by HCD Guest Author | Jul 11, 2012 | News
Earlier today, the United States House of Representatives voted 244-185 to repeal in full President Obama's healthcare law, in the wake of the recent decision by the Supreme Court. In case you missed it, on June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 11, 2012 | News
Minutes past a January midnight in 2007, my wife and I found ourselves in an ambulance heading for a prominent Dallas area hospital, projecting possible outcomes with hope and dread for the emergency delivery of our then 30-week-old son. Upon arrival at the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 11, 2012 | News
Oftentimes, I hear healthcare professionals confused over the differences between transition planning and move management.Transition planning services are frequently associated with move management, and although both are typically applied during the construction phase...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 10, 2012 | Trends
As reported in the CHD Research Report in the June 2012 issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, the design features of the new wing at Trillium Health Centre-Mississauga site, which include decentralized nurses’ stations, larger patient rooms, and wireless technology, were...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 9, 2012 | News
On a recent flight from St Louis to Orlando, I sat behind two recent college grads grumbling about the economy and their apparent lack of job prospects. The data is ugly—more than 50% of college grads are unable to find work and 85% are...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 6, 2012 | News
A week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, I can’t help but wonder how much the decision will impact the projects healthcare facilities across the country are planning, or recently completed.When I spoke with Andrew Quirk, senior vice...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 3, 2012 | News
Unless you've been living under a rock — or don't own a computer — chances are that you're aware of the Social Media revolution. Social Media is absolutely changing the way we communicate, and savvy businesspeople around the world have taken...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 3, 2012 | News
As someone who has attended the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference for years, I am always impressed by the quality of its educational workshops and clinics.This will be my third year participating in the “Practice EBD Clinic” and I look forward to it every year...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 2, 2012 | News
I love to ask CEOs the question, “What keeps you up at night?” The answer used to be “access to capital.” But in today’s healthcare reform environment, the answer I most commonly receive is “my hospital’s HCAHPS...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2012 | News
Project category: New construction (completed November 2011)Chief Administrator: Larry DiSanto, COO, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, (609) 394-4254Firm: HKS, Inc., (214) 969-5599; Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions, (610) 270-0599; Anchor...
