by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2011 | News
In the late ′80s and early ′90s, there was an increasing call for specialized diagnostic imaging services for women. As this subspecialty evolved to meet the unique needs of women, care providers responded by developing warm, welcoming spaces to serve...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2011 | News
Welcome to our 4th edition of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Platinum Products and Services Guide!Ever come across a product that was so beautifully designed that you just had to comment on it? Whether in terms of appearance, functionality, or both, it showed the work of an...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2011 | News
What you see is what you get. In hospitals, patients and visitors count on the positive distraction that outside views can provide. However, occasionally the natural healing light and landscapes desired by most everyone are marred by essential, yet unsightly devices....
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2011 | Trends
Although a handful of free-standing women’s hospitals are serving women in select urban centers around the country, much more so, healthcare developers have embraced the concept of the women’s pavilion. “The most common approach to housing consolidated...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 25, 2011 | News
Last century, healthcare delivery in India was primarily led by private practitioners and doctor-owned hospitals. Almost all large institutions were either run by the government or supported by private donations to be run as charitable hospitals. In the past decade, a...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 18, 2011 | News
In this first part of a three-part series on incorporating family into the patient room, authors Hannah Jefferies and Jennifer Merchant of Perkins+Will discuss the core concepts of the model and introduce a project at Rush University Medical Center, where that model...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 18, 2011 | News
The Beryl Institute recently released its study The State of Patient Experience in American Hospitals, the purpose of which was to “gather information about what American hospitals are actually doing to improve the patient experience.” It yielded some interesting...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 17, 2011 | News
What is the relationship between the stairway and efficiency? Inverse? As technological advances produced elevators, we quickly relegated the stairs to the mostly infrequent (albeit vitally important) function of emergency egress. Who uses staircases anyway? Elevators...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 17, 2011 | News
In schools and colleges across America, and around the world, there are students ready to learn, in need of mentors, and entering the workforce they decided to passionately pursue. But are they really connecting their onscreen skill with what the real world or a real...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 13, 2011 | News
After attending several educational sessions last month at the ASHE PDC Summit in Tampa, Florida, it occurred to me that there was no escaping the “E-word”—efficiency.In every facet of the healthcare construction and engineering industry, it’s...
