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February 16, 2012 Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
The HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Healthcare Building Ideas teams visited two area healthcare facilities that have taken a different approach on how design translates to the patient, visitors, and staff. Focusing on system flow and reducing stress triggers goes hand in hand with attending to the basics of those most in need.
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October 6, 2011 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Nurture By Steelcase researcher Caroline Kelly will present the findings of a study on the impact design in break rooms has on staff rest and rejuvenation at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11. She shares some of what attendees can expect from the session being held at 1:45 p.m. Monday, November 14, in Canal C of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
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September 2, 2011 By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
The new freestanding cancer institute at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach offers a one-stop shop for all patient needs.
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January 1, 2011 Shannon Power-Jones
University Medical Center of Clark County, Nevada, gets a facelift to better serve the growing community of Las Vegas.
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October 31, 2010 Sheila J. Bosch, PhD, LEED AP, EDAC
Evidence-based design isn't just for new construction. Whether a project is large or small, new construction or a renovation, the process of basing
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February 1, 2010 Gary Kusnierz, MSEM, Francis (JR) Babineau, and Chuck Hogan
Pebble Partner Affinity Health System's St. Elizabeth Hospital, located in Appleton, Wisconsin, applies Lean principles to identify and eliminate
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October 31, 2009 Richard L. Peck, Editor
In late August 2005 a nearly 250-year-old hospital died. New Orleans' historic Charity Hospital was flooded by a rampaging Mississippi River at the
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August 3, 2009
I’ve written a lot about retrofitting and remodeling existing facilities to maximize the space. Now I want to share with you some of the tips we give
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April 21, 2009
If your facility is outdated or in need of cosmetic or structural repairs, you have two options: replace it by relocating or rebuilding, or remodel
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March 31, 2009 Margie Snow, AAHID, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP and Joel Eden, Photography
The healthcare building industry is unique from other commercial building industries. According to the Department of Energy, Energy Information
