by HCD Guest Author | Feb 1, 2012 | News
I was at a healthcare conference recently, chatting with a client, when we happened to overhear another general contractor bragging about how his company just returned over $3 million to an owner upon completion of a major hospital replacement project. My client...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 31, 2012 | Trends
Yes, a soiled utility room can be exciting—that is, if you oversee a facility’s materials and waste program. Ask any healthcare sustainability lead about their challenges, and space will certainly be on the list. With the increased complexity of healthcare waste and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 30, 2012 | Trends
In the upcoming February 2012 issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, the CHD Research Report written by Xiaobo Quan, PhD, EDAC, Angali Joseph, PhD, EDAC, and Matthew Jelen, EDAC, discusses the case studies and results of a Pebble Research project focusing on green...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 26, 2012 | News
In case you didn't hear this recently reported story on NPR, a new study has now linked a 2010 outbreak of Legionnaire's disease to a water feature at a hospital in Wisconsin. If you're not familiar, Legionnaires' disease is a severe and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 26, 2012 | News
The Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH) redevelopment project, an undertaking of nearly $1.75 billion scheduled to be completed in 2015, brings together a group of firms and organizations dedicated to designing and building a hospital that will improve patient and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 26, 2012 | News
The month of January is always rife with lists that reflect upon the previous year—from the “best of” to “most-read” to “top” of just about anything.In this particular case, we’re looking at how the country did in 2011...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 25, 2012 | News
Since the release of the 1999 Institute of Medicine report (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 1999), “To Err is Human,” patient safety improvements have remained elusive, in spite of a host of interventions (Watcher, 2010). Recent studies have demonstrated...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 24, 2012 | News
The session “VA Hospitals on the Sustainable Road—Green Globes or Bust!” was presented by Jane Rohde, FIIDA, AIA, AAHID, ACHA, LEED AP, at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 Conference in Nashville. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 24, 2012 | News
One Hundred Oaks was the first closed indoor shopping mall in Nashville, originally built in 1968. Featuring 880,000 square feet of retail space on a 56-acre site and 4,000 parking spaces, One Hundred Oaks was a “retail wonderland,” well known in the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 24, 2012 | Trends
The board of directors at The Center for Health Design (CHD) is made up of a small but significant group of likeminded and diversely experienced individuals who rally around a common mission and inspire relevant thinking for a nonprofit organization that affects the...
