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HCD.11 Session Review: The Bariatric Patient—How Will New Guidelines Impact Health Facility Design?

November 16, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
The growing bariatric population in the United States must be addressed in the design of our healthcare facilities. In a session at HCD.11 in Nashville, Debra Harris, PhD, CEO, RAD Consultants, discussed the trend and new guidelines from the Facility Guidelines Institute.

HCD.11 Session Preview: Building for Sustainable Operations

November 15, 2011     By Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
This afternoon at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 conference, sustainability experts will discuss what solutions are available to gain ground in creating green operations.

HCD.11 Session Preview: New Directions in the Future of Healthcare Design—The Experts Speak Out

November 15, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Industry experts will come together at HCD.11 to weigh in on what’s ahead for healthcare design. Read on for a preview of this morning's general session taking place at 8:15 a.m. in Delta Ballroom A.

HCD.11 Session Review: Healthcare Reform and the Future of American Medicine

November 15, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Monday of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 conference in Nashville saw the afternoon capped by an awards ceremony and keynote address exploring the future of healthcare in the world of reform.

HCD.11 Session Review: Merging Architecture, Engineering, and Medicine into Healthy Hospital Soundscapes

November 14, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Members of the Healthcare Acoustics Research Team share their findings on how design plays a role in controlling noise levels in healthcare environments as part of their session at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 in Nashville.

HCD.11 Session Review: Utilizing Design Standards within a Large Healthcare System

November 14, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Robert McCoole, vice president, facilities resource group, at Ascension Health, shared with attendees at HCD.11 the process the health system went through to establish design standards and some of the challenges its experienced so far.

HCD.11 Facility Tour: The Changing Faces of Two Vanderbilt Facilities

November 14, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
As part of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference taking place this week in Nashville, attendees took part in a tour of the Ingram Cancer Center and Vanderbilt Hospital Critical Care Tower at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

We 'Heart' Heart Hospitals

September 28, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs
Heart hospitals across the country are accomplishing amazing feats to save lives, so let's recognize them all today—World Heart Day.

Who Do You Think is the Best of the Best?

August 15, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs
The time has come once again here in the HEALTHCARE DESIGN offices to begin the search for our new class of the Most Influential People in Healthcare Design.

Inside the Minds of the C-Suite

July 19, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs
Hospital administrators take to the stage at the ASHE Annual Conference in Seattle to offer insight on the current and future needs they have regarding facility management.
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