by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2007 | News
It’s always fun to view old and not-so-old movies to get a technological fix—that is, an appreciation of the wonderful technologies that we have at our daily beck-and-call today. One need only go back to films circa 1990 to see characters clunk themselves upside...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2007 | News
community (noun): a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. It’s interesting that this traditional definition assumes a physical location is necessary to...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2007 | News
Colorful tile TOLI’s Linotesta and Viale tiles, seen here at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, as designed by Earl Swenson Associates, feature rich colors and ease of maintenance. Both Linotesta and Viale resist staining, cracking, and chipping...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2007 | News
An exhibit of 29 black and white photographs is encouraging an atmosphere of communication and education at The Gathering Place, a community-based cancer support center in Beachwood, Ohio. Opened on June 4, the day after National Cancer Survivors Day, and ending on...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2007 | News
Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham began life as a satellite campus for Children’s Hospital Boston (for more on the main campus, see page 20), but it soon grew to have its own distinct identity. Designed by Boston-based architectural firm Steffian...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | News
Surgical suite design has changed significantly over the past ten years and will continue to evolve over the next decade. Some of the key changes that have already had an impact include: The shift from separate suites for Pre-op, PACU, and Stage 2 Recovery to more...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | News
Nature-inspired seating pattern Victor Innovatex has launched its new open line seating pattern, Rivière. Rivière is 100% Eco Intelligent® Polyester and is certified Cradle to Cradle Gold by MBDC. The pattern consists of whimsical, free-flowing multicolored dots in a...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | News
Pfizer, with large campuses on both sides of the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut housing its Global Research & Development headquarters, brings medical innovations in the form of life-extending and life-improving medicines to millions of patients around...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | News
I don’t know if it’s possible to be “trendy” west of the Adirondacks or east of the Sierra Nevadas, living as I do in tragically non-hip Cleveland. But it’s always fun to indulge in “trend spotting,” wherever one happens to be. And, for an editor, it...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | News
Imagine being a physician prepping for surgery with mere sketches as a guide. You must perform the coronary bypass without accurate data: no X-ray fluoroscopy, no echocardiogram, no heart cath. Your only map is a pencil drawing of the patient’s body from 10...
