Master Planning

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Going Green Because We Ought To

February 21, 2012     Janet Brown, Contributing Editor
For healthcare facilities, meeting the needs of a community is balanced with the ability to operate for the long term. This requires prioritization, creativity, collaboration, continuous change, and an ethicist at the table.
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Hospitals as Community Leaders

February 14, 2012     Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Hospitals’ traditional role as medical treatment centers is being redefined, as institutions across the country enhance services to offer their local communities healthy living programs and promote wellness.
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Masterminding the Master Plan Process

November 18, 2011     Jeffrey Stouffer, AIA
HKS Inc. and The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida joined together to create a new standard for collaborative planning and programming.
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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.
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Session Preview: Accelerated Construction of a State-of-the-Art A&E Unit in South Africa

November 13, 2011     Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
On Monday, November 14, at 9 a.m. in Bayou E, Bryan Brinkman of B4 Architects will be presenting a session on how the project team of Brinkman Ndayi McAll succeeded in accelerating a construction program from eighteen months to twelve-and-one-half, while maintaining the required high standards. He gives a short preview of his presentation at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
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Drawing On a Vision

September 28, 2011     Patricia D. Malick, AAHID, EDAC, and Christopher P. Trotta, AIA
University Hospitals applies leadership, focus, and expertise to make Vision 2010 a reality
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Accountable Care Organizations: Part 3

August 11, 2011     Debajyoti Pati, Ph.D., FIIA
How ACOs will influence a sweeping change in the physical environment of healthcare settings.
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Healthcare Project Construction: Now or Never?

July 13, 2011     Lee Poechmann
The truth that needs to be communicated about aging healthcare facilities.
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Integrating Lean Process Improvement in Healthcare

July 1, 2011     Paul Fallon, RA, LEED AP, EDAC
TRO Jung|Brannen's four-step approach to bringing Lean offerings to healthcare design projects.
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The Affordable Care Act

May 31, 2011     Doug Grove
A look at how healthcare reform stands to impact the design of healthcare facilities and push the need for Lean processes.
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