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...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2010 | News
Dev Patnaik, the CEO of Jump Associates and author ofWired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, helped kick off the official start of HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 as Sunday’s keynote speaker. Dev reminded us all of an important component of...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 14, 2010 | News
Eileen Malone, RN, MSN, MS, EDAC, Senior Partner, Mercury Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and Barbara Dellinger, MS, AAHID, IIDA, EDAC, MDCID, Director, Health Care Interiors, East Coast, HDR, Inc., will be presenting their findings during the session “An...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 12, 2010 | News
The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is being offered as one of many tours on Saturday, Nov. 13, at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 conference. Tours will be held from 1-5 p.m. and also include Centennial Hills Hospital, CSN Health Sciences & Nursing,...
