by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
Courtesy of Brawer & Hauptman, Architects Since the mid-1980s, Maria de los Santos Health Center has been the largest provider of primary healthcare services to Philadelphia’s Latino community. Part of Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc. (DVCH), Maria de...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
An important part of the evidence-based design process includes creating a baseline of knowledge about an institution that should include the wishes and desires of their consumer base. The easiest way to do so is to arrange for visioning sessions with various...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
As the largest geothermal hospital project under construction in the world today, Sherman Hospital offers a powerful example of the economic and environmental value of innovative design. When Sherman Hospital, in Elgin, Illinois, opens the doors of its replacement...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
Just when it was warming up to the color green, the healthcare building field turns to look up the steep hill to The 2030 Challenge and it realizes that “green” may not be good enough. Something in the shade of clear may be in order—that is, healthcare...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
It has long been theorized throughout the healthcare design field that images of nature have a restorative effect on occupants. London-based Artscape Gallery is now pushing the boundaries of the healing-imagery concept by installing “video paintings”...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | Trends
Imagine having cut the ribbon marking the opening of a new, state-of-the-art hospital in 1957. In your wildest dreams, could you have anticipated the social, clinical, technological, or economic change that would drive the operations of that same hospital today?...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
The focus on patient safety and the magnitude of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) demand that design professionals become well versed in knowing where risks occur, how they occur, and what they can do to reduce or minimize them. For many years, the primary goal...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
Recycled glass-chip flooring Stonhard’s all new Stonblend GSI-G provides an abrasion- and impact-resistant surface while incorporating recycled glass chips into the floor for an environmentally responsible system and highly stylized look for patient rooms,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
How often do we lay the blame for greenhouse gas emissions squarely at the door of cars, trucks, and SUVs? While 28% of U.S. greenhouse gases do come from transportation, the majority of that being our vehicles, it’s our buildings—our homes and workplaces—that...
