by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 20, 2012 | News
Would a midtown New York City Rolls Royce dealership fronting a four-story parking garage be a likely candidate for conversion to a clinical research laboratory? Apparently so. When Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) decided to demolish its on-campus research...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 19, 2012 | News
Recently, I was privileged enough to be given a sneak preview of one of Practice Greenhealth's latest projects–a Virtual OR tour, created as part of the group's Greening the OR initiative. Practice Greenhealth has created an online, experiential...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2012 | Trends
Have you ever had another driver cut you off, closing in on the reasonable gap you purposely kept between your car and the car in front of you? It might make you question the quality of that person’s driving education. This same question can be asked about what we are...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2012 | News
When George Verghese, MD, made the decision to open his new dermatology practice, the Mid-Atlantic Skin Surgery Institute in Waldorf, Maryland, he knew he wanted his office to reflect his commitment to quality.“The physical space in which I practice is just as...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 16, 2012 | News
When I started implementing sustainable operations in healthcare more than 20 years ago, I was frustrated by leadership’s need for research when I felt a “gut check” was more than enough. I didn’t need a research study to tell me that a safer...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 15, 2012 | News
When it comes to designing and building a healthcare facility project, the architect, contractor, and owner most often share the same end goals: to complete the job on time, within budget, and in conformance to the plans and specifications.So if the project team...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 15, 2012 | News
On a day-to-day basis the editors here at HEALTHCARE DESIGN (HCD) and sister publication Healthcare Building Ideas (HBI) are in touch with the healthcare design and construction industry. From news releases to articles, blogs, conferences, facility tours, or...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 15, 2012 | Trends
There has been a subtle but noticeable shift in the healthcare design industry’s understanding and acceptance of evidence-based design (EBD). EBD is becoming a more mainstream process for designing healthcare facilities, demonstrated by both the growing number of...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 13, 2012 | News
It’s a common sight: a press release written by a PR agency or the marketing department of a healthcare facility announcing a new healthcare project. There are all sorts of details in the release: size of the project, square footage, cost, location,...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 12, 2012 | Trends
Simply put, translational health science refers to the process of moving scientific discovery into clinical application. The goal is to create better patient outcomes by accelerating the translation of basic science discoveries into effective therapies, and,...
