by HCD Guest Author | Mar 20, 2011 | News
One could scarcely spend any time at the Environments For Aging 11 conference without encountering the concept of “culture change,” surely one of the most active topics on display throughout the program. In an early morning roundtable session earlier...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 19, 2011 | News
Environments For Aging 2011 conference is presented by Vendome Group, HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Long-Term Living magazines, The Center for Health Design, and in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects–Design for Aging, the Society for the Advancement...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 17, 2011 | News
Can good design impact medical outcomes and reduce costs? We asked ourselves that recently when remodeling a pediatric radiology department for a healthcare provider in Washington, D.C.While the programming and technology of radiology departments are fairly uniform...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 17, 2011 | News
Photo Credit: © HDR + CorganAuthors Hank Adams, AIA, and Chuck Armstrong, AIA, from the new Parkland Hospital design team of HDR + Corgan, share the process their team went through to create the facility's master plan in HEALTHCARE DESIGN 's four-part...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 16, 2011 | News
Evidence has taught us the importance of the arts in healthcare and the healing process, but what can be said about the proper selection of artwork? We know that artwork can have a positive impact on the patient experience and distractions, but can it have a negative...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 14, 2011 | News
It’s unlikely that many firms will find themselves with a project in remote San Juan County, Washington, but the takeaways from one that did are plenty for anyone taking on a rural healthcare facility. In the session “Embracing the Rural Hospital Challenge: Peace...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 14, 2011 | News
James C. Benneyan, PhD, didn’t mince words during his Tuesday morning general session, “Looking Back and Ahead at the Quality and Patient Safety Movement: What Does it Mean for Patient Care and Hospital Facilities?” at the ASHE PDC Summit in Tampa, Florida. Benneyan...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 14, 2011 | News
If you’ve been to any large healthcare design conference, no doubt you’ve encoutered the phenomeon of the mid-afternoon Monday session on codes and standards: a dizzying array of numbers and rules and more numbers and more rules that your brain, post-lunch...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 13, 2011 | News
There may not be an immediately obvious parallel between healthcare design and construction and space exploration. But once the topic of teamwork is broached, how the two fit together quickly becomes a lot more clear. Teamwork is what allows our industry to construct...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 13, 2011 | News
Incorporating hospitality elements into healthcare design isn’t necessarily a new concept. However, Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Missouri, took that goal very seriously by hiring David Jones right from the hospitality industry, where he worked for several years as...
