by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 24, 2013 | News
The healthcare industry is consolidating before our very eyes. Hardly a day goes by where a quick scan of headlines doesn’t reveal another new affiliation, acquisition, or physician realignment. Here in Cleveland, it’s tough to drive, well, anywhere...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 24, 2013 | News
An airborne infection isolation (Aii) room is designed with negative pressurization to protect patients and people outside the room from the spread of microorganisms transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei (small-particle residue of evaporated droplets containing...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 24, 2013 | News
Despite all the uncertainly created with the Affordable Care Act, many of our healthcare design clients continue to heal and recover from the jolt in 2008 and 2009. Many have staffing levels that match, or in some cases exceed, levels from four years...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 23, 2013 | News
I read an op-ed piece in Florida's Sun Sentinel today about what this country needs to do to better support its mentally ill, according to a man who lost his own son to suicide and now works as an advocate for behavioral health issues. It’s a huge hot-button...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 23, 2013 | News
For the past few years, Mortenson Construction has surveyed attendees of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, which was held in Phoenix this past year, and compiled the results into white papers that provide a general picture of the state of the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 22, 2013 | Trends
Healthcare design is all about improving outcomes. Some of our targeted performance goals, however, are getting much more competitive and far more incentivized. Everyone who works in a healthcare environment, including architects and designers, must strategically tie...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 18, 2013 | News
The Brandman Centers for Senior Care is the Los Angeles Jewish Home’s first Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) facility, and it’s envisioned as a prototype for future PACE Centers. Nationally recognized as a socially responsible model of...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 18, 2013 | News
St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors Brooking Park is a part of an upscale senior living community in St. Louis. It provides short-term rehabilitation, assisted living, and long-term skilled nursing. St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors’ goal...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 18, 2013 | News
The evidence-based design (EBD) movement is inspiring thousands of architects to share knowledge and innovations from research, making architecture more relevant to health system clients and to the national healthcare reform discourse. With each new or renovated...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 17, 2013 | News
No one ever says, “This whole project was a success because of me. Just me.” At least, no one ever says that to the editors of Healthcare Design, when we talk to architects, planners, owners, and designers about their achievements. There’s always a...
