by HCD Guest Author | Aug 21, 2013 | News
Outfitted with a full complement of operating room (OR) equipment plus state-of-the-art imaging technology, hybrid operating rooms are allowing surgeons to diagnose and pinpoint problems while patients are on the table—and make immediate adjustments to a...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 20, 2013 | News
On a ridiculously beautiful day in our nation’s capital—seriously, 75 degree sunshine in August: Obscene!—a group of appointed representatives convened to give their full attention to 100-plus documents, each of which purported to enlighten and...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 20, 2013 | News
Hospitals across the country are creating a new breed of surgery spaces called hybrid operating rooms. Hybrid ORs combine the surgical capacity of traditional operating rooms with the imaging capabilities of a catheterization lab, two spaces that have traditionally...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 19, 2013 | Trends
With healthcare facilities scrambling to improve their financial and performance position under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there’s been renewed focus on falls as a preventable occurrence. Hospital-associated injuries from falls are considered a “never event” by...
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...
