by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
How do you make a children’s hospital really a children’s hospital? And how do you blend the design of the new hospital in with a neighboring oak forest? These were challenges architect Angela Fritsch took very seriously in researching and designing 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
While the issue you hold in your hands (or are reading on your screen) is HEALTHCARE DESIGN’s fourth annual International Edition, focused exclusively on non-U.S. healthcare projects, it is only the second to feature the International Architectural Showcase (see...
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
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
Product Info Request Product Information Online HEALTHCARE DESIGN’s online reader service program enables readers to request information on advertised products from any issue, at any time, multiple times. Readers can find products by issue, company, or product...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2009 | News
Modular electronic lock Schlage allows healthcare security professionals to choose the specific electronic lock they need with confidence that it can be later upgraded without ever taking it off the door. The modular design lets users adapt to new technologies easily,...
