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...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 10, 2008 | News
While setting up an HCD YouTube page to host a couple videos for news and blogs here on the site, I came across this moving piece of video art. It’s a video rendering using architect Raimund Abraham’s Hospital drawings and poems. I expect that this video...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 2, 2008 | News
If something “involves firing a wooden timber at a structure using an air cannon,” I can’t help but be interested. You too, obviously! I guess everyone likes to see something getting (safely) smashed once and a while. It looks like DuPont has opened a testing center...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
I personally think any story in which robots are involved is newsworthy. Maybe that’s because I’ve really always wanted to be a robot builder (I think that’s the technical name). At the same time, my generation (whatever that is) and Generation X before it think it’s...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
Patient room casegoods The Senso and Logique collections of patient room case pieces complement Carolina’s offering of seating designed specifically for patients and families. The collections include bedside cabinets, wardrobes, media display units, overbed...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
Clarification: Shepley Bulfinch served as Design Architect for the Bronson BirthPlace and NICU project featured in the April 2008 Pebble Report. The firm was retained by Bronson to ensure the new project was sympathetic to the design language it had established in the...
