by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 26, 2012 | News
While noting that healthcare construction has taken a “bit of a breather” in the last two years may be an understatement, a new report from consulting firm FMI also says the market will recover. And we're talking a double-digit recovery. This...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 25, 2012 | News
Improving Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey scores is a top priority among healthcare administrators to ensure funding. The latest HCAHPS Public Report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 24, 2012 | Trends
When a person needs to be hospitalized, should there be a different expectation of the experience whether it’s in an urban or non-urban environment? Philosophically, the answer should be no. And yet, by necessity, there are unique and specific differences that make...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 23, 2012 | Trends
If you’ve been following healthcare sustainability, you’ve likely heard about Gundersen Health System. Gundersen Lutheran facilities had been pieced together over the last century and the physical space no longer met the needs or expectations of patients, families,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 22, 2012 | News
Facey Medical Group’s new building is a 124,000-square-foot, multi-specialty medical office in Mission Hills, Calif. The group sought to consolidate several of its smaller regional clinics and offices into one technologically advanced, energy-efficient building....
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 22, 2012 | News
Architect Derek Parker is a 50-year veteran of the healthcare design industry and co-founder of The Center for Health Design, which is honoring Parker with its Changemaker Award for 2012. He’ll be keynoting the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference on Monday, November 5,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 19, 2012 | News
Healthcare has always been at the forefront of major technological advances. Our innate desire to live longer, healthier, and more impactful lives coupled with the huge potential financial gains possible from a market segment that continues to regenerate itself has...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 17, 2012 | News
Even though modest growth is projected for the healthcare construction market in 2013, developing and offering non-traditional supplemental services is recommended as a viable business strategy for healthcare design firms. From commissioning and energy monitoring...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 17, 2012 | News
Apply evidence-based design principles to Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired architecture, and the result is the new 56,000-square-foot patient wing and surgery addition at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska.Serving a modest population of 30,000 in eight surrounding...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 17, 2012 | News
Ask yourself the following questions: What would happen to patients and staff if your hospital’s electricity went out for an hour, a day or a week? What would you do if an infectious and deadly disease started affecting the patients and staff in the hospital at...
