by HCD Guest Author | Apr 19, 2012 | News
As the American Institute of Architects recently reported, the Architectural Billings Index–the leading economic indicator of construction activity–has now remained in positive territory for the fifth straight month. In addition, construction employment...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 19, 2012 | Trends
Not quite 20 years ago, I sat alone in a hospital bed, wide awake in the middle of the night. The nurse had just left the room in tears. Moments prior, she had quietly entered to administer medication. I woke up as she inserted a needle into my IV line with medication...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 19, 2012 | News
After 25 years working as a healthcare architect, it doesn’t seem that long ago that a then-new generation of healthcare facilities was taking root. In the mid 1980s when I was starting my career, we and our clients set out to reshape the delivery model by...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 18, 2012 | News
Like many healthcare institutions today, Indiana University (IU) Health Bloomington has long desired a dedicated location outside of its main hospital to care for terminal patients and their families.Today, these services are being provided in such a facility. Through...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 17, 2012 | News
With diminishing reimbursements and unknowns surrounding healthcare reform, hospital systems are taking a look at the future of their facilities and making some very strategic decisions that by all means could offer a bit more of a financial guarantee.A recent study...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 17, 2012 | News
It’s a given that the world will not standstill. As the saying goes, “time waits for no one”. Technology developments in almost all areas of life are progressing with what may seem like alarming alacrity but what may be, in fact, the normal pace of...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 17, 2012 | News
I must admit that a giddy grin came over my face recently upon opening a package containing the updated version of one of my personal favorite books on the design of healthcare environments—Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design, Third Edition, by Richard L....
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 16, 2012 | News
I’m sitting on my boat, albeit tied safely in the slip, thinking how to convert my new purchase of a 12-year-old Trawler powerboat into a modern cruising yacht that will safely carry me up and down the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway for years to come.Seems the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 16, 2012 | Trends
Covenant Health System started its environmental journey in 2003. The Catholic not-for-profit, which is headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is made up of 14 facilities: nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted-living residences. Greening elder care has much...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 13, 2012 | News
On the surface, it would seem that keeping built healthcare facilities as environmentally friendly and healthy as possible would be a no-brainer; after all, if the first rule of medicine is to first, do no harm, the building itself should be free from harmful...
