by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
Go for the Silver or go for the Gold? That’s a question being posed today by a number of hospitals across the country as they prepare to build new or replacement facilities. The flurry of publicity following the June 2006 opening of Providence Newberg Medical...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News, Trends
For the last two years, I have been focused on the writing and assembly of a book entitled Evidence-Based Healthcare Design, Wiley, 2009. It was my first foray into the creation of a complete manuscript, but like most new things in life, one must pause to go forward....
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
Realistic design prototypes have become standard decision-making tools for healthcare leaders who understand their value in an environment in which every design decision impacts the facility’s ultimate success in fulfilling the institution’s mission and...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
Wall protection C/S Acrovyn® offers the most complete line of wall protection. Designers can select from hundreds of corner guard, handrail, crash rail, and bumper guard profiles manufactured from Classic Acrovyn, PVC-free Acrovyn 3000, FSC Certified Wood, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
I’m sure most of you are familiar with Modern Healthcare’s annual ranking of the 100 most powerful people in healthcare. For a number of years, the magazine has polled the public and posted a list of power players from all ends of the industry, somewhat...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
Project Summary Completion Date: October 2008 Owner: Florida Hospital Architecture: HuntonBrady Architects Interior Design: HuntonBrady Architects Construction Manager: Brasfield & Gorrie Photography: Joe Brooks Photography Total Building area (sq. ft.): 656,000...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News, Trends
At a time when economic worries and budget limitations for facility expansions may start to squeeze the healthcare industry, Lean processes could very well be the industry’s answer-and lifeline-for designing and constructing new projects in the future. Hospitals...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
Bringing order to mega-growth In 1998, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital made a bold business move: it merged with the Columbia University Medical Schools, New York Hospital, and the Weill Cornell Medical School to form New York’s largest healthcare system. Today...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2009 | News
Linda DeHart knows that her latest project A Thousand Windows: A Long Walk in Beauty and its subsequent Colors in Motion DVD descendent have been a long time coming-70 years in fact. The 70-year-old daughter of an architect was recently asked to do a retrospective of...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 29, 2009 | News
Coining a new phrase is rarely an intentional endeavor, but I am going to take a run at it. Green Stain: When practices which are assumed to be sustainable, are forced upon the public through regulation or populism, without proper scientific support of their...
