture: Rafel Viñoly Architects (executive building design architect and architect of record), Cannon Design (consulting architect for medical facilities planning)Interior design: Rafel Viñoly...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 23, 2013 | News
Healthcare futurist Joe Flower, founder and CEO of Imagine What If Inc., was very clear on precisely what he sees coming down the pike: change. “I don’t know anyone who thinks healthcare works, that it doesn’t need to change,” he said as he...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 22, 2013 | News
The new Center for Care and Discovery (CCD) on the University of Chicago Medicine’s campus is a massive building. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects (New York) with Cannon Design (Chicago), the facility’s 1.2 million square feet are spread out across a...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 22, 2013 | News
Prefabricated modular construction is no longer limited to smaller healthcare projects, as hospitals are beginning to consider the technology as a way to capture scheduling and construction efficiencies.“’Faster, better, cheaper’ was the mantra of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 22, 2013 | News
Three years ago, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) established a mandate that all new facilities projects would utilize building information modeling (BIM)—not just to aid in the building process, but to support ongoing facility management.Kenneth Kaiser,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 19, 2013 | News
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota recently opened its new 6,000-square-foot healing garden at its St. Paul campus. Designed by Aesthetics Inc. (San Diego), the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) Storyland Garden provides a space of respite,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 18, 2013 | Trends
The infiltration of technology into all aspects of healthcare is irreversible—and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. From personal health-monitoring devices to electronic records to medical nanotechnology, there’s really no limit to the ways technology can...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 16, 2013 | News
In 2010, the Grossman Medical Group (West Hills, Calif.) enlisted design firm Jamie Bush & Co. (Los Angeles) to help redesign its new corporate offices and an adjacent surgery center already under construction. Dr. Peter Grossman, CEO, and his immediate support...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 15, 2013 | Trends
In the early 1990s, James Childers attended the groundbreaking of the Redbird Smith Health Clinic in Sallisaw, Okla., five miles north of the little town where he lived. Redbird Smith was the first clinic built from the ground up by the Cherokee Nation and—Childers...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 15, 2013 | News
Waiting is a major part of the hospital experience. “The patient is waiting to go home, the family is waiting to get test results,” says Erin Peavey, researcher and medical planner at HOK (New York). “Everybody is waiting their time out. So...
