Mastering the HCAHPS
As healthcare facilities designers, our mission is to improve the physical environment for patients, families, and caregivers. But,…
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Affinity Health System’s Three-Pronged Approach to Sustainable Construction
Affinity Health System visualizes its commitment as a wheel—with a promise of personalized care for all patients at…
Trends May 27Is the Environment Right for Health Reform?
Since President Obama’s bill was introduced last year, health reform has been covered from every potential angle possible…
Trends May 27Social innovation and evidence-based design: Lessons learned
The small, and sometimes large, nuances of hospital design can and do play a significant role in helping…
Trends April 30Designing Healthcare Exclusively For Women
Although a handful of free-standing women's hospitals are serving women in select urban centers around the country, much…
Trends April 30Raising the bar of baseline knowledge through the measurement of design innovations
In July 2010, my column “Best Practice, Next Practice” identified the drivers for innovation. In it, I noted…
Trends April 30Coming into focus: Connecting environmental stewardship and community benefit
Science, complemented with stories, can help us best message the connection between environmental health and overall wellness. The…
Trends March 31The growing conversation around evidence-based design
Ene of the themes of this month's issue is evidence-based design (EBD), which has become a widely discussed…
Trends March 31Getting it right the first time: A process-driven facility design approach at Virtua Health
Virtua Health's $325-million replacement hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey, is planned to be a state-of-the-art, 368-bed, 669,000-square-foot inpatient…
Trends March 31
