by HCD Guest Author | Jun 18, 2013 | News
By nature, we as healthcare architects design to incorporate trends in delivery of care, facility requests, and code requirements. But do we really understand how design affects staff, patients, and families?Over the past two years, I've had my share of personal...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jun 17, 2013 | News
With the launch of its new Prime TC wheelchair last week, the creative partnership of medical technology company Stryker and architect Michael Graves took the next step in Graves’ mission to improve healthcare design. The Prime TC certainly looks...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 14, 2013 | News
I’ve attended Neocon several times in my 10-plus years covering design, but this was my first visit looking at the show through the eyes of healthcare. Walking away from this week’s event, three topics were clearly top of mind: senior living spaces,...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 13, 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, Frank Zilm, Chester Dean lecturer on healthcare design, University of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 12, 2013 | News
Cancer treatment is seeing a newcomer joining the ranks of more traditional approaches like surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy—proton therapy.In fact, as part of a recent trend report I wrote on cancer center design, sources told me they’re seeing growth...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 12, 2013 | News
The results of Healthcare Design’s 2013 Corporate Rankings Survey* are in, showing what architecture/engineering and construction firms rose to the top in 2012, based on several categories.Companies were ranked by number of healthcare projects completed in...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 12, 2013 | News
There’s been a growing discussion in our industry about chemicals of concern and the effects they have on health and the environment. The bad news is these chemicals, such as PVC, BPA, toxic heavy metals, and formaldehyde, are found in common building materials...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jun 11, 2013 | News
More than 10 years ago—before the Affordable Care Act, before reimbursement changes, before the tide really shifted toward more outpatient care—Palomar Medical Center (PMC; Escondido, Calif.) was in the works. As I wrote about last December, PMC started...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 11, 2013 | News
The facts cannot be overlooked: Alzheimer’s is identified as the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and one out of three seniors is being diagnosed with the disease.“That puts greater emphasis on having good design,” Betsy Brawley,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 7, 2013 | News
I’m diving into the topic of wayfinding for our July issue of Healthcare Design, looking at where common mistakes are made and identifying realistic ways to avoid them. And while the bulk of what I’ll be discussing in the article will focus on a single...
