by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | News
IMAGES COURTESY OF NURTURE BY STEELCASE IMAGES COURTESY OF NURTURE BY STEELCASE While a recent report by the American Cancer Society announced that the number of deaths due to cancer has declined overall since the 1990s, the number of consumers for oncology care is...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
When a community joins together to support and encourage those in need, an art project can become about much more than decoration, which is exactly what has happened in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers, Arkansas. In addition to...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tama Duffy Day is an interior designer synonymous with the field of healthcare design. A winner of multiple awards who is deeply involved in academia and professional association leadership, she is the only designer to have received three Health Environment...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Denver, Colorado, consistently ranked as one of the Top 10 children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, embarked on the design of a new 1.4 million-square-foot hospital complex which would include a...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 29, 2008 | News
For those attending CleanMed, I found this posted on H2E’s listserv yesterday by Julie Taylor at Practice Greenhealth. I didn’t realize it, but I guess I’ve been working on my own little “flower” centerpiece right here on my office desk. Are you attending the Practice...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 28, 2008 | News
Last week, I joined in on the Matrix Serious About Security Symposium held at the Cleveland Clinic. I heard interesting presentations covering trends in hospital security incidents and the convergence of security data networks onto an organization’s main...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 20, 2008 | News
In the United States, 65% of the population is overweight or obese. About a third of all patients weigh 350 pounds or more. And they are present in every sector of healthcare. All furniture and spaces need to acknowledge and accommodate the special ergonomic needs of...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 17, 2008 | News
The Modular MRI Suite An architectural firm and a leading provider of modular building solutions team up to push the concept into the future. By Todd Hutlock, Managing Editor Read the full article in the April issue of HCD.
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 14, 2008 | News
At least 45% of deaths in the southern provinces of Iraq are caused by cancer, according to a study, The Increase in Cancer Cases as Result of War Debris, published in May 2007 by Basra University Medical College. “Psychological stresses and strains engendered by...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 10, 2008 | News
For healthcare designers who think that the American Institute of Architects is a newcomer to the field of healthcare design, perhaps only tangentially connected with it, please think again. For more than 50 years the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has...
