by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2009 | News
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by HCD Guest Author | Aug 30, 2009 | News
Designing for adolescents requires a specialized knowledge base due to their physical, mental, and emotional variances from both children and adults. However, the ambiguity of the adolescent phase between childhood and adulthood creates a challenge to effectively...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 26, 2009 | News
Many healthcare facilities have been built with the foresight of future expansion, which usually means a relatively large investment in oversized building MEP system capacity or distribution components. However, when the need arises to expand, the facility is usually...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 26, 2009 | News
Healthcare clinics and urgent care is a service that we have all had to visit at some point, whether it be to take a child in the middle of the night, an elderly parent, or even ourselves. If you have not had this experience, I feel sure that sometime in your life,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 24, 2009 | News
Something of a contrarian article from Anthony Cirillo over at Hospital Impact that addresses how successful person-/patient-centered care is. In his estimation, the move to patient-centered care has been an unsuccessful one. He cites a culture change, the nature of...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 24, 2009 | News
An interesting read from Business Week that looks at the recent failures of Wal-Mart to capitalize on the growing retail clinic trend . In it, the author explains why Wal-Mart has been unable to capitalize on the market that smaller retail companies (CVS, Walgreens,...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 23, 2009 | News
Will you be attending HEALTHCARE DESIGN.09? 37.50% – Yes 17.86% – No 44.64% – We had to cut such expenses from our budget COMMENTS – Registration Fees too high to justify. Registration is more than travel...