by HCD Guest Author | Feb 22, 2010 | News
Last week’s HEALTHCARE DESIGN poll question asked: As outlined in a recent blog post, are you familiar with the concept of the medical home? 12.50% – Yes, my firm has been working on such facilities for years 37.50% – Yes, it’s recently come onto my...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 19, 2010 | News
The healthcare industry is undergoing a technological transformation. Once lagging other industries, healthcare is now catching-up. As healthcare organizations upgrade existing facilities and build new ones, they are implementing advanced telecommunications...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 19, 2010 | News
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting in on the Vendome webinar How the ICONS Have Fared: Mega-Hospitals with Major Dreams. In it, Donald McKahan, AIA, FACHA, Health Facility Planner, Architect and Founder, McKahan Planning Group; D. Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA,...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 17, 2010 | News
Read the HEALTHCARE DESIGN February 2010 Showcase, A river runs through it. When the time came for Lake Health to replace LakeEast Hospital in Northeast Ohio, the decision was made to incorporate the latest life-saving technology, balanced with the healing environment...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 16, 2010 | News
Last week’s HEALTHCARE DESIGN poll question asked: How significantly do you have to take a hospital’s brand image into account when designing a new/renovated facility? 84.21% – It’s often of primary importance to the owner and something we always take into...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 9, 2010 | News
Customer service and partnering has become more important than ever. In this post I will share with you an example of going above and beyond to ensure a successful project. Superintendent Robert Houle recognized the importance of partnering with the owner’s...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 8, 2010 | News
With all of the talk about Integrated Project Delivery and Lean design and construction principles, it’s nice to be part of a team that truly gets it. I was fortunate recently to be part of such a team. We were working as part of a master planning design team...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 8, 2010 | News
Last week’s HEALTHCARE DESIGN poll question asked:Has the influx of evidence-based design (EBD) information made designing facilities easier or more difficult (sometimes contradicting your original design philosophy)? 35.29% – EBD helps us quickly and...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 3, 2010 | News
We’ve all seen drab healthcare facilities that are cold, unpleasant, and outdated. I walk through a hospital every day with salmon-colored walls and then through a lobby that’s filled with forest green and looks like an interior photo from the early 1990s. As...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 3, 2010 | News
As part of the healthcare reform debate, there has been much discussion related to rebuilding a healthcare system that can support a model more dependent on the primary care physician. Of course, the healthcare system has largely come away from this model since...
