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
Everybody understands Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible moment.” But when it comes to catastrophes, Murphy was an optimist—during a catastrophe, Murphy’s Law could be amended to say “Everything that can go...
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...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2007 | News
Photography by Joel Koyama In November 2006, the design firm Perkins+Will introduced an innovative model in the design of hospital rooms for child patients who experience extended hospital stays. The design infuses these long-duration medical spaces with an intensely...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 25, 2007 | News
I have been subscribed to the H2E Info Exchange Listserv for a number of months now. As I am relatively new to the fields of healthcare design and operations, this listserv has been a helpful education tool for me. I get a daily dose of info on topics such as medical...
