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;...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 8, 2013 | News
In the healthcare industry’s shift toward a value-based care delivery model over its current volume-based one, success largely depends upon patients themselves. Providers need patients to be invested in their own health. After all, you can’t begin...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 8, 2013 | Trends
Feeling the impact of healthcare reform and the recession, many hospital owners are faced with the difficult task of driving down costs, which can include choosing between building new facilities or renovating existing ones. Requiring large capital expenditures and...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 2, 2013 | News
Five years ago, the study “Demystifying First Cost Green Building Premiums in Healthcare” was released, showing that the capital cost premium for green healthcare design was 2.4 percent. “At the time, there were a lot of questions about [green and...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 2, 2013 | News
The $51 million Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is part of an ongoing collaboration between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP), brought about by a donation of $25...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 1, 2013 | News
My sister-in-law is a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse, and whenever she talks about her job, her patients, and the families she serves every day, I’m always filled with the same combination of dread/awe that’s probably hard-wired once you become...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 31, 2013 | News
One thing is for sure in our uncertain healthcare future: Big box outpatient centers are expected to play a bigger role in helping healthcare systems expand their patient base and enhance care. These spaces, which integrate ambulatory services in one location, help...
