by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
As a new frugality motivates Americans to do more with less in this recession, healthcare leaders likewise have adopted a similar mindset. Colleague Joe Madda, AIA, LEED AP, in HGA’s Los Angeles office, notes that the economic slowdown likely will bring some...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
We all recognize how complex the healthcare industry has become. New technologies continue to advance the cause of medicine and thereby impact the design and construction of new facilities built to house these new centers for healing. Additionally, the...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
Operational costs of construction projects are often not factored into either a hospital operating budget or the construction budget. Many hospitals fail to project the costs and potential revenue loss of operating dual departments, or operating a department at...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
Should hospitals have separate seating areas for bariatric patients? 39.5% – Yes, the bariatric population needs to be catered to in public places 60.5% – No, special seating may embarrass bariatric patients COMMENTS – I do not think it is an...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
Let’s start at the very beginning” may apply as much to designing an acute care patient room as to learning to sing. Much is written about patient room configuration and the importance of understanding the implications of choices in layout (same-handed or...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year-hospitals are some of the most vital facilities in society, and the mission-critical nature of the equipment and requirements of operating time make them extremely expensive to operate and maintain. Given today’s economy,...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
Photograpsher: Jerry Swanson At Mercy Medical Center, the addition of conference and event centers allows hospitals to become an integral part of their rural communities Bigger is not always better for interior designers who work on healthcare projects. Small projects...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
When planning of the $300 million expansion and renovation of Meridian Health’s Jersey Shore University Medical Center began approximately five years ago, the architects, administrators, physicians, and staff envisioned a project that would dramatically change...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | News
In publishing circles, the debate has been raging for years now. With the closing of some high-profile daily newspapers and monthly magazines around the country, that debate has come to the general public, as well. The question at hand: In this instant-information age...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Photography: @ John Durant Photography It began with a feasibility study done in 2002 by Karlsberger, the Columbus, Ohio-based Architecture firm, on the expansion possibilities of the Children’s Hospital of Austin. The study showed there was limited...
