by HCD Guest Author | Sep 26, 2011 | News
As we look back on the healthcare landscape 18 months after the Affordable Care Act passage, healthcare administrators and facility designers are evaluating potential changes. When I previously discussed the topic in September 2010, Gary Nyberg, AIA, healthcare...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 21, 2011 | News
It is estimated that by the end of the decade, close to $60 billion will be spent on healthcare construction, which implies that close to $300 million will be spent on art in healthcare. In the current economic climate, this investment cannot go unchallenged. Does the...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 20, 2011 | News
Our healthcare team is in the midst of a benchmarking exercise at a hospital with which we have an amicable, non-client relationship. It is helpful to rely on this arm's length arrangement to mine the pertinent data targeted in such an essential exercise.Design...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 20, 2011 | News
“What do you expect and hope to be the contribution of the Millennium generation as they come of age?” This was the question that I asked, during a recent healthcare leadership conference, of Tom Brokaw, author of "Boom!" and "The Greatest...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 19, 2011 | Trends
Who said you can’t go home again? HKS, Inc., designed the original Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek Hospital at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in the mid-1990s, working with Walter P Moore (as well as associate architects Lockwood Andrews...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 19, 2011 | News
The design of the Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center, a glass-wrapped jewel box created by RTKL, reflects the unusual nature of the facility itself. Located on the University of California San Diego’s (UCSD) Medical Center Campus, the complex is the first in...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 13, 2011 | News
While there are many uncertainties in the world of healthcare, there are even fewer certainties in the world of design. We do, however, have a new and well-established “normal” for the integration of sustainable design and sustainable operation practices...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 13, 2011 | News
How can the right team overcome programmatic challenges, last-minute changes, and logistical difficulties to achieve a calming, healing environment for patients and families struggling with cancer? Planning, communication, and working together (plus a few sleepless...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 12, 2011 | Trends
St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has committed to environmental sustainability for the long haul, demonstrated by its designation as an environmental leader by Practice Greenhealth for five years running. An expansion that includes a new...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 12, 2011 | News
Most people avoid hospitals, unless they work in one or have a medical emergency. After seeing the gem that is the Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, this may change.The facility, which lies between the shores of Green Bay and Lake...
