by HCD Guest Author | Feb 24, 2012 | News
A quick update from the HEALTHCARE DESIGN (HCD) and Healthcare Building Ideas (HBI) editorial team about our websites! Well when I originally started writing this blog a few days ago everything was great in the world of technology and our websites were robust with new...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 24, 2012 | News
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute is the cornerstone of “The New Saint Luke’s,” a reinvention of the more than 125-year-old Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Missouri, that updates the campus for the new century.Saint...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 23, 2012 | News
The integrated project delivery (IPD) approach toward hospital design and construction has gotten a lot of attention lately,as project teams have become much more attuned to the fact that working collaboratively typically produces much better results than working in...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 22, 2012 | News
February 19-25 marks the annual celebration of Engineers Week, the signature program of the National Engineers Week Foundation. It celebrates the positive contributions engineers make to our society (and I have a feeling we all know a few who have done so within our...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 21, 2012 | Trends
Mark Repenshek, PhD, is the healthcare ethicist for Columbia St. Mary’s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also chairs the facility’s green team and represents Columbia St. Mary’s on Ascension Health’s green team. He felt a career in healthcare and ethics was the perfect...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 17, 2012 | News
Agree with it or not, Cleveland Clinic is doing something pretty interesting with the design of its recent facilities.Looking more like an art museum than a traditional healthcare setting, yesterday I saw firsthand how white walls, floors, ceilings, and, yes, even...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 16, 2012 | News
A visit to two local healthcare facilities in the Cleveland Clinic Health System provided a rare treat for HEALTHCARE DESIGN’s Editor-in-Chief Todd Hutlock and I, along with the Editor-in-Chief on Healthcare Building Ideas Jennifer Kovacs Silvis. As...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2012 | News
Those who know me know that I’m an optimist by nature. I see most challenges as opportunities. Without a doubt, most of us in this industry have had more than our fair share of “opportunities” these past few years navigating through this economy and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 16, 2012 | News
by Jennifer Silvis | Feb 14, 2012 | News
Breaking out far beyond the four walls of their institutions, hospitals are engaging with their communities more than ever, with a greater focus on health education, healthy living, and disease prevention. Driven by a competitive healthcare environment, changing...
