by HCD Guest Author | Oct 5, 2009 | News
“Another painful procedure without relief!” Unfortunately, those words are heard all too often as patients go about the painful process of healing in today’s modern hospitals. However, a simple design related intervention can make all of the difference to millions of...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 4, 2009 | News
Given the extra initial costs of sustainable building, have you found more clients reluctant to embrace sustainability with the declining economy? Yes – 54.55% No – 27.27% We have seen a few clients avoid the costs – 18.18% COMMENTS – There is...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 1, 2009 | News
Nowhere is customer service as important as on a healthcare construction project, and in today’s market this is even more important. We need to ensure that our staff understands that the needs of the hospital, their staff, the patients trying to recover, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
Healthcare in the Middle East is an industry transitioning towards global cohesiveness. Since 1998, when the Dubai heath authority introduced the concept of primary healthcare, adopting the motto of the World Health Organization, “Health for All by the year 2000,” the...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
Hospital environments are typically not well prepared to deal with death. When it has been established that a severely ill person will no longer benefit from major medical interventions, palliative end-of-life care may be proposed. Along with this shift in treatment,...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
A growing body of literature describes the link between a hospital’s physical design and its key quality and safety outcomes. Evidence-based design elements can help hospitals reduce costly and avoidable incidents of patient harm such as patient falls,...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
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by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
This international edition of HEALTHCARE DESIGN couldn’t be timelier. The United States is squarely in the middle of much contention surrounding the future of healthcare and advocates on all sides of the deliberations are pointing to healthcare systems and...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
