by HCD Guest Author | Feb 1, 2008 | News
Textiles are woven into the fabric of the healthcare built environment; draperies, privacy curtains, blankets, bedding, furniture and medical furnishings, floor and wall coverings are examples of the many fabric products used in hospitals. The demands of the contract...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 1, 2008 | News
GGHC Releases Prescriptive Path to Energy Efficiency The Green Guide for Health Care’s report, “A Prescriptive Path to Energy Efficiency Improvements for Hospitals,” is a peer-reviewed methodology for hospitals greater than 70,000 square feet to achieve a 14%...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 1, 2008 | News
When University Medical Center started to develop the 17-acre site that now houses the Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic, the only thought was that they wanted to emulate the aesthetics from the main campus on the new campus. As the project evolved, a vision...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | Trends
Recently I finished reading a book called Architecture of the Absurd (Quantuck Lane Press, New York) by a hard-bitten former university president, John Silber of Boston University, who oversaw the building of nearly 14 million square feet of varied structures for his...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | News
The Nightingale Awards are the industry’s first and most prestigious healthcare-product design competition. Sponsored by Contract magazine in association with The Center for Health Design and Vendome Group, LLC (publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN) and judged by a...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | News
JCR Releases Safety and Design Book A not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) has released a new book, Safe by Design: Designing Safety in Health Care Facilities, Processes, and Culture. The publication offers lessons learned...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | Trends
Striving to provide quality care in a healing environment, healthcare facilities are taking a closer look at methods of sterilization and high-level disinfection for reusable medical equipment. Prevalent practices, including the use of ethylene oxide and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | News
Artist Tom Moberg has been fascinated with nature, especially trees, since childhood, and for more than thirty years these ancient symbols of life have inspired his art. In fact, trees of various shapes, sizes, and textures have been the focus of his artwork...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | News
Moving parallel with the welcoming of new residents to one of the fastest-growing counties in Indiana, a new patient tower extends a cheery, light-filled, warmly sensitive greeting to the area’s newborns. Community Hospital North, until a few years ago a modest,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2008 | News
More and more design professionals and healthcare leaders are finding value in utilizing an evidence-based design process to build better buildings that help improve quality and safety. While the terms “evidence-based design” and “healing environments” have become...
