by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2006 | Trends
How to solve vibration challenges in healthcare laboratories? There is a “whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on” in laboratories across America. Not from earthquakes or tsunamis but from a source much more common and insidious: people going about their daily...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2006 | News
“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” This quote defines the will of a community of changemakers attracted to The Center for Health Design’s work. A research...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2006 | News
Fine art has been important to man since he first began adorning his dwelling. At the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave in France, Paleolithic hand stencils and stylized images of wildlife dating from 30,000 BC decorate the walls of the cave. These images describe what...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2006 | News
Antibacterial surface Meganite Acrylic Solid Surface has antibacterial and renewable properties, making it suitable for workstations and nurses’ stations. Completely nonporous, the “-thick sheets will not promote bacteria or fungus growth, are...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2005 | News
I’ve loved glass since I was a little boy, when my father and grandfather had a jewelry business that sold blown glass. When I was older, I apprenticed under an Irish stained- and leaded-glass artist, then later studied with German and Swedish glass artists and...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2005 | Trends
In August 2002, one of the country’s first all- digital, patient-centered, freestanding cardio-vascular care hospitals opened in Oklahoma City. Hailed as a new model for cardiology facility design, it quickly became an industry benchmark. Since opening, Oklahoma...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2005 | News
It always starts this way—with great hope, unbridled enthusiasm, and imaginative artists’ renderings. All of the input sessions and planning meetings, developed and discarded design concepts, conventional wisdom, and new-to-the-world thinking have come to this...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2005 | Trends
Is I write this we are approaching the opening day for HEALTHCARE DESIGN.05, our third annual conference, which runs from November 6-9 in Scottsdale, Arizona. It will come as a surprise to no one that recently we carefully reviewed our registrant listings to see which...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2005 | News
Hospitals are discovering a new customer base: visitors and employees who previously went off-site for their café lattes and panini sandwiches. These people constitute a captive audience that wants something different, and they are willing to pay a higher price for...
by HCD Guest Author | Nov 1, 2005 | News
I recently attended a presentation by Cynthia Leibrock, MA, ASID, Hon. IIDA, in San Francisco that addressed the unique design needs of different healthcare populations. It started me thinking about the opportunity each and every one of us involved in creating the...
