by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | Trends
Each year as we sit down to look at project submissions for the annual Architectural Showcase issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN (published every September), I find myself impressed by the overall quality of the design of so many of the projects. It seems like each year the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
Project Summary ©2006 JIM STEINKAMP, STEINKAMP BALLOGG PHOTOGRAPHY Completed: July 2006 Client: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Architecture: OWP/P, 312.332.9600 General Contractor: Power Construction, 847.214.6330 Total Building Area (sq. ft.): 94,987 (39,533...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 18, 2008 | News
In the following video, Susan Mazer, cofounder ofHealing Healthcare Systems, wraps up her session at Environments for Aging 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. The session focused on hearing impairment and the environment. The take-away message was that designers need to be...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 17, 2008 | News
About 40 EFA attendees and I went on the afternoon tour of Splendido at Rancho Vistoso, a resort-styled retirement community with 246 independent apartments/villas, 36 SNFs, 12 assisted living apartments, and 12 dementia care units. The presenters at the facility...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 16, 2008 | News
We decided to create an EFA-specific blog at www.ltlmagazine.com/BlogEFA. But I will also try to repost any content here on the HCD blog that may be of specific interest to HCD readers.
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 12, 2008 | News
Just sorting out some things today before leaving for Tucson Sunday morning for theEnvironments for Aging conference. I hope to spend the majority of Sunday all by myself—no work, no family, no one I even know—just doing whatever I went, hopefully outdoors! Although...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 10, 2008 | News
I am currently working on a partnership project to renovate a psychiatric inpatient unit to be more therapeutic. Many behavioral health facilities are dated and an institutional. Budgets are often to blame along with aging facilities. We are in the process of securing...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 7, 2008 | News
A Joint Commission roundtable recently called for the development of a national performance measurement data strategy. The press release says that most performance measurement efforts operate in isolation from one another and rarely provide a consistent picture of...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 5, 2008 | News
I just found this environmental initiative/event posted by a loyal H2E listserv contributor (see my “Serving up your daily green design and operations dose” post for more info on the listserv). Here’s her post (nearly) word-for-word and my follow up: Hi Practice Green...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2008 | News
New National BIM Standard Released The National Building Information Model Standard project (NBIMS) Executive Committee has released National BIM Standard Version 1—Part 1: Overview, Principles, and Methodologies for public use. This document, which includes...
