by HCD Guest Author | Aug 25, 2011 | News
I'll admit I was scared as our building swayed like a sunflower in a sunny meadow on August 23rd, 2011. It was the Virginia earthquake (http://www.usgs.gov/)making itself known along the eastern half of the country. I’m ashamed to say my first thought...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 25, 2011 | Trends
Twice a year, The Center for Health Design’s (CHD) Pebble Project partners have the opportunity to meet at a host site, share ideas, provide updates on their projects, and learn from one another. In May, this meeting crossed the border for the first time and was...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 25, 2011 | News
Last week I had a curious conversation with the Director of Facilities at a community hospital. When he explained his current interior finishes renovation project he informed me that, where possible, the hospital was eliminating two and three “hole”...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 16, 2011 | News
While other industries streamline their processes to become more productive over time, the building industry has faced a decrease in productivity, especially during the construction phase. This is especially true with healthcare facilities, which are becoming...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 15, 2011 | News
The time has come once again here in the HEALTHCARE DESIGN offices to begin the search for our new class of the Most Influential People in Healthcare Design.To get started, we’re going to need your help. We’ve opened up nominations to the public so we can...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 15, 2011 | News
Each year, HEALTHCARE DESIGN recognizes the Most Influential People in Healthcare Design. We want to know from you, our readers, who are the architects, interior designers, facility managers, and researchers that lead the pack? To submit a nomination, please go...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 15, 2011 | News
Retirement plans are being postponed for many, but the reality remains that many of our baby boomer leaders are well into the back half of their careers and succession planning is as much a factor for firms' future success as how, when, and to what extent the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 11, 2011 | News
In the first two parts of this three-part series (Part 1, Part 2), we explored the constraints and opportunities during the healthcare sector’s transition in the changing regulatory environment. At a global level, we concluded that there are two fundamental...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 11, 2011 | News
Evidence-based design may be a well-known concept in the healthcare design world, but to the mainstream, it is still a bit of a foreign concept. All that may change now that none other than Oprah Winfrey, the queen of all media, has included a short feature on Fable...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 10, 2011 | News
As healthcare reform continues to be a topic full of questions rather than answers, it brings with it a set of parallel changes that are already being implemented in an attempt to be at least one step ahead once the floodgates open. The rise in medical office...
