by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
Architects and designers who are given the task of creating a healing, welcoming, and familiar medical environment for children are in an unenviable position. Given that the patients’ needs are drastically different from those of the designers, as well as the...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
Did you ever wonder why surgical scrubs are predominantly khaki green? I’ve seen a few in blue and pink, but the majority is one or the other shade of khaki green. It seems that at the turn of the century, before the invention of the electric light bulb,...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
Introduction Healthcare Design is pleased to bring you our 3rd annual Corporate Profiles edition. While we continue throughout the year to bring you the latest in groundbreaking facility design across the world, these profiles highlight the architects, designers, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
As our nation increases in population and age, both acute- and long-term-care institutions find themselves compelled to upgrade or expand their facilities to support technological advances and to meet the expectations of the patients served. But upgrading and...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
Project Summary Owner: Children’s Specialized Hospital Project Completed: December 2007 Architecture: HKS, Inc.: Ron Dennis, Doug Compton, Gerry Hicks, Kathryn Barry, Michael Miller Interior Design: Granary Associates: Paige Macfarlan (currently with Burt,...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
A major national provider of occupational medicine puts forth the challenge: the $1.3 billion company, called Concentra, wants to shift most of its focus from occupational medicine toward urgent care—from a 90:10 ratio to a 40:60 ratio, specifically—and to redesign...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 1, 2008 | News
What happens when a neighborhood clinic has to serve a large non-English-speaking clientele, including large contingents of patients from Somalia and Vietnam? More to the point, how do you organize and wayfind the clinic to ensure smooth, confusion-free traffic and a...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 26, 2008 | News
Last week’s question, which happened to spill over into this week because of operator’s dating error, gained much attention and discourse from readers. So I pulled the comments out here to the blogs, to see what else people have to say about the topic. From a blog...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 25, 2008 | News
Kudos to the organizers of this year’s HEALTHCARE DESIGN.08 conference in Washington, DC. There were lots of very compelling sessions! I was particularly interested in the recurring themes such as infection control, sustainable design and issues of lighting and...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 20, 2008 | News
Do you implement Lean practices in your design? • 71% Yes • 17% No • 12% Occasionally Comments:-We do, in fact our entire hospital organization is going through organized Lean methodology training. -no demand for it -HDR is Involved in three projects using Lean/IPD...
