by HCD Guest Author | Nov 5, 2012 | News
What do The Cheesecake Factory and the University of Pennsylvania Health System have in common? It was a question Earl Marsh pondered after reading “Big Med,” an article by physician-author Atul Gawande that was published in the New Yorker and...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 5, 2012 | News
In “Lessons Learned from Two Emergency Departments,” a session at the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, Kathy Bell from S/L/A/M Collaborative and Wendy Weitzner from Innova Group launched right into a description of their work in expanding the ED for...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 5, 2012 | News
Preliminary results of the Benchmarking 2.0 Report for Health Care Facilities from the IFMA Health Care Institute, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, and the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society offered a glimpse to attendees of what’s to come when...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 5, 2012 | News
When The Center for Health Design (CHD) created its Changemaker award, the intent was to recognize those who “go beyond the status quo and change the way we think about healthcare design,” Roz Cama, CHD board chair, said in her introduction of this...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 4, 2012 | News
As the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference celebrated the kickoff of its 10th year with close to 4,000 attendees at the Phoenix Convention Center, opening remarks stayed focused on the present—most notably the tumultuous business environment for designers and...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 4, 2012 | News
The 8:30 a.m. roundtable discussion titled “Planning & Programming: Don’t Try This at Work—1,001 Planning Mistakes to Avoid” was led by Jennifer Aliber, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, principal, Shepley Bulfinch, Lari Diaz, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 4, 2012 | News
Three years ago, Langlade Hospital in Antigo, Wisc., set out to construct a new critical access hospital, responding to not only the pressing need to replace its existing Hill-Burton-era building with a new facility but also to create a care environment that would be...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Nov 4, 2012 | News
The coming “silver tsunami” of elderly patients requiring healthcare services is well documented. And while medical professionals are working on the front end to improve wellness and preventive care, architects and designers of healthcare spaces are...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 4, 2012 | News
Futuristic no longer, robotic technology has made serious inroads in healthcare delivery. Adoption of robotics ranging from automated delivery systems serving pharmacy and supplies to robotic surgery systems has nearly doubled over the past two years, David Gillespie,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 4, 2012 | News
With changing care delivery models and an industry-wide push for single-bed patient rooms, building projects are inevitable for most healthcare systems and hospitals. But finding the best value in renovations or expansion versus greenfield construction isn’t...
