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...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 13, 2012 | News
Amidst recent economic downfalls, changes in healthcare legislation, and continual turnover within the administration of federal healthcare programs, the healthcare industry is tightening budgets and looking for ways to get the biggest bang for its buck. For...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 13, 2012 | News
Technology is a pervasive thread that runs through many of the innovative projects discussed this week here at TEDMED 2012 in Washington, D.C. Much as architects now use building information modeling (BIM) to envision how buildings and spaces will work,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 12, 2012 | News
Anyone who owns a home can’t help but feel for the people who end up on episodes of HGTV’s "Holmes on Homes." If you haven’t seen the series, it basically takes a superstar home inspector and matches him with homeowners who have fallen...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 12, 2012 | News
Recently, HEALTHCARE DESIGN hosted a webinar event (IIDA Education Day) produced by our partner organizations, International Interior Design Association (IIDA), and The Center for Health Design. One of the webinars titled “Flooring for Healthcare: An...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 12, 2012 | News
We've recently been having a great discussion over on our LinkedIn network, The HEALTHCARE DESIGN Connection (not a member? Click here to sign up!) about the future of the Hybrid OR, a concept that has been around for some time now but has recently started...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 11, 2012 | News
The annual Environments for Aging (EFA) Conference, cosponsored by the publishers of Long-Term Living (LTL), Environments for Aging, and HEALTHCARE DESIGN (HCD), in conjunction with the Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments, The Center for Health...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 11, 2012 | News
TEDMED 2012 is a very different sort of event from the typical industry conference. No hour-long presentations by someone who has solved a particularly tricky clinical or business case or shares a rich depth of knowledge, this event is a compilation of brilliant...
