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
The Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle may look more like an aquarium than a hospital. With life-size orcas floating above, a 20-foot octopus creeping across the wall, and portholes to...
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...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | Trends
In April, The Center for Health Design (CHD) in conjunction with Vendome Group, LLC, launched, with great success, the first annual Environments for Aging conference in Baltimore, Maryland. It was attended by the who’s who in the world of designing for the...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2007 | News
There have been two major changes that affected the design of Pre-Op and Stage 2 Recovery areas. The first was the merging of these two functions into one shared suite that allows for shared staffing and a more efficient use of the space. The efficiency is largely...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2007 | News
Evidence-based design is certainly not a new concept in the healthcare industry. In fact, it is increasingly applauded by architects, designers, and administrators for its impact on a number of key result areas: clinical results such as the improvement of patient...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2007 | News
Increasingly, hospitals are searching for new and more efficient ways to deliver healthcare to their communities without sacrificing their high quality standards. The quest for shrinking operating margins causes hospitals to focus on simultaneously increasing volume...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2007 | News
This year, the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) extends daylight saving time (DST) in the United States by four weeks. The idea behind this change is to see if it will reduce energy consumption. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will study the affect of daylight saving on...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2007 | News
Virtual reality” has its virtues. Technology allows architectural designers to show our customers around a space without ever really entering it, viewing it from angles that simply aren’t visible from a rendering or interior elevation. A virtual walk-through can...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2007 | News
It could be called “hometown cardiac care” in Plano, Texas, where a new 68-bed, 198,000-square-foot heart hospital, designed for exceptional performance and comfort, aims to meet the expectations of an affluent and educated population. Patients are grouped according...
