As an architect working for Array, with their focus exclusively on healthcare, I am very interested in how the technological advances in medicine are influencing the design of hospitals. I had the.....READ MORE
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Topics: Planning, virtual reality, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, futurism, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Modular Construction, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
Published by Healthcare Design, August 2014.
As a healthcare interior designer I’ve always seen myself as an advocate. I think we bring our best efforts forth to our clients when we can imagine every.....READ MORE
Topics: Empathy Mapping, Architecture, Evidence Based Design (EBD), Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Cancer Care, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, healing garden
Just a little over five months ago, we witnessed immense devastation to the New York City area due to Hurricane Sandy
Sandy came just one year after Hurricane Irene and quickly became the largest.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Disaster, Healthcare Design, Storm, disaster preparedness, Hurricane Sandy, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
CANstruction® is a non-profit organization that holds annual design and build competitions to construct giant sized structures made entirely of canned goods in major cities. The structures are then.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, giving back, Healthcare Design, philanthropy, Canstruction Philadelphia, Continuous Improvement, charity
By Kristin Zeit, Editor-in-Chief Healthcare Design
As more and more patients prefer retail health such as alternative medicine and healing options for their medical treatments, the trend toward fewer.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, healthcare reform, Patient Environment, Continuous Improvement, Healing Environment
Healing the Body by Healing the Earth as Part of a Comprehensive Cancer Program
Featured by Medical Construction + Design in February 2014.
The term “biophilia,” which literally translates as “love.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Evidence Based Design (EBD), Healthcare Design, ecotherapists, Cancer Care, ecotherapy, biophilia, hospitals, nature prescriptions, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Healing Environment, healing garden
Nurse Station Design
Anyone in the healthcare or the healthcare design industry recognizes the nurse station as one of the most pivotal and complex working environments within a hospital. It may not.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, family centered care, Healthcare Millwork, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Healing Environment
In my first two posts, I addressed the larger, more philosophical issues that need to be addressed when planning a Simulation Center, as well as taking a more in-depth look at specific elements of a.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, modeling, simulation, simulation centers, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
In my first post, I addressed the larger, more philosophical issues that need to be addressed when designing a Simulation Center. In this post, I take a more in depth look at specific elements of the.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, modeling, simulation, simulation centers, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
As healthcare providers continue to identify the adjustments required to succeed in the new reality created by healthcare reform, one universal constant has been the need to increase operational.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, modeling, simulation, simulation centers, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
