by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 4, 2011 | News
In the first part of this three-part series, we explored the constraints and opportunities during the healthcare sector’s transition to accountable care organizations (ACOs). At a global level, we concluded that there are two fundamental strategies that appear...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 3, 2011 | News
In May 2011, my HKS colleague Jennie Evans posted a blog titled “HKS: IT Changes Everything.” Her comments focused on how poor interfaces with planned technology can stall the implementation of planned operational processes. She closed by asking the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 28, 2011 | News
Recently, I was reading an account of a successful endeavor to fight malnutrition in the young children of a small African village. It was an interesting comparison of a few children that received the same nutrients as a majority of the children in the same village,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 27, 2011 | News
If you are immersed in the evidence-based design process, then you know that a connection to nature is at the core of how the design of the built environment impacts the reduction of stress/pain and replenishes the soul.Landscape architecture is a profession that has...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 27, 2011 | Trends
This story starts with a veteran who liked to garden. The East Orange Campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System (VA NJHCS) practices a patient-centered approach to health and healing. When a 71-year-old veteran was undergoing...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 26, 2011 | News
"The new hospital will be a safe, welcoming, patient-centered healing environment that serves as a sustainable community resource for Dallas County. It will promote excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research in a technologically advanced, easily...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 25, 2011 | News
The design of a hospital affects patients’ expectations. Artwork plays a big part in this well-being. More than just add-ons, artwork is integral to the overall plan of a hospital, in which good design supports both the medical and emotional needs of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 25, 2011 | News
If there was a top-10 list of overused terms, “paradigm shift” would surely be on it. When a company or organization confronts major change, it’s often called a paradigm shift. But how often does this mean a transformation of the rules of the game?...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 25, 2011 | News
Chapels are not at all unusual in healthcare facilities—you will find them in facilities of every size. But it is not often that the chapel is the visual and conceptual center of the facility’s design, observable from nearly every public space on the first...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 22, 2011 | News
As healthcare facilities today strive to create more responsive and needs-specific environments, innovative furniture and design techniques can play a transformative role. Facilities are finding that by converting traditionally stark, clinical interiors into...
