May 23, 2013 Christine Guzzo Vickery
Critical access hospitals help define communities, serving as a destination that provides much more than healthcare. As such, some considerations should be made when designing these facilities.
April 4, 2013 Christine Guzzo Vickery
While critical access hospitals share some traits with larger urban counterparts, their design must be tailored on a smaller scale to fulfill community needs.
February 20, 2013 Christine Guzzo Vickery
An often overlooked side of healthcare design are physicians’ workspaces, which need to evolve to reflect a more mobile, technology-enabled workforce.
January 16, 2013 Christine Guzzo Vickery
While physical mock-ups serve as a reliable tool in healthcare design, opportunities are growing for immersive virtual reality.
November 21, 2012 Christine Guzzo Vickery, CID, EDAC
By integrating three-dimensional facility prototyping into the design process, designers can test new ideas and healthcare delivery methods that cost-effectively improve patient outcomes.
September 25, 2012 Christine Guzzo Vickery
Healthcare's changing environment will challenge designers, caregivers, and administrators to meet higher expectations and find solutions through innovation.
July 27, 2012 Christine Guzzo Vickery
A well-planned art program is integral to the overall plan of a hospital, in which good design supports both clinical and emotional needs of patients. An art collection at Dana-Farber's new Yawkey Center for Cancer Care proves to be an example of how this can be accomplished.
June 19, 2012 Christine Guzzo Vickery
Various check-out locations illustrate the challenges balancing convenience, privacy, and comfort in clinic design.
May 30, 2012 Christine Guzzo Vickery
Because the activities occurring within exam rooms have changed in the past decade, so too have design elements, including size, interior layout, and aesthetics.
April 25, 2012 Christine Guzzo Vickery
There are a number of different clinic modules to assess concerning the best size and configuration of spaces for a specific specialty, including academic, physician-centric, and patient self-rooming.
