by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 29, 2011 | Trends
Palomar Pomerado Health in North San Diego County has spent the past six years with a certain question in mind during the planning and construction of its replacement hospital: What is the hospital of the future? With a vision for a patient-focused healing environment...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Today, many healthcare leaders are reshaping their vision, strategy, and model for healthcare care delivery. There are three critical success factors that enable an institution to meet its strategic goals in this challenging healthcare environment: leadership, focus,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 28, 2011 | News
“Eighty percent of premature deaths from heart disease could be avoided if individuals made lifestyle changes and took control of the three principal risk factors for heart disease—smoking, unhealthy eating, and physical inactivity.”It’s a...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 28, 2011 | News
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by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Is “patient-centered” design becoming a cliché? Some say yes, that the term covers everything these days from warmly hospitable to bare minimalist, depending on the tastes (and budgets) of the sponsors. When a leading faith-based healthcare system commits...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Many firms in healthcare design spend a great deal of time and money developing their brand image. Marketing communications departments consistently crank out elaborate and sophisticated material that highlights their firm’s great projects and significant...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Providers who continue to sit on the fence about adopting Lean processes in their operations can look to the bottom line for evidence of need. This article highlights such problems as wasteful practices, excess inventory, unused capacity, and other factors that Lean...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Of the healthcare executives who responded to a recent Trane survey, 96% said they believe that a hospital’s physical environment directly affects quality of care.Their opinion is supported by researchers at The Center for Health Design who analyzed hundreds of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Much has been written about the need to create healthier environments in healthcare facilities. One might reasonably wonder why healthcare environments would be otherwise. However, after a generation of designing facilities to be more and more sterile, more and more...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Robert Shapiro recalls how tightening capital markets almost tripped up a $325 million construction project for North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System, the nation’s second largest nonprofit healthcare organization.“Construction began right when...
