by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 15, 2010 | News
Ellen Vincent, PhD, environmental landscape specialist, Clemson University, and Dina Battisto, PhD, Architecture + Health, Clemson University, shared an interesting view of the research they’ve conducted on how nature images may prove to be positive distractions for...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 15, 2010 | Trends
Practice Greenhealth has compiled data from its 2009 and 2010 Environmental Excellence Award applications, in an effort to break “greening” down into specific activities and help identify the structure that supports ongoing environmental improvement...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 15, 2010 | News
A closing remark during the session “Off the Grid—Sustainable Healthcare for Developing Nations: Lessons from Afghanistan” summed up the impact that projects like one undergone by Cannon Design can have on healthcare across the globe.And that is infrastructure....
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 15, 2010 | News
The transformative effects of healthcare reform and ARRA-HITECH are not always apparent to facility planners and architects, but the provisions are tightly linked to building and renovation plans, Healthcare Informatics Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland told the Healthcare...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2010 | News
Though among the most common neurological disorders in the United States, epilepsy remains a mysterious condition that, unfortunately, comes with a significant stigma for those who suffer from it, noted Josh Schoonover, MMC, PhD student in healthcare and healing...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2010 | News
Increasing efficiency and reducing waste have become key components for many aspects of the modern hospital, be it reducing patient waiting times and increasing throughput, or simply finding more convenient ways of doing things. Frank Zilm, DArch, FAIA, FACHA,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2010 | News
Among the first series of sessions held this morning at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 was “Cancer Care Design Innovations that Really Work (And a Few that Didn’t!)” with George Mejias, AIA, director of design and construction at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2010 | News
I visited Sunrise Children’s Hospital yesterday as part of the Facility Tours program offered at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 conference in Las Vegas, and to call it an eye-opening experience is an understatement. Architecturally speaking, Sunrise isn’t the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2010 | News
I landed in Las Vegas this afternoon and checked in at the MGM Grand Hotel for my firstHEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 conference since coming on board with Vendome Group as Managing Editor of HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Healthcare Building Ideas. As soon as I sat down on the shuttle...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 14, 2010 | News
During her session at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10, Jane Rohde, AIA, FIIDA, ACHA, AAHID, LEED AP, and principal of JSR Associates Inc. discussed some of the findings she saw during her travels throughout the United States completing Green Globes third-party assessments for...
