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Is LEED for Healthcare Ready for Prime Time?

October 28, 2011     Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
Experts disagree on the long-awaited ratings system
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Introducing the New and Improved ADA 2010

February 1, 2011     Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Perkins+Will/Ken Hayden. This reception desk at the Arlington Free Clinic, Arlington, Virginia, illustrates the different access heights
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ASID: Why are Hand Washing Sinks Still Required by Code?

January 10, 2011    
Over the past few years, alcohol dispensers along with hand washing sinks have become the standard in most healthcare settings. To a large extent it
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ASID: Disinfecting for C. diff and How Finishes are Affected

January 5, 2011    
C. diff, or Clostridium difficile, has created a challenge when designing for a hospitality feel in an acute care setting. Typically, carpeting is
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Focusing on HIPPA compliance in design

January 25, 2010    
Last week's poll question on HEALTHCARE DESIGN asked:A recent blog post addressed HIPPA compliance and design considerations. When designing
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ASID: HIPAA compliance and healthcare design

January 12, 2010    
Sit down in almost any healthcare design meeting and HIPAA compliance will be brought up at some point.
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State of the U.S. healthcare building and design industry

August 31, 2009     Sara O. Marberry
Many feel that the healthcare building and design industry was born in 1988, when The Center for Health Design's (CHD) founders convened the First
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How healthcare's first LEED Platinum Project got it done

May 31, 2009     Richard L. Peck, Editor
Photography: @ John Durant Photography It began with a feasibility study done in 2002 by Karlsberger, the Columbus, Ohio-based Architecture
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Encapsulation: Hurricane-proofing the hospital from the outside in

April 30, 2009     Richard L. Peck, Editor
The hurricanes that swept through Florida in the 1990s, starting with the massive Hurricane Andrew in 1992, were our first warning. But what really
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The Built Environment as a Risk Factor for Infection

June 30, 2008     Jain Malkin
The focus on patient safety and the magnitude of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) demand that design professionals become well versed in
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