Featured in Facility Care, July 15, 2014.
With environmental and health concerns top-of-mind, when discussion turns to new flooring standards at hospitals, the administration’s preference often.....READ MORE
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Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, renovation, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
While researching trends in patient-focused design, I came across an incredible group and website dedicated to improving healthcare delivery on multiple fronts: CIMIT: Center for Integration of...
...READ MORETopics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), CIMIT, hospitals, Exterior Design, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
Can you imagine a time when every healthcare facility is designed with a patient’s health, safety, comfort and well-being in mind? Applying the principles of Evidence-Based Design (EBD) does just.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Evidence Based Design (EBD), Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, renovation, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
The design of a nurse station must accommodate the many different types of interaction and work that occur; it is an environment that needs to enhance collaboration, support intensive focus and allow.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Nursing Unit
Technological advancements in diagnosis and treatment have led to a new perspective on hospital design. What were once thought of as utilitarian facilities have been recast as critical partners in.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, family centered care, renovation, hospitals, Architects, Healthcare
In this new economy, hospitals are looking to new ways to make their capital dollars go further. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) helps hospitals access affordable financing for capital.....READ MORE
Topics: FHA, Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, OHF, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services
When conceptualizing the design or renovation of a behavioral healthcare facility, it’s important to institute features and materials that are conducive to privacy and personal dignity.Maintaining a.....READ MORE
Topics: risk reduction, Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, antiligature, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Behavioral Health Design
Before EHRs and patient-focused healthcare delivery, there were two arenas of outpatient care: what physicians provided in their office and what hospitals offered as an “add-on” to already stressed.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Ambulatory Care, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
While sharing a common mission to provide a safe, nurturing long-term care environment for their residents, Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Long Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH) function quite.....READ MORE
Topics: LTAC, Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, SNF, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services
The healing power of nature has been proven to increase patient response to treatment, encourage a feel-better mentality and increase staff satisfaction in their job. An eye toward integrating.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, Positive Distractions, hospitals, Architects, Art and Healthcare, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
