by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
As I hope our readers know, this is the month (specifically November 2-6 in Dallas) of the annual HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference. In nearly 38 years as a healthcare editor, I have attended more conferences than I care to remember. Certainly there are stretches of hours...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
Valley View Hospital, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. In partnership with HEALTHCARE DESIGN and The Center for Health Design, Starizon seeks to recognize those healthcare organizations that offer the best examples of melding healing design into their buildings while...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
Roughly half a billion square feet of “green” buildings have been completed or are under design and construction around the United States. While that number is growing, green building still represents too small a percentage of all construction projects. Fortunately...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
When Lily’s situation became critical, her parents were moved to an improvised seating area in the nurses’ station at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Baptist Health’s Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. As doctors...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
Patient recliner Versatile in its design and function, the Fusion Patient Recliner from Cabot Wrenn has a strong frame and is available in both the fashionable upholstered or wooden arms. Features include a powder-coated steel frame and platform, wall-hugger recline...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | Trends
I recently sat in a hospital project team meeting where a colleague asked what the Pebble program was giving to the design effort. In the architect’s eyes, the design interventions being proven right now are the intuitive no-brainers that many design...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
The capacity of the arts to produce beneficial health outcomes has been appreciated intuitively for some time. Nearly half of all American hospitals utilize some form of arts-based activity to serve patients, visitors, and staff. But it is only relatively recently...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
The Center for Health Design (CHD) has built its foundation firmly on the platform that healthcare construction projects utilizing credible evidence in the design decision-making process yield safer healing environments and that these environments best support the...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
An integration vision starts with an integration dream—one where all electronic devices within a healthcare facility have the capability to seamlessly communicate as needed to meet any function desired. Integration allows for application to gain efficiencies and cost...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
Encouraging a strong leadership role for senior executive groups is a critical component to forming a successful project team. Healthcare projects are complex and require a diverse array of professionals to come together in the quest to create the most successful...
