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...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 12, 2013 | News
While some community landmarks improve the local landscape with artwork that’s nice to view, Good Samaritan Regional Health Center, in Mt Vernon, Ill., installed a piece that appeals to residents’ eyes and ears. A new entry bell tower on the hospital...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 12, 2013 | News
This post, originally published on July 12, 2013, was among Healthcare Design’s most popular articles and blogs of 2013. To see the full list, go to www.hcdmagazine.com/best-of-2013.I recently attended the Child Life Council's 31st annual conference, a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 11, 2013 | News
This was our fourth year reaching out to the healthcare design industry to see how business shaped up in the previous year and what the collective feeling is about where things stand in the present, via our 2013 Healthcare Design Corporate Rankings Survey.In terms of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 11, 2013 | News
“Uncertainty” defined the healthcare market in 2012. And yet expectations for clarity—thanks to both a U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act and a presidential election outcome that put to rest any lingering...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 11, 2013 | News
More than 90 architecture/engineering and construction firms working in healthcare took part in Healthcare Design's 2013 Corporate Rankings Survey, providing both business results in 2012 and insight on where the healthcare design industry stands today.Below,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 9, 2013 | Trends
As announced last week, the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED v4 rating system has been approved—at long last. It wasn’t a close vote, with 86 percent in favor, which must be a relief to the USGBC after three years and six public comment periods’ worth of...
