by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2006 | News
Integrated operating rooms (I-ORs), when optimally designed, can lessen the complexity of the most complicated environment in the hospital—the surgery suite. User-friendly, integrated technologies augment surgeons’ skills and help the entire surgical team work...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2006 | News
Richard Florida’s book, The Rise of the Creative Class, develops the idea that people in their middle and older ages want a continuing lifestyle of stimulating amenities and cultural opportunities. The challenge for those in aging-related housing and services is...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2006 | News
I couldn’t understand why an important hospital like Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis would hang abstract art in its halls, waiting rooms, and patient rooms. I was confused by it, and so was my 85-year-old mother, who had been admitted for Non-Hodgkin’s...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2006 | News
All my recent healthcare clients have declared a desire to focus their capital expenditures on “revenue-generating” space, meaning the portion of their facilities associated with diagnostics, procedures, or inpatient stays. The idea is that in times of increasing...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2006 | News
In this age of super-size budget reductions and bariatric-size facility expansions, hospitals are increasingly looking to Lean processes. These processes don’t address weight loss, but instead seek to create value through greater efficiencies and less waste in...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2006 | News
Introduction In addition to the largest peer-reviewed healthcare design showcase yet published, HealthCare DESIGN offers the Specialty Directory. With its 513 listings, you get convenient access to useful information about 279 companies offering supplies and services...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2006 | News
Known for its modern architecture, manicured landscaping, and business friendly climate, Singapore, a country roughly three times the size of Washington, DC, may soon have another reason to boast: It’s working to create one of the most advanced healthcare...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2006 | News
The size, scale, and exterior materials respond to the wider campus and urban context to provide a recognizable symbol for YUMC and the new Severance Hospital Educational buildings, civic buildings, and healthcare buildings all have roles to play in supporting their...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 30, 2006 | News
It was a watershed moment for hospital design in the United Kingdom in 1992 when the British government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Under this new system, the National Health Service (NHS) began contracting with private-sector consortia to...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2006 | News
The Hansen Center Batesville, IN BSA LifeStructures Page 93 Review Committee comments: “Great indoor/outdoor integration in patient and family area, and a great use of materials inside and out.” “Great infusion therapy area with views to the garden, individual areas...
