by HCD Guest Author | Jan 16, 2013 | News
In my last post, I discussed how facility prototyping is an effective tool to test evolving healthcare models. Prototyping allows designers and healthcare owners to cost-effectively evaluate design ideas that can lead to more efficient workflows and better patient...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 15, 2013 | News
U.S. hospitals are water hogs, using an average of 570 gallons of water per staffed bed, per day. To put this figure into perspective, consider that the average American citizen uses around 150 gallons of water per day; the average Briton, 44 gallons; the average...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 14, 2013 | News
One of the most talked-about programs after the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference was the Patient Experience Simulation Lab, a combination of a virtual-reality model and a full-scale mockup of a patient room–stocked with a real-live patient, family members, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 11, 2013 | Trends
We see it all the time: news stories covering the death of a patient because of medical error. Or sometimes it’s a website dedicated to letting people express their anguish and frustrations regarding such accidents happening. Often, poor quality of...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 11, 2013 | News
There’s a poster I’ve seen a number of times that says, “All I need to know I learned in kindergarten.” It reminds us of a number of life’s basics, starting with “share everything” and “play fair.”Not only are...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 11, 2013 | News
The mobile-centric world we live in today is spilling over into the healthcare workplace, but the built environment that exists may not be ready to support the trend. It’s a challenge that one team of college students tackled by creating solutions for a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 10, 2013 | News
When it comes to integrated project delivery (IPD), the very nature of the contract the involved parties sign means, for better or worse, they’re in it together.And the challenges that once burdened a particular member of that team—whether the owner,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 8, 2013 | Trends
When it comes to sustainable design and green building, we’re often quick to think of energy performance, water conservation, and healing gardens. But a rising area of concern in healthcare is safer materials selection and the avoidance of chemicals of concern in...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 7, 2013 | Trends
Peru will soon see its first sustainable hospital thanks to founder of the Yantaló Peru Foundation: Luis Vasquez. In 2005, his nonprofit organization broke ground on the Adelina Soplin Yantaló Clinic & International Diagnostic Center. Named after Vasquez’s late...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 4, 2013 | News
The seasoned veterans of the healthcare planning and design industry have a very good feeling about the challenges we face in our industry. Of course, there are a myriad of challenges in areas that design professionals cannot control—reimbursement and...
