by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2010 | Trends
Almost everyone agrees that advanced clinical and information technologies offer unprecedented promise to enable healthcare solutions. But right now, many hospitals are grappling with how to optimize technology and the financial investment it requires. This article...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2010 | News
The operating room (OR) plays a critical role in today’s hospital. A recent study by the McKesson Group estimated that the operating room generates 42% of the hospital’s revenue.1 The OR is the primary source of hospital admissions, and drives significant...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2010 | Trends
West Coast evidence-based interior designer Jain Malkin meets East Coast evidence-based interior designer Rosalyn Cama with consensus that the trend toward the evolution of healing environments is in its infancy, but fueled by the acceptance of an evidence-based...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2010 | News
Our Annual Top Healthcare Architecture/Engineering Rankings features firms that service the healthcare construction industry. The following rankings are based on information provided by the responding firms.* Figures are self-reported and are not verified by the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 28, 2010 | News
The human brain is a simple piece of complex technology. It works on expectation, not perception. Similar to a computer motherboard, the brain responds predictably with a binary logic to a series of electrical impulses derived from environmental signals received via...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 28, 2010 | News
Here's an idea for you: If you are working on a behavioral health project—standalone or part of a larger hospital facility—have a special submittal party to look over everything that goes into the spaces where the patients will be. Every object and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 27, 2010 | News
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by HCD Guest Author | Jun 21, 2010 | News
According to Wikipedia, the percentage of American Christians–76%; Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Muslim 4–5%; and 15% have no religious beliefs or affiliations. In the 1900s more than a third of American hospitals were started by women of religious vocations per Say...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 15, 2010 | News
I was sitting in the waiting room of a doctor’s office yesterday waiting for an appointment. The room was fairly small and typical of most waiting rooms: chairs around the outside of the room with a row of chairs in the middle, end tables with old magazines on them,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 13, 2010 | News
A typical patient arrives at a medical facility welcomed by a room filled with rows of chairs and a few small stacks of magazines, only to wait for a lengthy period of time as they are processed. When getting feedback from some family members about the quality of...
