Successful projects require many components. Multi-disciplinary user groups, administrative support,process-led design, mock-ups and innovative technology all play key roles in a project meeting its.....READ MORE
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Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Architects, Continuous Improvement
Featured in Medical Construction + Design, June 2011 Just as an innovative automobile chassis defines the frame, engine and other essential systems for a vehicle, a medical center chassis provides.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services
In the March/April Issue 2012 Issue of Facility Care magazine, Editor-in-Chief Emily Howard notes that responding to the increasing pressure for operational efficiency in healthcare, professional.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Facility Care, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
As I described in Part 1, the BIM Plan is developed through a series of four collaborative meetings. Each meeting is followed by tasks accomplished in smaller work groupsor by individuals and take.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Healthcare Design, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)
Recent studies in Health Affairs (1) and supported by the Advisory Board Company (2) express the efficiency of using observation units. These units can be more efficient for providing care to certain.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services, Emergency Services
The value that BIM can create for project delivery teams and building owners has been the subject of many detailed studies, well written articles and reports over the past few years. Most detail the.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)
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
