by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 14, 2013 | News
It’s been an exciting time to cover the healthcare design industry. I can’t remember the last interview I had with a source (whether on the A/E/C or ownership side of the coin) that didn’t touch upon planning for the future. Common themes are almost...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 14, 2013 | News
The germs are getting stronger. On March 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a press conference on carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae—CRE—and the threat these deadly bacteria pose to patients and staff in healthcare facilities....
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 13, 2013 | Trends
You never know what lies around the next corner—it’s one of the great truths of life, yet also what makes it exciting. While what’s sitting around that next corner may be good or bad, it’s the journey toward the unknown that’s so thrilling. For years after I moved to...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 13, 2013 | News
Centralized nurses’ stations were the go-to model for hospitals in the past. Then the pendulum swung the other way, and decentralized designs proliferated. But it’s still not a black-and-white debate: There are benefits and drawbacks to both models, and a...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 11, 2013 | News
Completed in November 2012, the Helix Forensic Psychiatry Clinic in Flemingsberg, Sweden, just outside of Stockholm, will serve sentenced violent offenders. BSK Arkitekter (Stockholm) designed the facility for property manager Locum. The security demands are of the...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 8, 2013 | News
While it may take a village to raise a child, it takes a force of experts across a range of disciplines – design, architecture, HVAC, construction, and more – to bring the latest healthcare projects to life. With the industry poised for change, success...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 8, 2013 | News
Susquehanna Health (Williamsport, Pa.) has been a Center for Health Design Pebble Partner since 2008. It’s an integrated health system that provides services throughout rural central Pennsylvania, with 228 licensed acute beds and the admission of more than...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 6, 2013 | Trends
Health systems, hospitals, and physician practices nationwide are consolidating as a means to maximize profits and restructure how care is provided, a move fueled by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). And many believe the trend is here to stay. As...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 5, 2013 | News
In a recent blog, I asked how to prove the payoff of patient-centered design—what tangible benefits can be measured from its use? I shared a few research projects that shed some light on the ongoing benefits of putting the patient (and family) first in facility...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 5, 2013 | News
Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative’s Puyallup Medical Center was looking to create a medical home model while expanding its portfolio of clinics and enhancing or replacing existing clinic facilities. Its first undertaking, an outpatient medical center in...
