by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
When you planned that healthcare construction project three or four years ago, you assumed that costs in general would rise pretty much in line with consumer price increases, and you built that into your estimates. Over the last couple of years, though, it...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
Communication is the transportation of information. Just as America’s roads and highways can be small and overcrowded or vast and speed-driven, so can today’s hospital communications systems. By dissolving individual wireless and stationary network systems...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | News
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hospital Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Project Summary Project Inception:August 2007 Completion: January 2011 Developer: ALDAR Owner: Mubadala Operator and Management: Cleveland Clinic Master Architect: HDR, Inc. (San Francisco) Design...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | News
Do you know how much waste your facility is generating? Literally tons, including solid waste, regulated medical waste, construction and demolition debris, recyclables, hazardous chemicals, electronics, and donation materials—practically everything that leaves your...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | News
Proton therapy treatment centers are opening the door to a new era in radiation treatment for cancer patients. Proton therapy targets a controlled beam of protons at malignant tumors to kill and to halt the reproduction of cancer cells. This technology differs from...
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...
