by HCD Guest Author | Mar 9, 2012 | News
The recently concluded 2012 edition of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design, and Construction (commonly known as the ASHE PDC...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 8, 2012 | News
The history of the Whittier Street Health Center (WSHC) in Boston, Massachusetts, is grounded in its constant commitment to the needs of the community that surrounds it. From its origins as a well baby clinic in 1933, WSHC may have changed addresses a few times...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 8, 2012 | Trends
Reception and check-in areas Continuing our discussion of clinic design, let’s look at the reception and check-in areas. The reception area is usually the first place patients have face-to-face interaction with staff. The design provides an opportunity to project a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 8, 2012 | News
My time here at the ASHE PDC Summit is coming to a close. It’s been an interesting few days in Phoenix, and I’ll be sharing more with all of you over the course of the next few days once I return back home to Cleveland.Initially, my overall take-away from...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 7, 2012 | News
For the Tuesday morning closing keynote at the 2012 ASHE PDC Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, author, consultant, and futurist (and ASHE PDC master of ceremonies) Ian Morrison pulled together the key messages presented throughout the conference into a...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 7, 2012 | News
In a plenary session on Tuesday, March 6 at the 2012 ASHE PDC Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, the Chairman of the Health Guidelines Revision Committee Douglas S. Erickson, FASHE, CHFM, HFDP, CHC, provided a sneak preview on changes to expect in the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 6, 2012 | News
Renowned Futurist Ian Morrison, PhD, opened the plenary session "Hospital and Care Systems of the Future" on Monday, March 5, of the 2012 ASHE PDC Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, with a confession. "The dirty little secret of Futurism is that we cannot...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 6, 2012 | News
In a well-attended and well-received opening keynote address at the 2012 ASHE PDC Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, March 5, NPR and PBS reporter and author of The Healing of America T. R. Reid delivered a talk that revealed many insights of his "world...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 5, 2012 | News
A new website dedicated to helping facility managers and architects gain better knowledge about the medical technology requirements of healthcare facilities has recently been launched by the ECRI Institute. There will be articles, links, and technology experts...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 5, 2012 | News
The 2012 Vista Awards were presented Monday by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association at the annual ASHE International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction, commonly known...
