by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2010 | News
Lean and LEED-not to be confused with one another-continue to be two of the most prominent terms in the healthcare design industry; the former, a process of streamlining design, operations, and construction; the latter, a sustainability standard accepted...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2010 | Trends
PHOTOS COURTESY OF YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL Mechanical floor under construction. Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven This is the annual Architectural Showcase issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, a juried review of recent projects submitted by architectural and design...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2010 | News
After a major collaborative effort on the part of more than 100 healthcare practitioners, building designers, and code officials, the industry is now reaping the benefits of the Facility Guidelines Institute’s updated 2010 Guidelines for the Design and...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2010 | News
When speaking with John Early of Portland, Oregon-based Site Painters, one word, explicitly or otherwise, kept recurring: harmony. Whether it be the way in which a piece of art interacts with its surroundings, those who come in contact with it, or within its own...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 22, 2010 | News
VIP rooms with concierge services, are these going to stay, grow or go away? With the universal healthcare debate in full swing one has to wonder if VIP rooms are dead. Or, could they possibly grow into a new business model of a cafeteria style private pay method?...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 16, 2010 | News
In my last posting, I talked about the need for designers to conduct research. As trained professionals, we bring diverse tools and resources to every project. Part of our expertise is to bring Evidence Based research with benchmarked data to help clients make the...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 16, 2010 | News
I’ve been hearing the word “Lean” a lot lately. So what exactly is Lean and how does it relate to us as designers? As a young designer, I wanted to explore the bare-boned basics of how the whole Lean concept can be applied to design in basic form....
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 8, 2010 | News
In case you haven’t noticed over the past 18 months, people are being very cautious about spending money, and that includes healthcare systems. You probably have observed that large and small hospitals’ long-held expansion plans are being laid aside for less...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 4, 2010 | News
Expansion is expensive. There is really no way around the costs associated with building a larger and improved healthcare facility. It often comes down to the following choices: build up, build out, or move. Healthcare facilities in high-density metropolitan areas...
