by HCD Guest Author | Feb 14, 2013 | News
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this blog (read it here), the healthcare planning and design industry is very optimistic about the challenges we face in our industry. To really grasp the potential available for healthcare planning and design, one only needs to see...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 11, 2013 | News
It’s a daunting prospect to sift through hundreds of submission proposals in search of the perfect program lineup for the Healthcare Design Conference. When the Center for Health Design’s Jennifer Wilcox emailed me a 300-page PDF and told me this was my...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 11, 2013 | News
The idea: During the renovation of an interior dining room at Florida Hospital Altamonte in Altamonte Springs, Fla., an idea to increase dining capacity by extending the project outside was born.The existing outdoor dining area began as a covered smoking shelter next...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 6, 2013 | News
Though not a newcomer to the commercial construction landscape, modular building is nevertheless picking up steam—and making significant headway in healthcare, to boot. From shortening schedules to reducing waste, the practice offers solutions to a variety of...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 6, 2013 | News
Online games are no longer just a hobby (or obsession) for those with lightning-fast fingers and lots of time to fill. These games can also be structured for educational use or to engage multidisciplinary professionals for a very specific purpose.Whether you call it...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 4, 2013 | News
Gone is the weekend and after-hour panic when an ear infection or strep throat sets in, and the physician’s office has long been closed. Now, instead of counting down the hours until the next morning, folks are hopping over to the closest shopping plaza to check...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 1, 2013 | News
For-profit healthcare systems are buying not-for-profit healthcare systems. Not-for-profit healthcare systems are buying for-profit systems. Everyone is buying physician practices. Some are buying health insurers. Health insurers are eying healthcare systems.The...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 31, 2013 | News
Integrating art into a facility must be considered at a high level, from reflecting the culture of the people who use the space to being able to function effectively within its operations.But a few roadblocks may be encountered before a project even gets off the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 31, 2013 | News
At first glance, an art installation may appear to be the simple effort of hanging a painting on the wall. But to achieve a truly effective art program, designers require much more than a hammer and nail to integrate their chosen pieces into a building.Case in point...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 30, 2013 | News
Healthcare designers and administrators alike value research. Neither wants to end up with a building designed on a whim, without a base of knowledge that supports the decisions that shaped it—from why the windows are glazed in a certain way to how operational...
