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...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2008 | News
Studio Lilica What art offers is space—a certain breathing room for the spirit. —John Updike Imagine a state-of-the-art healthcare facility guided by principles of design that promote wellness, comfort, and healing. That’s exactly what Kaiser Permanente did when...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 23, 2008 | News
Are you seeing a slowdown in healthcare building activity due to the economy? Comments: -Health care services is like catering services related to people’s daily life and I think it will be among the last to be affected -I still see projects going ahead at full speed...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 16, 2008 | News
How many of your healthcare projects are using Building Information Modeling: Comments: -It is moving in too many directions…articulated by people with zero or less experience.
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 15, 2008 | News
Unfortunately, according to Timothy J. Ward, at the time of writing a partner based in Tefen USA’s Washington, D.C., office, “Because day-to-day operations for emergency departments (ED) are so overwhelming, I’m sad to say that we don’t have enough focus on disaster...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 9, 2008 | News
both natural and man-made, I’d say the hospitals in my area are: Comments: -Available staff will be a big concern, and this is a global issue. -Being head of security at my hospital and a member of the Disaster Planning Committee I feel that there is always room...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 8, 2008 | News
At St. Joseph’s Hospital in the aptly named Eureka, California, workers at a healthcare construction project discovered a time capsule ensconced behind a memorial plaque attached to a hospital exterior wall. Inside they found, perfectly preserved since 1954, copies of...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 3, 2008 | News
With all the green and sustainable building ideas, designs, and products that come into my inbox, this press release from Green Spirit Strategies, a sustainability communications consulting company, stuck out like a sore green thumb. I was sent this press release just...
