by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
Medical City Children’s Hospital Dallas, TX PIA GANDOLFO PHOTOGRAPHY The Medical City Children’s Hospital provides pediatric services within the Medical City Dallas campus. The new four-story atrium is filled with color and imagination, which highlights...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
I imagine it would be rather difficult for those in the healthcare design industry to categorize 2010 as one of the better years in history. Marked by healthcare reform dramatics, a still-sluggish economy, and general confusion, 2010 might have seemed to many in the...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
Image courtesy of NBBJIt's no surprise that fundamental shifts are taking place in the U.S. healthcare system. But some of the more significant changes in the coming years could have little to do with congressional reform. The pursuit of America's first...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
Earlier this year, HEALTHCARE DESIGN launched a public nomination period on the magazine's Web site (healthcaredesignmagazine.com) and asked our readership to tell us who they thought were the most influential people in healthcare design in 2010.A shortlist of 50...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | Trends
Evidence-based design researcher Roger Ulrich, PhD, sat down with Sara O. Marberry in Chicago at the Hyatt Rosemont after a Center for Health Design board meeting. In the first part of her interview with him (published in the November 2010 edition of HEALTHCARE DESIGN...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
Wayfinding may be considered by some as one of the major causes of stress during one's healthcare experience. Finding a place to park, getting to the main entrance, figuring out where a department or office is, and then worrying about being late for an appointment...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
Hybrid guest chairAcquaint from National Office Furniture offers the lounge look and feel in a guest chair footprint. The hybrid lounge, guest chair features a wall-saver design, bariatric models, six different back styles, and contrasting fabric options providing...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
Staff lounges in hospitals are not necessarily anything new. The physicians’ lounge has been an amenity for time immemorial, and it's not unheard of for “found space,” such as an old office or unused patient room, to be converted to space where...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
One of the features in this month's issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN is “The 25 Most Influential People in Healthcare Design.” Introduced several years ago, this feature highlights the work of professionals who are helping to shape our field. The list of...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2010 | News
A couple of articles I worked on recently for this publication and for its sister publication, Healthcare Building Ideas, raised a question for me: What do American hospitals have against operable windows?One of the articles in HEALTHCARE DESIGN's August Showcase...
