by HCD Guest Author | Mar 8, 2009 | News
As an interior designer, I often approach healthcare design as an opportunity to inspire people and promote a healthy lifestyle. One question I’m frequently asked is: How can we best provide for the growing bariatric population nationally? HGA’s healthcare interior...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 5, 2009 | News
Studies & experts are calling for an economic recovery plan focused on green jobs & infrastructure, which is seen as a growing bright spot for the U.S. economy. Do you agree with USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi that sustainability is key to a prosperous future? 60%...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 4, 2009 | News, Trends
While greening healthcare has finally hit the mainstream and the number of engaged facilities has increased substantially, “getting started” is often a challenge, even when there is interest in the topic. Where facilities fall on the greening spectrum and how they...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Rainbow Babies & Children’s (RBC) Hospital, located on the University Hospitals Case Medical Center campus in Cleveland, Ohio, will open a newly renovated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) later this spring. The new 38-bed unit will combine with the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
What trends did you identify in this year’s entries? Any improvements or regressions compared to previous competitions you’ve judged? Wilson: It seems like we had more renovations and new designs focused on culture change and creating neighborhoods. In...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
In the last five years many important healthcare building projects have been completed using evidence-based design. This transition in practice methodology has created a baseline of knowledge that no longer needs debate, and as a result, has fostered groundbreaking...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
As a senior at the University of Michigan, I had a professor who rather seriously and frequently asked what my generation was doing; not in an accusatory manner, arguing that we were destroying the sanctity of the country, but on a holistic level, failing to see the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News, Trends
Patient room toilet locations Designing the ideal patient room requires resolution of many questions: Should rooms be acuity adaptable? Should they be mirrored or same-handed? Should the headwall be vertical or horizontal, with exposed or concealed services? But of...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
It isn’t often that this editorial space is devoted to the happenings in another publication, but in this case, the exception is warranted. Vendome Group, publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, have acquired Healthcare Building Ideas magazine, and the first issue...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Project SummaryCompletion Date: November 2008 Owner: HealthEast/St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Paul, MN Owner’s Representative: Boldt Consulting Services, Milwaukee, WI Executive Architect (Architect-of-Record): BWBR Architects, St. Paul, MN Design Architect:...
