by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2011 | News
With 1,200 locations, 16,500 beds, and 20 million outpatient visits each year, Ascension Health spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on capital improvements.However, despite its size, there had previously been no structure in place to streamline projects or...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2011 | News
I wasn't sure exactly what to expect as our HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 facility tour bus drove up to Vanderbilt Health's One Hundred Oaks Outpatient Clinic Mall. Sandwiched between a TJ Maxx and a K&G Men's Store, One Hundred Oaks was the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2011 | News
The HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 conference kicked off Monday with a full day of educational sessions, exhibit hall hours, awards presentations, and a keynote presentation by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives and Levy University professor at University...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2011 | News
Acoustics are the norm in a concert hall or workplace environment, but in healthcare facilities, the norm becomes much more complicated.The topic was one tackled by Erica Ryherd, PhD, LEED AP, assistant professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Craig Zimring, PhD,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2011 | News
With 1,200 locations, 16,500 beds, and 20 million outpatient visits each year, Ascension Health spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on capital improvements.However, despite its size, there had previously been no structure in place to streamline projects or...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2011 | News
The Healthcare Building Ideas/HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editorial team has arrived in Nashville for the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 conference taking place this week at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.Already the conference space is flowing with attendees...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 13, 2011 | News
It’s impossible to forget what the HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference is all about, thanks in particular to one component of the annual conference—the facility tours. Each year, as attendees begin descending upon the event locale, and before the main events kick...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 13, 2011 | News
The HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference offers attendees the chance to tour a selected group of healthcare facilities in the area and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to visit one of the featured tours at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11—Monroe Carell Jr....
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 13, 2011 | News
One of HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11's roundtable discussions at 11:30a.m. on Monday, November 14, will focus on post-occupancy evaluations and other lessons learned. "Healthy Village—Lessons Learned from an Integrated Care Delivery Model" is...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 13, 2011 | News
In this HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 conference preview, Bryan Brinkman of B4 Architects touches on brief points of the design process for the Livingstone Accident & Emergency Unit (A&E) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Although the design and construction process of...
