by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 4, 2012 | News
The first thing you notice when you drive up to Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center is the huge, delicately latticed “Lantern of Hope” anchoring the top north corner of the building. Four stories high, the aluminum-clad feature covers a white fabric scrim. At...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 2, 2012 | Trends
In 2007, the Military Health System (MHS) published its report “Evidence-Based Design: Application at the MHS,” signaling a new focus on patient-centered design that improves patient outcomes and staff satisfaction. Until then, military healthcare architecture hadn’t...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 1, 2012 | News
It began over a breakfast meeting between two CEOs. Texas Children’s Hospital had a longstanding partnership with St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, a neighbor on the massive Texas Medical Center campus in Houston. In essence, Texas Children’s took care...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2012 | News
The good news is that an increasing percentage of your employees plan to stay put in 2013. According to a recently released Deloitte survey, 80% of employees do not plan to change jobs over the next year, representing a significant increase from 2011, when only 65%...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 31, 2012 | News
As superstorm Sandy continued to pound the East Coast and move its way well inland on Tuesday, Oct. 30, the nation awoke on Wednesday to scenes of its aftermath.In New York, tunnels remain flooded and the subway system shuttered while in New Jersey fires raged in one...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 31, 2012 | News
The fact that the new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is the tallest children’s hospital in the world is no accident; it’s a necessity. Located on the tightest of urban sites—1.8 acres on the campus of Northwestern...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 30, 2012 | News
Health economics, care delivery, and buildings of the future were each top of mind to the more than 40 CEOs, owners, designers, and management consultants who offered a take on the future of healthcare in a recent industry survey.DPR Construction conducted the...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 30, 2012 | News
As Superstorm Sandy pummels the East Coast, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are put to the ultimate test of disaster readiness. NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan had to evacuate all 215 of its patients after its backup power system failed on Monday...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 29, 2012 | News
The words “smart hospital” seem to be making an appearance a lot more often. What exactly does the phrase mean? Is it defined by the type of medical equipment available in the hospital, or is it the technology integrated into the structure to enhance its...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 29, 2012 | News
Along the picturesque southern shore of Back Bay in the city of Biloxi, Miss., is an expansive complex of buildings organized in a campus-like setting on more than 100 acres of land: the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS).Since the 1930s, the GCVHCS,...
